Seagate 8Tb externals shuckable?

[rvassar]

I was wandering thru my local Costco last night, and they had a pallet of Seagate 8Tb external drives for $159/ea (pn: STLC8000600). Not really low enough to qualify as a great deal, but... It piqued my curiosity. Has anyone shucked one of these? Any info on the kind of drives inside?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Being an 8TB Seagate, I'd put a hefty wager on there being an SMR "Archive" drive inside.

 

[rvassar]

Being an 8TB Seagate, I'd put a hefty wager on there being an SMR "Archive" drive inside.

Ewww!!! I didn't think SMR had breached the 8Tb capacity limit yet, but it's probably only a matter of time...

 

[Etorix]

I didn't think SMR had breached the 8Tb capacity limit yet, but it's probably only a matter of time...

SMR has reached at least 26 TB capacity…

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[HoneyBadger]

Ewww!!! I didn't think SMR had breached the 8Tb capacity limit yet, but it's probably only a matter of time...

Hate to make you feel old, but Seagate introduced the 8TB Archive series in 2015.

I can't wait until I have to explain to people why (SMR drives) make for a terrible choice for your zpool.

Date: Mar 31, 2015

 

[rvassar]

Hate to make you feel old, but Seagate introduced the 8TB Archive series in 2015.



Date: Mar 31, 2015

Right, but those are explicitly labelled as SMR. I was thinking more of the sneaky marketing types that tried selling SMR "NAS" drives...

 

[jgreco]

they had a pallet of Seagate 8Tb external drives for $159/ea

Not a great price per TB in any case. Best Buy recently had the 18TB's for $315 and it seems likely that we will see some good pricing around Black Friday.