Not much else to say really, it's a 4TB NAS-optimised HDD, it's a Seagate, and having an IronWolf in your computer will make you feel manly and powerful. Enjoy. :smiley:
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paulst
26 Jul 173#6
I wondered how many posts it'd take before the digs appeared. Anyone that trusts their data on a single drive (whatever the brand) deserves to lose it :smile: For every drive you own, you should have at least one backup drive for it. I purchased a 4TB Seagate Baracuda drive for my HTPC a few months ago despite all the negative comments toward it because I know any drive can fail at any time, and as long my data is backed up across multiple drives, it doesn't matter if one of them fails..
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HasnainMajeed
26 Jul 17#1
any good 1TB deals?
zizzles
26 Jul 171#2
I'd be more inclined to say that having an Iron Wolf in my computer would make me feel nervous and vulnerable
terriclarkfan to zizzles
26 Jul 17#3
Not as nervous and vulnerable as saving stuff to a Seagate.
yury
26 Jul 17#4
Heat. Looking for a 4TB with 7200rpm tho. Any deals around for them?
taras to yury
26 Jul 17#15
The tosh n300 4tb "nas" drive is around the same price!
There was a Toshiba 4TB 7200rpm nas one on Amazon recently for £109. Dunno if it's still there.
K1LLER_HORNET
26 Jul 17#5
Anything other than anecdotal evidence to back that up?
paulst
26 Jul 173#6
I wondered how many posts it'd take before the digs appeared. Anyone that trusts their data on a single drive (whatever the brand) deserves to lose it :smile: For every drive you own, you should have at least one backup drive for it. I purchased a 4TB Seagate Baracuda drive for my HTPC a few months ago despite all the negative comments toward it because I know any drive can fail at any time, and as long my data is backed up across multiple drives, it doesn't matter if one of them fails..
paul_merton
26 Jul 17#7
It does matter unless your backups are done in real-time. Even then, refilling a 4TB disk is a right ballache! :smiley:
paulst
26 Jul 171#8
Not really, just drag a folder over and come back to it later when it's done, I can guarantee it'll take a lot longer to refill if you don't have a backup though :smiley:
CampGareth
26 Jul 172#9
Seconding that, I've got Ceph set up (which is admittedly overkill) but it's smart storage so when I lost a drive a few weeks back I didn't even notice until I saw reduced capacity on my network storage. The drive failed, a computer somewhere said "hey I've only got one copy of these chunks of data now" and made more copies. So long as I have space for 2 or 3 copies of all my data I won't lose any when a drive pops.
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Not much else to say really, it's a 4TB NAS-optimised HDD, it's a Seagate, and having an IronWolf in your computer will make you feel manly and powerful. Enjoy. :smiley:
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