10TB Elements for $165 at Newegg

[Yorick]

Here: https://www.newegg.com/black-wd-elements-10tb/p/N82E16822234350

 

[NickF]

Just as an FYI, these are now AIR filled drives, not helium ones.

 

[the_jest]

Are these CMR disks, or SMR? That is, can these be shucked and put into a FreeNAS box, or are these only good for desktop backup?

 

[Yorick]

CMR. All 8TB and above are currently CMR in the WD portfolio. 2-6TB exist in SMR flavors and you can expect Elements to come as SMR in that size.

 

[NickF]

CMR. All 8TB and above are currently CMR in the WD portfolio. 2-6TB exist in SMR flavors and you can expect Elements to come as SMR in that size.

Except the new 20tb drives. :)

 

[Yorick]

Those 20TB are in the HM-SMR line though. Not available in the retail channel and you can’t write to them without having code that handles the HM-SMR. The cold storage companies that want them are fine with how those work :).