What do you guys think about this drive?
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@darindarin Only a few warehouses have robots and all the robot does is brings the ordered item to a human and the human packs and ships it. The robot basically looks like the robot vacuums but with a shelf on top of it, robot can hold up to if I remember right 500 pounds. There are videos on youtube about it and about the warehouses.
Amazon is very customer based, any problems they TRY to fix it to ensure he/she will keep ordering.
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personally. i wouldnt go with these drives the readspeeds are fairly slow.
id spend the extra $$ and buy these https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=pd_sim_147_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MMDPPN161GY18STE24XM
these are the ones i am buying for my asset lex4all. they hit about 200mb/s reads and are extremely reliable..
they contain 8tb seagate archive drives. which are SMR Drives and these ones are perfect for burst. as they were built for the purpose of very small writes and a shit ton of reads.
they do get warm though so if your stacking them you might need a fan
@KyleH112 said in What do you guys think about this drive?:
Yeah, everytime I find an item with a big hole in the box I have to damage the item out and it turns into a warehouse deal (after the actual item is inspected and re-boxed)
if hes buying this for his asset. it wouldnt be the best idea to go with warehouse deals for HDD's. alll you need is one thrown around a bit and in a few months it will just stop working. which wouldnt be good for the investors. which means spend the extra money rather than trying to strike a deal only to get burned and to burn the asset holders later
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@Lexicon I have one of those drives as well, was actually the very first external I bought.
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@newsense2004 Go for it, I prefer anything over Seagate on the long term. Many Seagates failed me while WD, Toshiba and HGST still working. Try to get the DUO as it have WD RED series for not much more $.
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@KyleH112 Looks like you have the one @Lexicon suggested and this one https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-External-STEB5000100/dp/B00TKFEEBW/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1490711592&sr=1-5&keywords=seagate+external+hard+drive Which do you like better?
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@Lexicon said in What do you guys think about this drive?:
personally. i wouldnt go with these drives the readspeeds are fairly slow.
id spend the extra $$ and buy these https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-Desktop-Storage-STEL8000100/dp/B01HD6ZLQ6/ref=pd_sim_147_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MMDPPN161GY18STE24XM
these are the ones i am buying for my asset lex4all. they hit about 200mb/s reads and are extremely reliable..
they contain 8tb seagate archive drives. which are SMR Drives and these ones are perfect for burst. as they were built for the purpose of very small writes and a shit ton of reads.
they do get warm though so if your stacking them you might need a fan
@KyleH112 said in What do you guys think about this drive?:
Yeah, everytime I find an item with a big hole in the box I have to damage the item out and it turns into a warehouse deal (after the actual item is inspected and re-boxed)
if hes buying this for his asset. it wouldnt be the best idea to go with warehouse deals for HDD's. alll you need is one thrown around a bit and in a few months it will just stop working. which wouldnt be good for the investors. which means spend the extra money rather than trying to strike a deal only to get burned and to burn the asset holders later
Where did you find the drive speeds for these drives? Thanks for being cool BTW and tell Adam I thought his song about me was hilarious. Can't wait until my girlfriend gets home so I can play it for her.
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@newsense2004 they are pretty much the same from my experience with them , just the more expensive one has 2 USB drives in it
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@KyleH112 Thanks, appreciate it. Was having a hard time deciding between the two. Are the speeds the same? @Lexicon said the ones with the USB are faster.
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@newsense2004 They are both USB 3.0 so speeds will be the same, unless the hard drive inside has a faster read/write speed
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@KyleH112 I think that's what he was saying. I'll have to find the speeds, weren't listed on Amazon.
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@haitch Are SMR drives not the best option for mining?
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@newsense2004 They're a PITA for plotting - an 8TB drive will take about a week to directly plot optimized. Once plotted though, no issue.
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@haitch cool thanks. For the price I guess i'll go with that for now.
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Yeah, learned the hard way that these Seagate SMR drives suck for plotting.
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@Vneck If it takes a week to plot for the price i'd say it's worth it.
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It really depends on how you plot it. I ended up getting a second video card dedicated for plotting now, waiting a week for GPU plotting off of one card doesn't work the best for me if I want a faster direct plot. A week may not be long for some, but I want the drive up and running fast and asap in optimized mode versus non-optimized. I could change my view on this once I build my 2nd system (dedicated for plotting). I need to use my main computer at times, and I don't like the laggy video performance I get while plotting. But like @haitch said, once they are up, they seem to work fine. But for me, a week to plot, I'd rather spend the extra on a better drive and have it up sooner. But that's just me.
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...in other words, if it works out for your wallet, then go for it.
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@Vneck The way I see it is if I can get a better price it benefits my investors. Nobody is complaining about the payouts with the current hardware so I think the longer plotting time will not be a factor.
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Ah I see, I didn't know this was for an asset. Well ultimately as long as the plot is optimized when you are done with it, that's all that matters.
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@newsense2004 For new setups, I would recommend at least two 4TB or 8TB NAS drives and write all of your plots to those, then copy them over to the SMR drives. Keep in mind that NAS drives usually have five year warranties, so if one fails you can send it in for a free refurb (I actually had to do this already). The Seagate Expansions only have 1 year warranties...
The backup plus hubs are good because you get an integrated hub, which saves you a few bucks if you end up needing more USB3.0 ports. They also come with 2 year warranties. The one thing that irritates me about them is the complete lack of air-flow. The only vents are on the bottom of the enclosure! I stack them up like Jenga pieces on top of my case to take advantage of the exhaust fans.



