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

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

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

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

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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