Is this Seagate Exos drive too good to be true? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by rosa666parks@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I found this its the cheapest 10TB Exos drive on Newegg and looking to buy 4 of them. I will be putting them in my NAS that I use for my media library and pc backups. The price I’m posting this is $130, I’m also looking similar Exos drives that are $250 is there a difference? Should I shell up for the more expensive drives?

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[-] ScreaminOctopus@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 months ago

I got a set off ebay, Jesus christ they're loud. I ended up returning them cause I could hear the grinding through my whole house

[-] Lem453@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

I have 3 14tb exos drives. I have them in a Roswell 4u hotseap chassis. Running unraid.

It's nearly inaudible over the very reasonable case fans. No grinding noises. I can hear the heads moving a bit but it's quite subtle. Not sure why people have such different experiences with these

[-] czardestructo@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

I noticed when they first spin up on boot they do some sub routine and they're pretty loud and chatty. First time I heard it I was spooked but it worked fine and I just use it for backup so I just moved on. Once it's on and in normal operation it's like any other disk I've used over the decades. Nothing as loud as an old scsci disk or a quantum fireball.

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

I'm questioning your auditory acuity :P

[-] TCB13@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Ahaha that's about what they do.

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