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Seagate 28TB Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive (STKP28000400) US$382.05 (~A$607.78) Delivered @ QuickDealStore via Amazon US

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Seagate 28TB Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive (STKP28000400) US$382.05 (~A$607.78) Delivered @ QuickDealStore via Amazon USAffiliate
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Gar on 27/03/2025 - 10:32 amazon.com (2029 clicks)
Last edited 27/03/2025 - 10:42 by 1 other user
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Massive 28TB storage!
($21.70 per TB)

Pay in USD using ING conversion or similar otherwise Amazon Currency Converter Enabled - Pay in AUD AUD 622.52

To avoid import fees, only order one at a time
For example, if you bought two, it would cost and extra Import Fees Deposit of AUD 82.90

About this item
Easy-to-use desktop hard drive—simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
Fast file transfers with USB 3.2
Drag-and-drop file saving right out of the box
Automatic recognition of Windows and Mac computers for simple setup (Reformatting required for use with Time Machine)
Enjoy peace of mind with the included limited warranty and Rescue Data Recovery Services

https://www.techradar.com/pro/28tb-seagate-expansion-desktop…
STKP28000400 is a 28TB desktop hard drive from Seagate's popular Expansion family
It includes Seagate's Data rescue service should the drive fail to work
Despite its massive capacity, it still features the now-obsolete USB-A port

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  • Thiefsie on 27/03/2025 - 10:35

    Only USB A :(

  • RichardL on 27/03/2025 - 10:39
    +17

    Note this is sold by a Third Party Store - QuickDealStore which only has 84% positive feedback.

    • MauTauAja on 27/03/2025 - 10:40

      Ships from Amazon
      Sold by QuickDealStore

      Should be ok

      • marshmall0w2 on 27/03/2025 - 11:47
        +10

        How does "Ships from Amazon Sold by QuickDealStore" make this ok when they said QuickDealStore only has 84% positive feedback?

        • MauTauAja on 27/03/2025 - 11:52
          +7

          That means the goods dispatch from Amazon warehouse and if there anything wrong Amazon will step in, it would be a totally different story if it ships from & Sold by QuickDealStore.

          • ab c on 28/03/2025 - 22:51

            @MauTauAja: IF product fail within the warranty period, say 2 yrs, buyers can claim directly with Amazon-AU, right ?

            Do you have a Amazon-AU link to support ? Thanks

    • Grunntt on 27/03/2025 - 10:55

      New or refurb?

    • Gar on 27/03/2025 - 11:32

      Thanks, that's a great point and one that I overlooked!

    • harryozz on 27/03/2025 - 12:21

      Thank you, almost bought 10 of them, thank god i read comments.

  • Thiefsie on 27/03/2025 - 10:41
    +9

    Also obligatory: Shuckable?

  • juns on 27/03/2025 - 10:54
    +2

    How much of a hassle is it if we order from amazon.com and need to return for any reason (e.g. DOA, item not as described or warranty purpose)?

    • Grunntt on 27/03/2025 - 11:00
      +5

      Looking at reviews for that store there are a number of 1 star reviews quoting that business's response.

      Dear customer, we received your returned item and issued the full refund after our inspection. Unfortunately, we do not offer replacement at this moment. If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out to us via message and we are happy to help!

      Looks like it may be a bit more involved than the normal Amazon response.

    • amoretpax199 on 27/03/2025 - 11:24
      +1

      How is that cheaper per TB?

      • zealmax on 27/03/2025 - 11:33
        +1

        I came back to edit the comment because I realised I was wrong.

  • amoretpax199 on 27/03/2025 - 11:26
    +1

    I just bought one! Hopefully Amazon US will pack it properly sinceI have heard many horror stories on OzBargain…

  • Sage222 on 27/03/2025 - 11:32
    +1

    That's a lot of data to lose! Buy 2 and mirror them!

  • su27km on 27/03/2025 - 11:36
    +4

    That's why I bought 2 x 16tb ones earlier. Can't afford to lose too many TB data nowadays

    • amoretpax199 on 27/03/2025 - 11:40

      Is it this deal from @zealmax?

    • serpserpserp on 27/03/2025 - 11:42
      +1

      How many Linux ISOs does one need?

      • iLurk on 27/03/2025 - 13:04
        +1

        Hey siri. Play "I want it all" by Queen

      • Ulysses31 on 27/03/2025 - 19:41

        720p was replaced by 1080p, then 2160p (if legit)

        • MelBorn on 30/03/2025 - 19:33

          then there is 5k, then 8k

          then VR multiples that current rate by a factor of 10

          you can never have enough space, that's why datacentres are big business

          imagine how much space youtube and twitch requires multiplied by all the resolutions and bitrates

          now back it up once

          and create logs

          now multiply that over regional and geographical datacenters

          and even crazier, look up how much video storage youtube and twitch requires each DAY and it's growing…

  • vash12 on 27/03/2025 - 11:47

    Shingled?

