HGST 6TB 7200RPM - $249 - Ends 8/16

That's a pretty good deal especially considering two WD Red 3TB's will cost you at least that much and make your data failure risk over 6x greater.
 
Almost bought two out of impulse until I remembered that 8TB drives are out.
 
The 8TB drives are not for regular use- they are Shingled Magnetic Recording devices, and need a lot of time to "digest" the data you write to them. Unless you are talking about the $1000+ HGST Helium He8 enterprise drive.

If you just want to store a lot of media, go for it- super GB/$ ratio. But 6TB is the best most mere mortals can get these days.
 
I have been looking for a new drive and looked at the HGST deskstars also.
The deskstar NAS is not the same drives as the older 7k4000 and 7k3000 models they are a lower end drive.
Any of those models listed on backblaze are almost impossible to find now and are only sold by resellers with big markups.
I don't know how the deskstar nas compare speedwise or quality wise just know there not the same as I called HGST support and talked to them about this and they said the ultrastars would be filling the market where those deskstars models were but they are super expensive and hard to find right now.
 
nice deal. timing isn't right for me but that's a nice deal
 
This coupon discount brings them to price parity with WD 6TB drives on Amazon.

losttech said:
I have been looking for a new drive and looked at the HGST deskstars also.
The deskstar NAS is not the same drives as the older 7k4000 and 7k3000 models they are a lower end drive.
Any of those models listed on backblaze are almost impossible to find now and are only sold by resellers with big markups.
I don't know how the deskstar nas compare speedwise or quality wise just know there not the same as I called HGST support and talked to them about this and they said the ultrastars would be filling the market where those deskstars models were but they are super expensive and hard to find right now.
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Thanks, good to know!
 
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The same drive on Amazon is 269.

Regarding quality on model numbers, unless hard evidence suggests otherwise, I'm going to assume HGST still makes the best quality drives.
 
I don't own these particular drives yet, I have 12 of the 4TB model which have been rock solid. But here is an HDtune I found for you guys. Great sequential rates and access times are on par with WD Blacks.

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losttech said:
I have been looking for a new drive and looked at the HGST deskstars also.
The deskstar NAS is not the same drives as the older 7k4000 and 7k3000 models they are a lower end drive.
Any of those models listed on backblaze are almost impossible to find now and are only sold by resellers with big markups.
I don't know how the deskstar nas compare speedwise or quality wise just know there not the same as I called HGST support and talked to them about this and they said the ultrastars would be filling the market where those deskstars models were but they are super expensive and hard to find right now.
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You can find the older drives that Backblaze uses. They use the regular Deskstar drives, not the NAS models. They also don't have any HGST 6TB drives. HGST support was just upselling you. Here are the drives they use, note the model number of the Deskstar 7K4000 4TB at the end of the list:

Code: 
MegaScale 4000 - 4TB 5700RPM	(HMS5C4040ALE640)
MegaScale 4000.B - 4TB 5700RPM	(HMS5C4040BLE640)
Deskstar 5K3000 - 3TB 5700RPM	(HDS5C3030ALA630)
Deskstar 5K3000.B - 3TB 5700RPM	(HDS5C3030BLE630)
Deskstar 5K4000 - 4TB 5400RPM	(HDS5C4040ALE630)
Deskstar 7K2000 - 2TB 7200RPM	(HDS722020ALA330)
Deskstar 7K3000 - 2TB 7200RPM	(HDS723020BLA642)
Deskstar 7K3000 - 3TB 7200RPM	(HDS723030ALA640)
Deskstar 7K3000.B - 3TB 7200RPM	(HDS723030BLE640)
Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB 7200RPM	(HDS724040ALE640)
Ultrastar He8 - 8TB 7200RPM	(HUH728080ALE600)

Model number breakdown:
HDSAABBCCDDEFGGHI
HDS - Hitachi DeskStar
AA - RPM (72 = 7200 RPM, 5C = 5K RPM Coolspin)
BB - Capacity
CC - Capacity for this model (only a 2TB drive was artificially limited above)
E - Revision A/B
F - L height or form factor
GG - Interface A6 = SATA 6Gb/s, E6 = SATA 6Gb/s
H - 4 = 64MB buffer
I - 0 reserved, 1 may indicate encryption, 2 unknown
 
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Can you show me some links that are not refurbs or used because I couldn't find any new.or they were marked way up from a reseller.
 
