undefined | Better HN

0 pointswashadjeffmad6y ago0 comments

If you don't care about warranty, 8 and 12TB drives routinely go for $15/TB on sale inside WD Elements.

I picked up 32TB for just under $500 with discount over the holiday that way.

0 comments

Even if you shuck the drive, as long as you keep the enclosure Western Digital will still honor the warranty.

I’ve heard that you can send the drives back without the enclosure and they have still honored the warranty. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/am9vdv/easysto...

StavrosK6y ago

Can you elaborate? What's the catch?

flaviu16y ago

You need to take 10 minutes out of your day to remove the plastic enclosure. Depending on your setup, you may also need to make some minor modifications to the drive: google.com/search?q=3.3V+wd+easystore

The theory is that this is a form of market segmentation, where enthusiasts/companies are willing to pay more for a bare drive regular consumers.

washadjeffmadOP6y ago

The only catch is that it's a minor lottery which model drive you're getting.

For instance, I got all white label WD80EMAZs (256MB cache, non-SMR, same firmware as the Reds) in this batch, so I had to insulate the 3.3V pins.

There are also true Reds, 128MB and 512MB cache drives, helium filleds, 7.2K HGSTs slowed to 5.4K, and other variants.

jbverschoor6y ago

Or use a traditional power supply to sata cable.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse