March 31, 20179 yr Seagate 8TB Expansion STEB8000100 I just paid $199 from B&H and it's pre-clearing as I type (and as I go through my day, then sleep, then enjoy my Saturday and then... sorry, i digress) but this is obviously even better.
March 31, 20179 yr 13 minutes ago, BRiT said: This is the archival drive model, right? Yes it has the 8TB archive drive in it. Just bought 6 at 189 and thought that was a great price. Now at 179, thinking I may need a few more.
March 31, 20179 yr I think this is the cheapest storage we've ever seen. I too have bought several of these external case versions and they have all precleared perfectly. This type of rapid price reductions tend to preceed models being phased out. We'll see. 4 minutes ago, c3 said: What model/version are you finding inside? ST8000AS0002
March 31, 20179 yr 9 minutes ago, bjp999 said: I think this is the cheapest storage we've ever seen. I too have bought several of these external case versions and they have all precleared perfectly. This type of rapid price reductions tend to preceed models being phased out. We'll see. ST8000AS0002 I have no problem with phasing them out at long as I can get my share first at this price.
March 31, 20179 yr SHIPS TO CANADA!! Looks like this ships North of the border as well. According to Amazon, it's roughly CDN$285 INCLUDING tax, import, shipping. That works out to around CDN$250 before tax, which is pretty darn cheap... Are we sure this doesn't have one of those new fangled usb-controller onboard drives inside? Thanks for the heads up! [EDIT] After posting that, just for kicks, I checked amazon.ca, and they have it for $260... For an extra $10, might be worth buying from them and avoiding the cross border stuff... Edited March 31, 20179 yr by DoeBoye
March 31, 20179 yr How are these as parity drives? Are they too slow to cause bottlenecks for writes?
March 31, 20179 yr There was a very long and involved thread when they were first released and the drives even in parity service on unRaid were quite good. We just need to be certain that there hasn't been any new information that invalidates this. I will be grabbing a few for testing... Goodby 3tb drives.... B&H is still at 189? Amazon collects 9% tax from me. Let's see if B&H matches... Edited March 31, 20179 yr by tr0910
March 31, 20179 yr 19 minutes ago, aptalca said: How are these as parity drives? Are they too slow to cause bottlenecks for writes? Here is a drive test I did
April 1, 20179 yr 6 hours ago, tr0910 said: B&H is still at 189? Amazon collects 9% tax from me. Let's see if B&H matches... Any luck?
April 1, 20179 yr The Sabbath had already started. I couldn't reach them. They take these things seriously. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
April 2, 20179 yr On 4/1/2017 at 0:25 AM, tr0910 said: The Sabbath had already started. I couldn't reach them. They take these things seriously. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk Well - B&H credited back the difference between my purchase price and the current price. I asked about matching the Amazon price, but the Amazon price was already back up to $189!
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