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Jul 31st, 2021 12:31 am

cvflame [OP]: Newbie; Apr 19, 2013; 67 posts; 75 upvotes; Burlington, ON

Jul 31st, 2021 12:31 am

[Amazon.ca] $162.99 - Seagate IronWolf Pro 4TB NAS HDD (ST4000NE001)

Deal Link:: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B084ZV8YW8/
Price:: $162.99
Savings:: 14% off
Retailer:: Amazon.ca

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Ships and sold by Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B084ZV8YW8/

Not a huge discount, but listed close to Amazon's historic low (from October 2020: 159.99) according to CamelCamel.
There are definitely cheaper NAS drive options both in the form of Seagate's non-Pro line and from other vendors. So this deal will appeal to some, but certainly not all. Overall, I find it to be a decent price for a well reviewed drive that sports good specs for home or small business NAS systems .. and possibly other applications.

Drive specification sheet from Seagate (multiple drives listed in the PDF): https://www.seagate.com/files/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/ironwolf-pro-18tb-DS1914-17-2103US-en_CA.pdf

Model Number : ST4000NE001
Interface : SATA 6Gb/s
Capacity (TB) : 4
Cache (MB) : 256
Spindle Speed (RPM) : 7200 RPM
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF, hours) : 1,200,000
Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s) : 220
Acoustics, Seek (typical) (dBA) : 30

A few retailers have discounted this drive:
$164.99 [MemoryExpress] https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00113037
$168.99 [CanadaComputers] https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=15_1086_210&item_id=148087
$169.99 [NewEgg] https://www.newegg.ca/seagate-ironwolf-pro-st4000ne001-4tb/p/N82E16822184797
$189.99 [CDW] https://www.cdw.ca/product/seagate-ironwolf-pro-3.5-4000-sata/5733130

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Jul 31st, 2021 12:54 am

8008135: Deal Addict; Oct 17, 2010; 1103 posts; 771 upvotes; Edmonton

Jul 31st, 2021 12:54 am

If you are looking for justification to buy this for yourself you won't find it here.

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Jul 31st, 2021 1:40 am

Verdic: Sr. Member; Feb 4, 2015; 663 posts; 2355 upvotes; Calgary, AB

Jul 31st, 2021 1:40 am

Upvoted due to the detailed post.

While the price is ok, I think people are comparing it vs shucking which is much cheaper.

As I don't like shucking I would have considered this deal if it wasn't one of their higher end lines. While I fully understand why some people need the performance, my RAID is just mainly for storage - I think Backblaze data has shown the more expensive drives don't necessarily result in better reliability (ie, considered the low end ST8000DM002 vs Exos ST8000NM0055).
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaz ... -for-2020/

Anyway, it's an ok deal - but posting tech stuff here is tough as too many computer dudes waiting for great prices. If it was some oxo spoon people would be all over it.

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Jul 31st, 2021 2:46 am

Akitakara: Deal Addict; Aug 18, 2008; 3742 posts; 2123 upvotes; Ottawa

Jul 31st, 2021 2:46 am

If you just want a NAS rated drive, and don't need the performance from Seagate's 7200 RPM drive vs. WD's 5400 RPM drive, then the 4TB WD Red is on sale for today for $109 + ~$10 to $15 shipping at Canada Computers

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=165747

WD Red Plus 4TB is available for $10 more.

Edit: The regular "red" series = SMR. If it's "red plus" then that's CMR.

Ref link here: https://blog.westerndigital.com/wd-red-nas-drives/

Last edited by Akitakara on Jul 31st, 2021 3:05 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Jul 31st, 2021 2:53 am

briandwlee: Sr. Member; Nov 20, 2009; 853 posts; 855 upvotes

Jul 31st, 2021 2:53 am

Akitakara wrote: ↑ If you just want a NAS rated drive, and don't need the performance from Seagate's 7200 RPM drive vs. WD's 5400 RPM drive, then the 4TB WD Red is on sale for today for $109 + ~$10 to $15 shipping at Canada Computers

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=165747

WD Red Plus 4TB is available for $10 more.

WD Reds are SMR drives, AFAIK. I would buy Seagate Ironwolf NAS, which is CMR drive, $109 from Amazon.ca.

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Jul 31st, 2021 3:02 am

Akitakara: Deal Addict; Aug 18, 2008; 3742 posts; 2123 upvotes; Ottawa

Jul 31st, 2021 3:02 am

briandwlee wrote: ↑ WD Reds are SMR drives, AFAIK. I would buy Seagate Ironwolf NAS, which is CMR drive, $109 from Amazon.ca.

WD's *EFAX models are SMR, whereas *EFRX are CMR

Ref link: https://blog.westerndigital.com/wd-red-nas-drives/

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Jul 31st, 2021 3:13 am

briandwlee: Sr. Member; Nov 20, 2009; 853 posts; 855 upvotes

Jul 31st, 2021 3:13 am

Akitakara wrote: ↑ WD's *EFAX models are SMR, whereas *EFRX are CMR

Ref link: https://blog.westerndigital.com/wd-red-nas-drives/

Didn’t you post EFAX’s link?

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=165747

4TB EFRX is Red Plus model, which is CMR. Different product.

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Jul 31st, 2021 7:15 am

bigbug: Deal Addict; Feb 12, 2004; 1669 posts; 230 upvotes

Jul 31st, 2021 7:15 am

For those don’t mind open box, I bought a pair of the same drive from Amazon warehouse for $105 each. They both have 5 or 6 power on count and a few hours of on time, and 5 years of warranty.

Jul 31st, 2021 8:10 am

FrancisBacon: Deal Addict; May 12, 2014; 3421 posts; 3803 upvotes; Montreal

Jul 31st, 2021 8:10 am

Upvoted for the effort put into the post.

But when you can (used to be able to) shuck a 4TB for $80 this is cold.

Honestly, at these per TB prices, get an 8 bay NAS and run raid 6 on shucked drives (after Chia dies off and prices return to normal).

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Jul 31st, 2021 9:59 am

alpovs: Deal Fanatic; Sep 16, 2013; 8262 posts; 5987 upvotes; SW ON

Jul 31st, 2021 9:59 am

The same drive with 5900 RPM is $109.99, which is all time low. You don't need 7200 rpm in a NAS. I have a NAS full of these 5900 rpm drives and it saturates a gigabit connection. If you run 2.5 or 10 Gb network maybe a 7200 rpm is worth.
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B07H289S79

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