4TB Seagate NAS @ amazon $150

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This is a recorder low on amazon this morning by about 10 bucks...

 

Seagate NAS HDD 4TB SATA 6GB NCQ 64 MB Cache Bare Drive ST4000VN000

[Superorb]

With 5TB and 6TB drives being out for a while now I won't buy the 4TB until it gets down to $130 shipped.

[jbrodriguez]

well, there's also this unheard of (by me) deal on a 4tb WD Green

 

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Green-Desktop-WD40EZRX/dp/B00EHBEUZO/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1417388900&sr=1-2&keywords=4tb+hard+drive

[Superorb]

well, there's also this unheard of (by me) deal on a 4tb WD Green

 

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Green-Desktop-WD40EZRX/dp/B00EHBEUZO/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1417388900&sr=1-2&keywords=4tb+hard+drive

 

I did see that, if it were a NAS or Red drive I'd have pulled the trigger

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With 5TB and 6TB drives being out for a while now I won't buy the 4TB until it gets down to $130 shipped.

 

Yeah, that probably makes sense...  I have one spot left on my 4tb array.  I have one drive new in box as a spare.  If I have a failure then I will swap it with this drive.  Then after that I probably should upgrade my parity to 6tb and move the parity drive to the open spot.  Even at $260 for a 6tb, that's like paying $173 for a 4tb, which is pretty steep compared to the $120 4tb externals that I was buying.  Although when compared to a hardware upgrade it probably is a wiser choice.

 

edit:  I just looked at the 6tb greens are $236 so that is $157 when you 4x the per gig cost.  That is a little easier to swallow and a more fair comparison to the green drives I have been buying.

 

Western Digital Green 6 TB Desktop Hard Drive 3.5-inch SATA 6, IntelliPower, 64 MB Cache Internal Bare or OEM Drives WD60EZRX

 

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