got one, its ok for backups but please be warned this is a backup disk.
it's not fast . not at all. it's not for storing stuff on that you will use daily, it's really only for backups. it's a shingled disk. but for this price.... super hot. I might even get another.
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goodfera
11 Jul 17#1
Great find kyletheg and thanks for sharing. Ordered, best price in a long long time
daskapital
11 Jul 174#2
got one, its ok for backups but please be warned this is a backup disk.
it's not fast . not at all. it's not for storing stuff on that you will use daily, it's really only for backups. it's a shingled disk. but for this price.... super hot. I might even get another.
smsmasters to daskapital
11 Jul 17#3
What is the exact hard drive model inside?
repouk
11 Jul 171#4
ST8000AS0002 :man:
I'd be careful what you use it for:
Q: Would I want 8TB of probably irreplaceable data on just one (non-RAID) drive?
A: Nope.
Q: Would it be great as a media drive?
A: Yup!
daskapital
11 Jul 171#5
It's this
ST8000AS0002
at least mine is. It's not an ironwolf. but i bought mine in 2016 might be different now.
Gem1ni0
11 Jul 172#6
I believe it's ST8000AS0002. 128MB Cache, 190MB/s max sustained data rate. Has a workload limit of 180TB per year.
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it's not fast . not at all. it's not for storing stuff on that you will use daily, it's really only for backups. it's a shingled disk. but for this price.... super hot. I might even get another.
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it's not fast . not at all. it's not for storing stuff on that you will use daily, it's really only for backups. it's a shingled disk. but for this price.... super hot. I might even get another.
I'd be careful what you use it for:
Q: Would I want 8TB of probably irreplaceable data on just one (non-RAID) drive?
A: Nope.
Q: Would it be great as a media drive?
A: Yup!
ST8000AS0002
at least mine is. It's not an ironwolf. but i bought mine in 2016 might be different now.