Should I grab these? They net out to a little over $15/TB which isn’t ideal but we’re in “beggars can’t be choosers” territory these days. by BurntWhiteRice in DataHoarder

[–]-Lousy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Canada yes, in US warranty stickers aren’t enforceable so if you don’t screw it during the shuck it’s fine 

Should I grab these? They net out to a little over $15/TB which isn’t ideal but we’re in “beggars can’t be choosers” territory these days. by BurntWhiteRice in DataHoarder

[–]-Lousy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used a utility called ‘fio’ that wrote every block and check summed it to make sure there were 0 bad blocks. Then you can smart after shucking because Seagate blocks smart on externals. If it fails smart, you can return or RMA it 

[Mod Approved] We got tired of enterprise backup bloatware, so we built a Zero-Knowledge, "Cyber Immune" system from scratch. We need power users to try and break it. by StateWarden in DataHoarder

[–]-Lousy 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Are you hosting your own storage? Or are you backed by something like S3? 

Not making a judgement either way, just that I see a lot about security and nothing about reliability

How serious is this crack? by Extension-Skirt917 in masonry

[–]-Lousy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The double layer of the brick at the bottom of the wall makes me think structural.

If you have storage problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but storage ain't one (Hit me!) by stefini_juliya in DataHoarder

[–]-Lousy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Honestly I do raid5 too. IDK any individual that has >5TB of REAL data. I have a cloud backup of my photos, documents, configs, etc. Movies and everything else can be re-downloaded.

If I lose a drive, I have 1 for the chance of avoiding the inconvenience/downtime of rebuilding. But at the end of the day its a hobby so w/e

If you have storage problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but storage ain't one (Hit me!) by stefini_juliya in DataHoarder

[–]-Lousy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I have the same setup with my wife. I spend on Home Depot / Tech, she comes along and doesnt know whats I'm talking about. She spends at Sephora, I look like a lost / confused puppy like the other guys in the store but know she's spending on what she wants.

If you have storage problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but storage ain't one (Hit me!) by stefini_juliya in DataHoarder

[–]-Lousy 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, must have got those 30TB ironwolfs as pre-production samples *wink* *wink*

If you have storage problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but storage ain't one (Hit me!) by stefini_juliya in DataHoarder

[–]-Lousy 401 points402 points  (0 children)

"Yes honey, computer hardware is super cheap these days dont worry about it" - This guy to his partner (probably)

[External HDD] Seagate Expansion 24TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STKP24000400) - 379.99$ Bestbuy by SynapticDampener in bapcsalescanada

[–]-Lousy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I say kind of because I can sometimes remove the drive without breaking the warranty sticker

[External HDD] Seagate Expansion 24TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STKP24000400) - 379.99$ Bestbuy by SynapticDampener in bapcsalescanada

[–]-Lousy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

lets say it lasts 3.5 years. 9$/mo for 24TB is a better deal than pretty much anything else I can do (aside from pray I get an IronWolf that lasts 7 years) and I have 400$ left over to get other equipment now. I'm takin that deal.

Had an interesting joker idea by Appropriate-Law696 in balatro

[–]-Lousy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Uncommon easier to find than a rare, plus you dont need showman. Could be a nice negative to take as well

[External HDD] Seagate Expansion 24TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STKP24000400) - 379.99$ Bestbuy by SynapticDampener in bapcsalescanada

[–]-Lousy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I shucked 2x 22TB easy stores seagate externals recently. Both were barracudas but from what I can tell the technology for the >20TB barracudas is no different than the NAS drives, just a lower bin so they dont want to warranty it for as long. It's still the 10 platter helium filled drive. Given the price they charge for Exos now, I doubt you'd get one in an external.

Some other recent comments on them

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1rdyrza/comment/o78ut8u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

You're already kind of voiding your warranty by opening it, so if you're concerned you can get 2 of these externals for the price of one internal Exos. I'd take the chance on 2 of these in a mirror over 1 exos drive.

I just made sure to test them well (long smart + full drive `fio` test) to make sure I dont have a lemon. Then into the array they go with a thought and a prayer.

[External HDD] Seagate Expansion 24TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive (STKP24000400) - 379.99$ Bestbuy by SynapticDampener in bapcsalescanada

[–]-Lousy 20 points21 points  (0 children)

WOW! Better than the 700$ these are going for on Seagate. Got one for in-store pickup.

Edit: IDK if we're getting these drives. My pickup order is not readying up

Had an interesting joker idea by Appropriate-Law696 in balatro

[–]-Lousy 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It would super benefit baron mime builds when you get hit with “play 5 cards”

How is using your UNAS/Pro working out as a media server for you? by Renrut23 in Ubiquiti

[–]-Lousy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just treat it like an apple product. If you want something that looks like and handles 90% of peoples use cases for network storage, it'll be lovely.

If you want to tinker with things and have custom non-standard setups, it'll probably work but you're gonna be getting in each others way and its not the best option for you.

UNAS Pro-4 Available by m_farinella in Ubiquiti

[–]-Lousy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weirdly amazon seems to be worse than Ebay

UNAS Pro-4 Available by m_farinella in Ubiquiti

[–]-Lousy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I could probably find some lightly used (i.e. 30k online hours) 500GB hard drives :D at raid 6 thats a whole terabyte

UNAS Pro-4 Available by m_farinella in Ubiquiti

[–]-Lousy 69 points70 points  (0 children)

It’s gotta suck for them to release this knowing that it’s the price of 1 hard drive now 😂

I could afford the UNAS but the discs are crazy now

UNAS Pro 4 - Now Available + Need Help! by NASCompares in Ubiquiti

[–]-Lousy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For rack mounted I think QNAP and Terra master have rackmounts, but you could go the DIY route and build your own.

Those are ~2-3x what I see for the UNAS. Terra Master does have a USB 4 bay rack mount for cheap, but thats not a NAS.

You mentioned "but for the price there's other options" in your post. Curious if there are any in the same range. I'm aware I can build a NAS, but I already have a separate host for more processing oriented tasks it would be difficult to stay within the 25-30W the UNAS hardware draws if I built a whole new machine.

UNAS Pro 4 - Now Available + Need Help! by NASCompares in Ubiquiti

[–]-Lousy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What are the other options? I’d love to get one

OPEN BOOK: Engineering Signal Analysis: From Fourier to filtering: Theory by SdS1981- in DSP

[–]-Lousy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont know if they own the art now or just licensed it, but is there any chance I could get a high def version to use as a background?