G+_Luke Militello Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 8TB for $260!!! http://hothardware.com/news/seagate-bulks-up-with-260-8tb-archive-hdd#v1kYkeyK66BozkH8.30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Darkbyte2005 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 So what can I fill it with , hmmmm !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Michael Plotczyk Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 And then how to back it up? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Travis Hershberger Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 'Archive" HDD most likely means slower than molasses in the middle of winter. Still, great to use as a backup target. Thinking of drives the same way IT guys think of tape backup and you won't be far off the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Luke Militello Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 It uses SMR @ 5400 RPM. The bit denisty it much greater allowing for the increased space and they advertise 150 MB/s write and 190 MB/s read. Although, seek times are not given. It's marketed for "Cold Storage" so this is obviously not your OS or gaming drive, etc. Still, it would be nice to have some of these in a NAS as a "data vault" for stuff you just cannot afford to lose as a mirror to a primary NAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Timothy Hamlett Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 5400 rpm... That does make me think of a tape drive :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Luke Militello Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Be prepared for WD to come back with their "WD Orange" consumer level "Archive HDD". :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Luke Militello Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 On the topic of speed, please don't forget the increased bit density with SMR; which tips the scale back in favor of performance. It kind of boils down to the seek times for the heads. By no means any comparison to the 7200 RPM drives, but these do weigh in against other 4TB NAS 5400 RPM drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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