[expired] Seagate - Barracuda 2TB SATA Drive $74.99 @ Best Buy

[Johnm]

Best Buy (in store only!)

Seagate - Barracuda 2TB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive for Desktops Retail box for $74.99

 

With the current shortage of drives, this is a good price. (it is so hard to say that when this drive was $55 3 weeks ago)

 

While it is not my favorite drive or Favorite store, This drive does do its job.

it is a bit faster then the WD EARS and has a 5 Year warranty

I do have a few of this model in my unRAId backup server and as my WHS2011 drives in my ESXi box.

 

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Seagate+-+Barracuda+2TB+Internal+Serial+ATA+Hard+Drive+for+Desktops/9419382.p?id=1218102739460&skuId=9419382&st=2tb%20hard%20drives&cp=1&lp=6

[queeg]

I have 5 of these drives.  All have performed well.  They do require steady power from the PSU.  Make sure the molex connections are secure. 

[bah1976]

I'm not sure if BB's site is wrong, or if they picked the wrong one, but the one I ended up with was the 64mb cache model.

if I google the part number on the box - st320005n4a1as-rk, it says it's 32mb cache, but the box clearly says 64mb cache & 3Gb/s data rate. 

 

Then I open the box - the drive itself, inside the sealed retail box, is a ST2000DL003.  That is a 6Gb/s, 64mb cache drive. 

 

Like I said - I'm not sure what happened here, but I think I got away with something...  YMMV

[prostuff1]

I will have to check mine tomorrow to se what I ended up with

[guygg]

With the skyrocketing drive pricing, which doesn't look to come down any time soon, I talked myself into ordering one of these for pickup. I'll be curious to see exactly which model ends up in there when I pick it up on the way home tomorrow. It pains me to do a Seagate drive (much prefer Hitachi and/or WD), but in this market I'll take the deal I can get.

 

Thanks, OP.

[vl1969]

Got 3 of this baby and going to try to get one more

 

1 from Microcenter last week @79.99

2 from local bestbuy @ 74.99

 

went there last night to get one more but they were out

was kind enough to tell me that there are appears to be 3 available at the other store 30 min drive

will go there today as it is close to my job and see if I can get one more

total size 6TB data 2TB parity 

 

now all I need is get my MB/CPU/PSU + unraid key and build my self a new rig..  :o :o

[jumperalex]

[sigh]

 

I KNOW I don't need more storage anytime soon.  I have 3.22TB free out of 4TB total, my burn rate is nearly zero at the moment, and much of the data is not "important" enough to care if I delete it to make more space.

 

I FEEL paranoid enough from all the industry talk that I think I will be heading out to my local BB to pic one up.

 

I WANT to upgrade my PC video card to play some games.

 

I NEED nothing!!!

 

So which will win out ... decisions decisions decisions

[Johnm]

I know your feeling... I when I saw prices shooting up, i got 6 3TB drives.

I feel that should last me until Q2 2011 in case this lasts that long.

 

I can always start deleting Bluray rips and re-rip them at a later date or start dusting off my older 500GB-1TB drives i have in my trash pile.

 

 

[cj0r]

Nice find! (I noticed the other thread first and completely missed yours)

 

I grabbed 2 last night (ready for pickup) and am debating picking up another 2.

[VFRLuke]

just picked one of these up out of pure fear.

 

I'm not even close to running out of space, but I'd hate to have a drive fail and have to pay $200 for one.

[jumperalex]

ohhhh now THAT is a good point.  Now i really might have a reason to get one ... as a cold spare, not for capacity expansion.

[guygg]

OK, picked up the drive on the way home. It is, in fact, a ST2000DL003 "Barracuda Green" drive with the 64mb cache inside.

 

This one: http://goo.gl/uGHwv

 

Which is how it's indicated on the front of the box. On the back, however, the sticker says ST320005N4A1AS, and the product #'s don't match. The serial #'s do, though. Curious. Now, to hook it up and start a pre-clear.

[prostuff1]

mine are barracuda green drives with 64MB caches as well

[jumperalex]

Ordered for store pickup.  Local supplies seemed to be dwindling as last night 5 stores had stock, today 1 store has stock.  Glad it is the one near my house

[swells]

I stopped at BB on my way home last night and grabbed the last two of these on the shelf. Started preclearing them and server crashed, doing one at a time now and seems ok, 15 hours in and all is good on first drive. I picked them up more for the what if factor and not because i needed the space just yet. Like others, i didnt want to be in a situation where my only option was paying $200 to replace a failed disk.

[cj0r]

I'm just happy that this didn't jump onto the front pages of all the deal sites before we got a crack at them. Good looking out guys.

[Rajahal]

I stopped at BB on my way home last night and grabbed the last two of these on the shelf. Started preclearing them and server crashed, doing one at a time now and seems ok, 15 hours in and all is good on first drive. I picked them up more for the what if factor and not because i needed the space just yet. Like others, i didnt want to be in a situation where my only option was paying $200 to replace a failed disk.

 

How much RAM does your server have?  I've found that preclearing multiple 2TB drives simultaneously requires at least 2GB of RAM.

 

I also tried to buy a couple of these drives last night.  It seems that I bought the last drive in all of northern California and northern Nevada...

[Muck]

Picked up the last 2 at my local BB. Nice find. Thanks for the post.

[swells]

I stopped at BB on my way home last night and grabbed the last two of these on the shelf. Started preclearing them and server crashed, doing one at a time now and seems ok, 15 hours in and all is good on first drive. I picked them up more for the what if factor and not because i needed the space just yet. Like others, i didnt want to be in a situation where my only option was paying $200 to replace a failed disk.

 

How much RAM does your server have?  I've found that preclearing multiple 2TB drives simultaneously requires at least 2GB of RAM.

 

I also tried to buy a couple of these drives last night.  It seems that I bought the last drive in all of northern California and northern Nevada...

 

I have 4GB. I was also creating a new section in Plex while the 2 preclears were running, so that may have had something to do with it. When i first built the server i was able to easily preclear 3 2TB EARS drives at the same time. 1st drive should be done soon, i'll start second one and see what happens, but im sure it will be fine.

[jumperalex]

bought, installed, and pre-clearing. I usually only do three pre-clears but I'm doing five just for good measure since this drive will sit for a long time ... hopefully.

 

And yes this drive has 64mb cache not 32mb.

[VFRLuke]

OK, picked up the drive on the way home. It is, in fact, a ST2000DL003 "Barracuda Green" drive with the 64mb cache inside.

 

This one: http://goo.gl/uGHwv

 

Which is how it's indicated on the front of the box. On the back, however, the sticker says ST320005N4A1AS, and the product #'s don't match. The serial #'s do, though. Curious. Now, to hook it up and start a pre-clear.

 

I also have the DL003 drive in the box with ST320005N4A1AS on the outside of the box.

[smackdaddy33]

I also have the DL003 drive in the box with ST320005N4A1AS on the outside of the box.

Same here.  I managed to snatch the last one at my Best Buy, although I really needed two of them.

[opentoe]

Say goodbye to $74.99. It is now $100.

 

So glad I don't need any drives.

 

 

[Johnm]

I probably could have used a few of these but My best buy was sold out and i didnt feel like hunting them down.

 

they do have WD 2TB green drives for $79.99 now.. new thread on that has been started.