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What kind of drives are people finding inside these. Are they still Red equivalents?
Both the 12 and 14TB have been reported to be the same WD white as the 8/10TB (red equivalents)What kind of drives are people finding inside these. Are they still Red equivalents?
Is the manuf country thailand vs china by chance?Just shucked 4 from Best Buy - 3 were WD120EMFZs and one WD120EMAZ. The FZ has different voltages on the label (5VDC 0.44a, 12VDC .57A) while the AZ matches the red drive. The AZs are August manufacture and the FZs September.
And I recently purchased 10TB easystores for about $20 less.
All four are labeled as made in Thailand, my guess is different points in the manufacturing run getting slightly different drives?Is the manuf country thailand vs china by chance?
If you have HD tune pro, I believe that shows the cache size under the info tab, I'd be interested to know if theres a difference.All four are labeled as made in Thailand, my guess is different points in the manufacturing run getting slightly different drives?
I failed to notice the FZs have two jumper pins while the AZ has none. The FZs also have the ends or tips of the SATA and power pins visible through a rectangular hole in the bracket while the AZ is a solid piece of plastic, on the off chance that's useful for finding a equivalent drive. Looking at the serial stickers on the bottom of the packaging I notice three " DCM : TGBLVCM" and one "DCM: QGBLVCP". I didn't keep the drives matched to boxes while shucking unfortunately but I figure the FZs came from the VCM boxes and the AZ from the VCP box. That being said I'm not sure yet if there's any reason to have a preference for one over the other.
All four are labeled as made in Thailand, my guess is different points in the manufacturing run getting slightly different drives?
I failed to notice the FZs have two jumper pins while the AZ has none. The FZs also have the ends or tips of the SATA and power pins visible through a rectangular hole in the bracket while the AZ is a solid piece of plastic, on the off chance that's useful for finding an equivalent drive. Looking at the serial stickers on the bottom of the packaging I notice three " DCM : TGBLVCM" and one "DCM: QGBLVCP". I didn't keep the drives matched to boxes while shucking unfortunately but I figure the FZs came from the VCM boxes and the AZ from the VCP box. That being said I'm not sure yet if there's any reason to have a preference for one over the other.
The "F" version likely has a 512MB cache vs 256MB for the "A". Neither supports TRIM unlike known WD SMRs.
Huh? Why would you need TRIM for a spinning disk.
Thanks, good evidence these probably aren't SMR.
Already out of stock at my local BB. A nice 5tb 2.5'' for $89 at least.
Get it shipped as shipping is free?
No shit... I had no idea as well. I love learning new stuff. Thanks!
I've got my fingers crossed optimistically for $109.99, but I'd be happy with $119.99, lowest they've been directly at BB is $129.99I wonder if this will mean the 8s or 10s take a price reduction during BF
I just went ahead and bought 10 to replace the 10 x 10tb I bought four months ago. Guess I'm going to have one hell of a ebay sell on 10tb drives. Love these synology nas make you so addicted to storage.
Ill keep you on my radar for surePost them here first. I might be interested in 2 or 3.
Me 2 please. Would buy multiple as well.Ill keep you on my radar for sure
Ill keep you on my radar for sure