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$109.99 with code: EMCNFJA32

Thanks! excellent deal...relative to prices these days

I have 3 in my server running strong for a year now. Hopefully the quality does not suffer after being bought by segate.

I have about 30 F4's in RAID5 & RAID6 arrays running since 10/10.. not a single issue with a single one

 

funny thing is. this is the same price i paid way back then..

Thanks for the heads up. Been waiting for a decent deal on a 2tb drive.

No problem!  Whenever I see I good deal I post them 

I have 10 of these babies in my unRaid system as well, but they are the Samsung variety.

 

I actually ordered two of the above just 10 days ago (for $129  ) and they are the newer Seagate variety.

 

The NewEgg feedback shows problems with some recent drives, but the two I got seem to be doing okay.  No DOA, and each has completed a full pre-clear cycle.  They're on round 2 right now ... so far, so good. 

 

I'm somewhat tempted to buy more since the price is good, but it makes more sense to space out drive purchases to keep a variety of manufacturing times in the system.

 

Anyway, I don't know that I actually *need* more drives right now, just wanted to have a few spares ready to go, if/when something happens.  I should really hold off, since prices will probably continue to go down anyway.

how are the Seagate flavor different?

I'd like to have identical drives when mine start to fail..

 

I am considering buying 2 or 3 and doing a burn in test. then put them aside for spares for my hardware raids.

I am sure some of my F4's are getting a bit worn.

I had some spares that i used during the "flood prices". now i am to lazy to move the data off those drive and re-pool them into spares.

 

 

 

how are the Seagate flavor different?

I'd like to have identical drives when mine start to fail..

 

I am considering buying 2 or 3 and doing a burn in test. then put them aside for spares for my hardware raids.

I am sure some of my F4's are getting a bit worn.

I had some spares that i used during the "flood prices". now i am to lazy to move the data off those drive and re-pool them into spares.

seagate has them branded as ST2000DL004 but they are identical to the samsung f4 drives.

i got a ST2000DL004 as a warranty replacement and unraid sees it as a samsung f4 drive.

works all the same.

unRaid reports the Samsung 2TB drives as " SAMSUNG_HD204UI_S2H7JD6B######", where the Seagate ones are "ST2000DL004_HD204UI_S2H7J9GC######".

 

I doubt you can buy the Samsung variety anymore, unless you go used.  I would have also liked to stay with a consistent product line, but I guess when it comes to Raid, variety is probably better for overall system reliability.

 

I just received one of these and they are labeled as Samsung, Model: ST2000DL004, HDD P/N: HD204UI and also have www.seagate.com and Barracuda Green on the label.  I wonder if this is what Seagate is going to use to cover the Green 5400 RPM market segment, since I understand that Seagate was switching to 7200 RPM for their drives.

 

Anyway, I just checked the warranty for the drive here: http://support.seagate.com/warranty and it expires 3-28-2013 and the drive was manufactured on 3/2012, so only one year.

 

That wasn't what I was expecting.  I thought I read that Seagate and WD had lowered their warranties on green drives to 2 years.  Now I see that it's only 1 year for Seagate green drives - http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_and_seagate_cut_hard_drive_warranty_lengths

 

I should've done more research, but I checked Newegg's page on this drive and it showed and still shows a 3 year manu warranty on the detail tab: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245

bw1:  Thanks for posting your experiences with the recent copy of this drive.

 

I was strongly tempted to try a Seagate branded drive again and a Samsung for the first time.  But, hearing that the warranty is now a mere one year means I'm going to pass for now.

bw1:  Thanks for posting your experiences with the recent copy of this drive.

 

I was strongly tempted to try a Seagate branded drive again and a Samsung for the first time.  But, hearing that the warranty is now a mere one year means I'm going to pass for now.

 

I'm glad it helped.  I'm still debating about returning this and getting a WD20EARX from Amazon for $10 more - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VFJ9MK