earthwormjim

I don't need the extra capacity at this point, just swapping out crusty old 3TB drives with 80k+ hours. The 12TB were still better $/TB too, at $14.92/TB. The 14TB were right at $15/TB.

My 12TB WD Red Plus drives arrived, when I checked the warranty status, they are showing good til 2027. Did the warranty get silently updated to 5 years on these drives?

Those are the Plus drives I linked, not Pro.

Credit to derfmcdoogal on Reddit, this is even better $/TB compared with the Seagate Exos deals. Also a known seller, Newegg. WD Red Plus 12TB NAS 7200RPM 256MB Cache Hard Drive @ $179.99 Don't forget this is Paypal quarter for Discover It cards, so that's an extra 5% discount (cash back) too. Canceled my Seagate Exos order for two drives, and changed to three of these Red drives. Would rather replace my older, slower drives, don't particularly need physical space efficiency.

Seagate Exos X18 18TB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive @ $283.99 People on Slickdeals and in reviews state it is coming with the standard retail warranty when they ran the S/N on Seagate's website. Seagate Exos X16 14TB SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive @ $218.99 Unknown if this comes with the retail warranty, would immediately check upon receiving.