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20tb HDD recommendation (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all, with BF coming and me saving all year for it, I'm looking to add another sata 20tb HDD to my Unraid!

Looking at serverpartsdeal, I'm only seeing:
- Seagate exos x20: $269.99 (Recertified)
- Seagate ironwolf pro: $329.99 (Recertified)

Would anyone have any advice or recommendation?
My primary concern is noise and reliability (but it seems like a crapshoot with HDD and comes down to luck of the draw).
Also open to 18tbs and below but because I only have 5 bays in my jonsbo n2, I figured that the opportunity cost might not be worth it.

I currently run 2 x 20 tb ironwolf pros and I find the read/write noises a little loud but manageable - so anything around that range would be fine.

Thanks all!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You just check the best $?TB ratio and warranty time. That's really all the things you need when choosing the drive. Also, remember that there are only 3 brands Seagate, WD and Toshiba to look for.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Toshiba 20tb. I have 7 piece and I'm satisfied.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you can drop down just 2TB, Best Buy has 18TB EasyStore's for $199.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=18+TB&_dyncharset=UTF-8&_dynSessConf=&id=pcat17071&type=page&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=&sp=&qp=&list=n&af=true&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&keys=keys

That's a really good price @ $11/TB, but I find it odd the 16 TB and the 20 TB of the same model cost more - $17.5/TB for 16TB and $20/TB for the 20TB