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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    I have ten of these in a QNAP TS-1635 NAS unit. I've had all of them for 3.5 months now and everything has been great. All of a sudden my NAS unit is now running the fans much faster to try and keep the drives below 50C. It never did that before and it seems now all of the drives are running...
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    Sounds like maybe the Dell Perc controller can only handle 32-bit LBAs. An 8TB drive requires 34 bits for the LBA.
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    That's silly. I'm probably laughing harder :)
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    Look on the outside of the cardboard package (bottom). It will say Made in China or Made in Thailand.
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    About 6 months ago I needed to start wearing reading glasses @ 1.5x to see close objects clearly. I use 40" 4K monitors which have around the same DPI that a typical 20" 1080P monitor has. The extra desktop space is great for having multiple full page PDFs open, as well as multiple 100+ line...
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    Once you get into your 40's (if you're not already there) you will find it hard(er) to appreciate UHD for video. Also, 4K movies/video h.265 compressed with quality bias doesn't need to be much larger than 5-6gb each. UHD is great for a monitor. I use two 40" 4K displays + 1 vertical 1080P...
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    I bought my 16-bay QNAP TS-1635 right before I discovered these 8TB drives. My original plan was to get 4TB REDs for the QNAP as they had the lowest $ per TB at the time. Then I went overboard with 10x 8TB drives not even thinking if I'll be able to actually use all of the storage. I would have...
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    I bought 10 and have around 60TB of free space now... It's going to be very difficult to actually use this space before the drives die. I didn't really think having too much storage would ever be a problem
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    The real problem with these 8TB drives, especially if you buy a bunch of them, is trying to fill them up with stuff you actually want to keep. Just one single 8TB drives holds more than 3000 1080p h.264 movies. There is no way anyone can actually use all of the data these can hold. Even if you...
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    They do if you keep your receipts in them like I do :)
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    Ordered my 10th today after I got a $15 "reward certificate". I couldn't pass up a 8TB RED for $165
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    More likely they won't have the same product (8TB easystore w/RED inside) and you might have to accept whatever they do have which may or may not be better. It appears this "easystore" is a Best Buy exclusive which is also probably a limited availability type product.
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    You should BYTE instead :)
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    I highly suggest these drives for anyone looking for 8TB RED NAS storage drives.
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    WD Easystore External Discussion

    For $179 each, I'd have to be completely insane to return any of these 8TB RED due to Preventive Wear Leveling. I believe the frequency will change as the drives ages. As I understand it, the preventive wear leveling maintains the lubricant in the head actuator bearing. It's breaking in the...
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