  • TeddyBear on 27/03/2025 - 12:04
    -2

    WTF

    • lordezekiel on 27/03/2025 - 14:58
      +3

      Wowsers. Teraflops. For-Days!

  • gadgetguy on 27/03/2025 - 12:05
    +1

    Anyone got one or more of these in a Synology NAS?

    I'm currently running 8 x 18TB WD (officially unsupported but working fine) and looking to upgrade.

  • YoursTruly on 27/03/2025 - 12:43

    Biggest fear with larger capacity hdd/ ssd/ m2 - is once they crash/ break etc it’s an even larger pain to recover data.

    • zealmax on 27/03/2025 - 13:09
      +3

      Finding a replacement at a reasonal price is also a problem. Things are never on sale when you need it.

    • tm001 on 27/03/2025 - 17:23

      You never buy one of those. Always having at least two in a RAID. I would not even think of having using it as a single drive, unless it would be for some very temporary storage of data I got elsewhere.

      • jason andrade on 28/03/2025 - 11:02

        You don’t need this to be in RAID (of any type) unless you have a need for data availability - which is something quite different to data durability.

        Most folk don’t need their media stash to be instantly available - if they can recover from a backup.

        You could absolutely buy two of these, use software to create a periodic replica and this would not be RAID.

        • blahman on 02/04/2025 - 20:55

          On the lasy point, since you're already buying 2 of these which is already most of the work, why not just raid them?

          • Nom on 02/04/2025 - 20:59
            +1

            @blahman: Because RAID immediately replicates your data loss.
            Delete a file ? It's gone from the second drive too.
            Corrupt a file ? It's corrupted on the second drive too.
            Malware or Ransomware ? Yep, all your files are screwed on the second drive too.
            etc etc.

            Anything that goes wrong, is going wrong on both your drives at the same time.

    • Ulysses31 on 27/03/2025 - 19:41
      +1

      Should never buy one. That would be a mistake from the start

    • jason andrade on 28/03/2025 - 11:03

      Not if you are doing it correctly.

      It’s always a pain to deal with if you are doing it wrong (or not doing anything to create data durability at all!).

  • justtoreply on 27/03/2025 - 13:44

    What is the return or refund process when it dies?

    Does it go back to Amazon? Do they process the refund? Because I trust Amazon to sort it out but I don't trust the third party seller

    • dna level c on 27/03/2025 - 14:22
      -2

      Ships from:
      QuickDealStore
      Sold by:
      QuickDealStore

      I hope you're feeling lucky.

      • justtoreply on 27/03/2025 - 15:03
        +1

        Don't know why you're getting that. Ships from Amazon.

        • dna level c on 27/03/2025 - 16:30
          -2

          It's literally in the listing on Amazon, below the "Buy Now" button.

          • tm001 on 27/03/2025 - 17:24
            +1

            @dna level c: Bad luck for you. I got this:
            Ships from
            Amazon
            Sold by
            QuickDealStore
            Returns
            30-day refund/replacement
            Payment
            Secure transaction

      • nceee on 27/03/2025 - 17:50
        +1

        Also to add if you expand the section, I see the below

        Customer service: Amazon handles customer service for this product.

  • vlahka on 27/03/2025 - 19:37
    +1

    My fractured mental state after this drive dies and takes 28TB of porn with it.

  • Dollar Dreamer on 27/03/2025 - 20:35
    +5

    Around 1000 x 4K Linux Distros if you keep it at 25GB each (After NTFS Format). Which equates to 61 cents per mov…I mean Linux Distro. You will need a backup drive so add another 61 cents. Total cost per 4K Linux Disto would cost $1.22 per movi…I mean Linux Distro. Then equate a NAS and electricity costs to run the NAS per year. ROI will take around 2.5 years if you cancel subscription to 3 Linux Distro streaming services. Or ROI around 3.7 years if you cancel subscription to 2 Linux Distro streaming services. Decent high yield investment.

    • serpserpserp on 28/03/2025 - 08:33

      This only works if I watch a 1000 Linux distros a year though? But if I did, I might be smart enough to make 2027 or 2028 be the year of the Linux desktop.

      • Dollar Dreamer on 28/03/2025 - 22:01

        No. Because you don't watch 1000 Linux Distros on Netflix Premium / Disney 4K / Amazon Prime Premium / etc. That figure is the library you can access 'locally' but watch whenever you want like a streaming service.

        • serpserpserp on 28/03/2025 - 22:20

          Don't know why you chose to price per movie then?

    • DigitalAnalog on 28/03/2025 - 08:38
      +1

      Better yet - charge friends and family for Plex access.

