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Looking for External Hard drive Under 150$ 4/5 TB
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- May 27, 2010
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I was pretty satisfied with an off the shelf Seagate 5TB. I didn't buy it for everyday use though, literally a backup.
A little cheaper the the WD equivalent, and I couldn't get Buffalo to tell me what drives they actually use in their products, which means it probably varies from month to month.
A little cheaper the the WD equivalent, and I couldn't get Buffalo to tell me what drives they actually use in their products, which means it probably varies from month to month.
- May 27, 2010
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They are physically identical to internal hard drives.
As a storage medium, probably have a decent shelf life of 10 years or so, not really sure on these newer drives. The data is so much more dense now. The Mean Time Between Failures of any given drive is only a guide. A drive could fail on the first day, or after 5 years of 24/7 use. Their lab testing is based on some sample of test drives, and not necessarily the same exact models (And they set the criteria to make that number larger)
Best to replace them at any sign of issues for data retention.
As a storage medium, probably have a decent shelf life of 10 years or so, not really sure on these newer drives. The data is so much more dense now. The Mean Time Between Failures of any given drive is only a guide. A drive could fail on the first day, or after 5 years of 24/7 use. Their lab testing is based on some sample of test drives, and not necessarily the same exact models (And they set the criteria to make that number larger)
Best to replace them at any sign of issues for data retention.
smokingjoeblazer
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- Dec 25, 2016
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It's a tossup between WD and Seagate. I have a personal brand loyalty and bias towards WD, but I have used many Seagate products as well (especially external). Both are just fine.
I don't use any other make of drives.
smokingjoeblazer
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You're very welcome.
I just bought an internal WD Blue 4TB drive myself. It performs great. You can go WD Red for a bit more money if you are putting them in a NAS. Seagate also has comparable 4TB models, but again I like the WDs myself (at least for internal).
As far as external, if you jump on Amazon they have a Seagate 4TB drive for $119.99. I've used these before in 500gigs-2tb models. I'll be picking up one of the 4TB models soon.
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