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-PK- said:
You can find the older drives that Backblaze uses. They use the regular Deskstar drives, not the NAS models. They also don't have any HGST 6TB drives. HGST support was just upselling you. Here are the drives they use, note the model number of the Deskstar 7K4000 4TB at the end of the list:

Code: 
MegaScale 4000 - 4TB 5700RPM	(HMS5C4040ALE640)
MegaScale 4000.B - 4TB 5700RPM	(HMS5C4040BLE640)
Deskstar 5K3000 - 3TB 5700RPM	(HDS5C3030ALA630)
Deskstar 5K3000.B - 3TB 5700RPM	(HDS5C3030BLE630)
Deskstar 5K4000 - 4TB 5400RPM	(HDS5C4040ALE630)
Deskstar 7K2000 - 2TB 7200RPM	(HDS722020ALA330)
Deskstar 7K3000 - 2TB 7200RPM	(HDS723020BLA642)
Deskstar 7K3000 - 3TB 7200RPM	(HDS723030ALA640)
Deskstar 7K3000.B - 3TB 7200RPM	(HDS723030BLE640)
Deskstar 7K4000 - 4TB 7200RPM	(HDS724040ALE640)
Ultrastar He8 - 8TB 7200RPM	(HUH728080ALE600)
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Can you show me some links that are not refurbs or used because I couldn't find any new.or they were marked way up from a reseller.
 
Deskstar 4TB drive on Amazon marketplace: http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-HDS724040ALE640-HITACHI/dp/B007N41258/

Looks like I was mistaken. I thought support was trying to upsell you on the He helium drives, but they are in fact renaming them to the Ultrastar series at a higher price point for $215. The 4TB Ultrastar might use the vibration sensor of the NAS drive, either that or they might be marketing the same drive differently.
HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 - 4TB 7200RPM (HUS724040ALA640)

I'd still get the Deskstar NAS drive at that price. With how much money they have made off of it (thanks to Backblaze), it should be a better quality drive than the low end Deskstar backblaze uses.
 
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I recently bought a 6tb Wd red. I was going to go with the Hgst but I read quite a few reviews about loud idle noise. Anyone have these and can comment?
 
Well I am not in a super big hurry so going to wait a couple months and see what the pricing looks like when everything gets back in stock.
The 4TB drive you linked on amazon is from a reseller and I have seen a lot of people getting used drives and refurbed ones from the resellers so I wont buy unless the seller is amazon itself.
 
Howie said:
I recently bought a 6tb Wd red. I was going to go with the Hgst but I read quite a few reviews about loud idle noise. Anyone have these and can comment?
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Yes they are noticeably louder than the Reds. Don't buy 7200rpm anything if you want quiet. HGST does have a Coolspin line of 5k rpm drives.

If you're just buying 1 or 2 of the 7200's and putting them in a silent case though it would be ok.
 
If you don't *need* 6tb drives, you can get a way better performing/warrantied/(gb/$) 5TB actual-enterprise drive (vs this prosumer one) for ~$165(hardforum).
 
myren said:
If you don't *need* 6tb drives, you can get a way better performing/warrantied/(gb/$) 5TB actual-enterprise drive (vs this prosumer one) for ~$165(hardforum).
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I don't buy Seagate crap. But if you have benchmarks to prove your "way better" performance claim, I would be interested in seeing those just for kicks.
 
I think people need to start getting over the Seagate 7200.9/10 fiasco that happend how long ago...

Seagate rates are better these days, if Seagate sucked so bad, why does backblaze keep buying them?

The issues were with old drives, so far there has been little data to show massive failure rates on new lines.
 
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