  • jason andrade on 28/03/2025 - 10:58

    I have doubts that if Amazon is shipping this they aren’t charging and collecting GST?

    Has anyone bought one and verified this?

  • jason andrade on 28/03/2025 - 10:59

    I literally just bought a 20T external from Amazon and I would have absolutely bought this (assuming warranty support etc checked out).

  • jason andrade on 28/03/2025 - 11:09

    Listing says 28T but specifications says 24T (twice).

    It’s difficult to work out if this is a translation (formatted/unformatted) error or a typo of a different sort.

    The listing price is also US$320ish plus US$18 in shipping?

    • Dollar Dreamer on 28/03/2025 - 16:13

      You will lose around 2.6 - 3TB formatting to NTFS.

    • ameel on 28/03/2025 - 16:31

      if you change to USD on checkout, it charges $329.99 + shipping $17.33 + GST $34.73 = $382.05 (USD)

  • tg on 28/03/2025 - 16:13

    Finally!
    I can replace my punch cards with this 28TB hard disk…
    No more hauling around 384.93 billion punch cards just to store my files.
    My back thanks you, technology!

  • Borris on 29/03/2025 - 08:41

    Did I miss it or am I doing something wrong?

    Items: AUD 619.01
    (that’s fine I guess it’s gone up a bit in the last couple days, but everything below?)

    Shipping & handling: AUD 27.51
    Total before GST: AUD 646.52
    Estimated GST to be collected: AUD 64.65
    Exchange rate guarantee fee: AUD 20.44

    Total: AUD 731.61?

  • HPdeskjet on 31/03/2025 - 23:52

    Exos X28z, SMR, much slower than the 22TB CMR drives.

    • octagonalman on 01/04/2025 - 20:32

      Have you got any numbers or benchmark results to help us understand the difference between your two models?

      • HPdeskjet on 02/04/2025 - 07:14

        A HC550/570 or even the Exos X18/22 CMR is about 2.5x faster in sequential write (large files) and about 20x - 100x faster in random read/write (small files) access.

        In real world use it means disk scrubbing etc would take <24 hours on a CMR drive but multiple weeks on this SMR drive.

        For file transfer this means read/write in the double or single digits instead of ~270mb/s.

        An equivalent to the X28z in here would be a WD HC680, slower than most USB flash drives.

  • meniac on 01/04/2025 - 12:57

    Cost AUD 622 delivered for me…. as stated in post.
    Order placed March 26, 2025 and still waiting to be shipped… mmmmmm
    1+ weeks before being shipped….. DOH

  • MelBorn on 01/04/2025 - 21:28

    do these drives support usbc for faster transfers? or are they limited at 30MB/sec usb3 speeds?

    • Nom on 01/04/2025 - 22:29

      Huh ? USB 3.0 is significantly faster than any mechanical hard drive.

      30MB/s was the speed of a USB 2.0 connection 20 years ago.

    • HPdeskjet on 02/04/2025 - 07:17

      the enclosure itself has a USB controller that handles up to ~900MB/s, but the actual X28z drive inside is bottlenecked to 110MB/s for sequential and <20MB/s for random read/write due to SMR + HAMR.

  • kdmeir on 11/04/2025 - 18:16

    Amazon just debited my cc.

    At the the time of buying 381.67 USD , 604 AUD

    Now 381.67 USD , 630.38 AUD

    Just my luck the dollar will improve next week.

  • octagonalman on 18/04/2025 - 15:08

    Mine was delivered yesterday. It shows as a ST28000DM000. Here's some numbers from CrystalDiskMark if anyone can make sense of it:

    CrystalDiskMark 8.0.6 x64 (C) 2007-2024 hiyohiyo

    Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/
    • MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s]
    • KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes

    [Read]
    SEQ 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 271.601 MB/s [ 259.0 IOPS] < 30765.02 us>
    SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 261.793 MB/s [ 249.7 IOPS] < 4000.92 us>
    RND 4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1): 2.571 MB/s [ 627.7 IOPS] < 50305.34 us>
    RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 1.360 MB/s [ 332.0 IOPS] < 3004.65 us>

    [Write]
    SEQ 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 268.807 MB/s [ 256.4 IOPS] < 31043.80 us>
    SEQ 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 270.058 MB/s [ 257.5 IOPS] < 3878.34 us>
    RND 4KiB (Q= 32, T= 1): 1.703 MB/s [ 415.8 IOPS] < 75941.38 us>
    RND 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 1.687 MB/s [ 411.9 IOPS] < 2424.07 us>

    Profile: Default
    Test: 64 GiB (x3) [D: 0% (58/26077GiB)]
    Mode: [Admin]
    Time: Measure 5 sec / Interval 5 sec
    Date: 2025/04/18 15:07:54
    OS: Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 [10.0 Build 26100] (x64)

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