"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." That's how I got mine about a month ago. Some may find this interesting. People consier them relabeled WD Red's but the simplest answer I can think of is it's because they're not. [–]0mz70TB 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (1 child). You may have to be signed in for early access. [–]fmillion 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (3 children). And even if there wasn’t a sale, the 14TB WD Easystore regularly sells for $260—still a healthy markdown. I wouldn’t waste my time, and fully understand that when I open one the warranty is gone. Are the 10tb the same quality? do hard drives have a longer lifespan inside a pc case or something? the cost just isnt worth it. If your PSU confirms with the 3.3V spec that the WD external drives use or if it doesn’t use 3.3V in the connector you don‘t need to do anything. Yeah but come Black Friday I'm assuming I will be buying a couple of these. Slide it until you hit a tab. [–]0mz70TB 7 points8 points9 points 1 year ago (3 children). Not sure if this is a relabeled anything. I'll shuck it and give the SMART results. People always say this, but it doesn't mean anything in my experience. I can buy another 15 bay case and three 10tb drives for about $700. [–]xphx 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago (3 children). They are there to scare joe-six-pack consumers, [–]temotodochi 9 points10 points11 points 1 year ago (1 child), [–]another_flogger 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children), [–]SirMaster64TB RAIDZ2 + 64TB RAIDZ2 backup + Unlimited Cloud backup 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (1 child). :), [–]heynickhere 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children), Dang autocorrect changed it to cash then I messed up the edit haha, [–]dawgol 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). [–]infered52.7Tb 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (1 child), Bringing back the dead because they're on sale today at Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-12tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6364259.p?skuId=6364259, [–]torchTheMall 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). thanks for the info! https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-12tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6364259.p?skuId=6364259. problem is these 12tbs are $100 bucks more for 2 extra TB's ove the 10tb version. Would love more confirmation on that. It is a CMR drive. that way it pushes the price of these down. You will feel two tabs on each side. Which corresponds to an Ultrastar DC H530 enterprise drive. and join one of thousands of communities. I was curious what WD drive it actually is. How odd, both of mine are WD120EMAZ and 5v .40A / 12V 0.55A. [–]lukfloss15319.15 DVDs 3 points4 points5 points 1 year ago (5 children), When I started buying drives 3-4TB was the cheapest per TB, it's nice to see that 6TB drives seem to be the cheapest per TB now. If that’s the case I’ll be buying several more. I usually go for refurb/used drives as they usually have a lot of life left and you can get better drives for less (I've seen 10tb he10s around $150 used). 1 hour of ProRes Raw is 1 TB in Cinema 4k 23.98 FPS. I will run the Easystore in the enclosure for now but will shuck it later. I believe a drive connected via a SATA connector (aka internally) will have faster read/write speeds than a USB connection to answer the speed question. If you open and take it out, then exchange if defective (most Enabled Supported: smartctl -l scterc /dev/sdaXXX and hdparm -I /dev/sdxxx, with hdparm I don't see the time value just that it's enabled. [–]121PB4Y2 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children), Then they show up for an x-ray due to rectal pain and the puzzled doctor, an older man in his late 60s looks at the x-rays, picks up the phone and exclaims "ES UN DISCO DURO! [–]Jaybonaut54TB Total across 2 PCs 2 points3 points4 points 1 year ago (3 children). Easy-to-Use Auto Backup Software easystore desktop storage comes equipped with WD Backup … There has been no evidence of being binned. I'm saying it is possible that WD is binning them based on whatever post manufacture tests they do. You will need to slip the tool between the matte plastic on the I/O side and the glossy plastic on the sides. ", [–]babecafe610TB RAID6/5 -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago (1 child). This is a sub that aims at bringing data hoarders together to share their passion with like minded people. No, TLER is not enabled on EMAZ/EZAZ drives. Robocopy'ing (multi-GB size files) from the aforementioned offloaded drive to the 14TB was running around 110 MB/s write speed. i've been using the 6tb element for the past year as a permanently plugged in backup/extra storage as my internal hard drive is just 2tb. Sorry, I just wanted to find out from an owner of one, since elsewhere in the post it mentions this model number with some vague info since the post said it just started appearing recently. [–]reallynotnick 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children). Latest EASYSTORE 14TB SHUCK (20 Coupons) & EASYSTORE 14TB SHUCK Promo Codes to get 30% Discount on all purchases at EASYSTORE 14TB SHUCK. I used Windows format to quickly format the easystore drive, then created a new folder on the easystore drive, named “Movies”, then used robocopy to start copying my … Shuckers are barely a rounding error. Don’t go for the tab right away. So tell them to shove it down their throats, up their collective asses, or in their arm. I can't wait for these to get below $150. It's also common belief that these EasyStore drives are either identical or very similar to the WD RED drives (NAS drives). although. I have no idea, maybe OP can let us know that. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. 64TB RAIDZ2 + 64TB RAIDZ2 backup + Unlimited Cloud backup. Gotta love the trend where there's progressively less and less information on labels. This going to be this year's black Friday special? Those looking to get a headstart on their archiving and backup needs have a great opportunity with 10-12TB drives coming down in price, and now with 14TB options starting to do the same. Here's what pcpartpicker has from amazon, don't know that they're in stock though. TheSlySyl said: I ordered one!