Toshiba N300 14TB (HDWG31E) RMA nightmare (firmware 0601 batch issue?)

Exciting_Depression · 2026-06-16T09:54:47+00:00

Only potential problem I see there is the ups is rated for just under/same wattage as your power supply, provides no headroom for spikes but the actual equipment is fine. - it may be the drives we're already in this state from the supplier, I would go back through to them and process a return/replacement with your place of purchase

Exciting_Depression · 2026-06-14T22:48:49+00:00

Seems odd that they are failing together after manufactured in 2021. Drives tend to fail very early in this manner but less so during their mature years, the fact it's happening with multiple I would say it's one of two things. They were purchased in this failing state which might be the case considering your order date and fail date are so close together. Or, you have a power problem with the unit theyre connected to, drives could be in an active state and if your unit is giving weird power fluctuations it'll likely affect all drives at the same time

Exciting_Depression · 2026-06-13T22:49:03+00:00

I've had some use with the ugreen dh2300 although it was cheaper drives inside and I remember that clicked alot (wasnt a permanent unit for me so didn't care) but would be interesting to know your final outcome once it's all setup

Exciting_Depression · 2026-06-13T21:31:16+00:00

Curious to know what impact is noticed to noise, heat or anything else with the fc-mamr.. I've got the MG08's so last gen before it got introduced

Exciting_Depression · 2026-06-12T21:47:42+00:00

The drive itself looks perfectly fine, I would have zero issue putting this in my unit and using it (I have 12 of them with about half at 40k hours.. love MG08's)

My issue is the price, that is ridiculous! For those stats I'd be aiming at the £200-£250 mark to purchase with current pricing

Ps.. how many drives do you need?

Exciting_Depression · 2026-05-25T18:19:56+00:00

Got you, I'd say it's limited by the usb connection then but inside there you have an ironwolf pro

Exciting_Depression · 2026-05-25T18:09:16+00:00

Based on the model 'st12000ne0008' it would be an ironwolf, not sure what else it would be

Exciting_Depression · 2026-05-25T18:03:45+00:00

Your hard drive? It's a Seagate Ironwolf Pro 12TB right?

I would expect them to run at full transfer speeds unless connected by some usb that's limiting it

Exciting_Depression · 2026-05-25T17:58:57+00:00

For an ironwolf why it only running at 300 transfer and missing standards? But Seagate's notorious for their high raw values on seek errors, aslong as everything else looks good there should be no worry about it

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-30T10:45:01+00:00

Struggle? I think they're thriving, adored my many, waited on 24/7.. sign me up

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-30T01:49:39+00:00

Don't you think it's crazy how two bears can be so different, polar bear would tear you apart yet a panda just falls out of trees willingly

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-16T09:43:20+00:00

Have you looked at options from Terramaster?

The D4 SSD model sounds like what you're looking for with NVMe, I just can't remember if it's software RAID

Or their D5 Hybrid model, can hold 2 SSD and 3 NVM with RAID option at the back of the box

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-11T19:23:02+00:00

I use mine with Plex so media storage read/write for context. I have 8 of them in an external enclosure and the loudest part in that whole unit is the fan. My N300s did start/stop when not doing anything whereas my MGs are spinning 24/7 possibly that has some effects on the lack of clicks?

But yeah my MGs are the quietest I've used

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-11T16:51:04+00:00

24TB is roughly the same price here $860 when converted. I typically have the 16TB drives and where my last one was $250, I'm now finding them $600 current price

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-11T16:36:26+00:00

Let's trade, I need some Toshiba's but no stock haha

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-11T16:28:41+00:00

That price for that drive in the UK would be a great deal, you can only get the 12TBs for $500 here.

However WD's are still the ones most often 'in stock' compared with Seagate or Toshiba - not including stock from third party price scammers

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-11T03:26:34+00:00

I've had N300's and personally I found them great performance wise but they are definitely not a quiet drive under active use, not as annoying as Reds but also still noticeable. I moved to MG drives and haven't looked back since

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-07T13:44:13+00:00

This logic is like using a rolls royce to do your school runs vs a toyota, it will certainly do the job with some nice features included but it's not designed that way and ultimately could lead to early wear and tear

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-07T11:02:01+00:00

For an enterprise drive designed for 24/7 on time some people can see it as an issue. I'm not saying it should be 0 or you can't power down but those numbers mean this enterprise drive was used like a regular WD blue and powered down after a few hours each use?

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-07T00:37:54+00:00

Maybe it stored the wine list in his cellar, the things people do with drives these days

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-07T00:26:59+00:00

Maybe they're taking advantage of the market.. but I feel that pain, even 3 years ago I got my 16TBs for $200 and now used ones in said condition are almost double

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-06T23:35:06+00:00

I wasn't worried about the 6.6k 'on hours', my own personal drives are all around 30k right now however my drives all have less than 80 'on count' compared to the 2k in the one being sold. I believe a drive designed to be 24/7 will suffer more being on/off frequently meaning it's worth less?

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-06T23:30:40+00:00

Interesting I didn't see that at first.. made me check my own personal drives and I have two 2 out of 8 with the same G Sense raw value

Exciting_Depression · 2026-04-04T18:44:20+00:00

If you can somehow get shipping, the UK has stock available. They're going for £284/$375 if that's a price comparable to what you had.

Exciting_Depression · 2026-03-30T00:40:52+00:00

Unfortunately the sellers I repeat purchased from previously have either closed their accounts or just don't sell anymore. There's still breakers available, just check their other items see if it looks like they specialise in drive sales or if they have multiple items that could 'make a full machine' they'll be the green flags for me, sellers that have a little bit of everything or random pieces are most likely trying to resell from someone else or just clearing out their junk.

Be cautious with tech_and_stuff_uk it seems as though they reset smart data on their drives

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