Not the best $ per TB but pretty good considering the state of storage stocks
CamelCamelCamel.
They are loud, I put my nas in the bedroom cupboard and it’s fine. The trade off is a significantly better HDD.
I don't suppose you head them against Exos drives ? I could not live with how noisy they are.
After looking at this datasheet - https://www.westerndigital.com/content/dam/doc-library/en_us… - it appears that the 20 - 24TB drives are quieter than the earlier models. The 22TB is listed as 20 dBA idle / 32 dBA seek while the 10-12TB WD Red Pro were 34dBA idle / 39dBA seek. For comparison, the 22TB ironwolf pro are 20 dBA idle / 26 dBA seek.
Not the best $ per TB…
You should mention what this deal works out to be…
~$34.16 per TB.
Are we ever gonna see quality drives for around $25/tb or should I bite the bullet?
Not for at least a year maybe 2. This probably as good as it gets sadly.
Maybe if you time travel. I got a 16TB WD Red Pro for $401 in May 23 (~$25 / TB). I got a 20TB WD Red Pro for $550 in Nov 24 (~$27.50 / TB).
Prices are definitely headed in the wrong direction but not as bad as DDR5.
I got it at 617 last month. Under 30 a tb
I want this but after trying the 8TB drives from Amazon and getting sent a 1TB and then nothing twice and having to (profanity) around with returns and waiting months between it being sent and returned and sent etc I'm super turned off ordering through Amazon US.
Got my 5x18TB WD golds for $570 AUD landed - based on current exchange rates, from the US and one from AU for about $550 (i think it was) and i thought that was expensive - i didn't pick the bottom of the barrel but close to it!
Anyways they were about 30per TB during the black Friday sales at >34 per TB, its REALLY starting to get up there. the pros are supposed to be better though i think, right?
For a second I thought you meant you got 5 x 18TB drives for $570 total, and I was insanely jealous.
This is what I thought, I was so jealous ah.
I DID!!
did i make you double take, sorry, your right, i should say each, i think at 570 for 5, id either be lying or i would have been scammed in some way.
Goes to check EastDigital pricing……
Negatory! why would you spend hundreds on second hand drives, with thousands of hours on them? unless you dont care about your data… to be fair, i did get one for my NVR, but it probably wasnt too big an issue if it fails… and i gotta admit, the drive is still going pretty strong.
flame suit on, people seem to love second hand drive, but i find it akin to wearing second hand jocks, sure you could, but, ewh!
On OZB people seem to think if they buy a used hdd from a really crappy website then it's a magical bargain and all risks are worth it.
eastdigial has pretty good warranty policy - they exchange the HDD for you without asking too much.
@xmessa: it's not the warranty policy, it's losing 18TB of data…
not sure why you would drop $500 on a drive with 10000 power on hours, even if its a good drive, father time has proven over and over again he wins and mechanical drives will fail
What about factory recertifieds? Are they bad as well?
why would you spend hundreds on second hand drives
Because the alternative is to spend thousands on new drives.
with thousands of hours on them? unless you dont care about your data
You do care about your data, so you have backups and redundancy. If a drive failure affects your data, you are doing something very wrong.
On OZB people seem to think if they buy a used hdd from a really crappy website then it's a magical bargain and all risks are worth it.
This is correct - there should be no additional risks, and so it's absolutely worth it.
The internet idiot has spoken.
East digital has dynamic pricing which seems to update daily. Last November the EXOS recerts were around $20/TB, which climbed to $22/TB in December, which climbed to $27/TB this year 😭
About a month ago on East Digital 28tb Exos recerts were $595 and they're now $730. I nearly pulled the trigger sub $600, then the price jumped to like $605 and I said I'll wait for it to drop back to $595 … then a few days later it was in the $620s, then $630s, so I just bought a new 24tb WD Red Pro instead.
they adapt to Chinese market pricing which is changing faster than AU.
No deal, got a 20tb red pro on amazon from US for 600 in October. they seems to fluctuate between 600 and 700 just have to be patient.
$600 for a 20tb WD Red Pro? Damn. Annoyed I missed that.
26TB variant was sat on $846 AUD a couple of weeks ago then rose to $940 and settled on $909. Comes in and out of stock multiple times a day and has a limit of 5 units per order. I need 8 to replace failing NAS drives. LE SIGH.
26TB now $780 if you can catch it in stock, goes in and out of stock multiple times a day. has a purchase limit of 3 now.
I ordered a 24tb version of this on 20/12 for $738 (~$30.75/tb). Order still hasn't shipped from Amazon but has an expected delivery date of early Feb.
22TB is a lot data to lose if it fails. Need to get a backup, a backup's backup and …..
For sure - The ONLY disks i have ever had issues with are WD Reds.
YMMV ofc
Price dropped to $677 this morning however bouched back to $999 within a couple of hours.
Thanks. Pros are significantly louder ?