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the guys on datahoarders have been buying these and confirm they are white label reds.vancouverie wrote: ↑ need someone have bought it & confirmed it with us if it’s CMR
All 8tb+ in Western Digital line should still be CMR.vancouverie wrote: ↑ need someone have bought it & confirmed it with us if it’s CMR
True. WD doesn't currently have an 8TB SMR drive. The highest Red/Blue only goes up to 6TB (Red and Blue are SMR Red "Plus" is CMR):Sunain wrote: ↑ All 8tb+ in Western Digital line should still be CMR.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/wd-li ... techNOLOGY
That depends. For NAS drives, the slower, cooler running WD Reds are preferable. Plus I don't care what anyone says and I don't want to start a debate, but Segate has been worse for reliability. At least for me.
That was the case a while ago but not necessarily anymore. I bought a 8TB Easystore about a month ago from Bestbuy and it was a WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0. Non helium, CMR. Some people suspect it is a rebadged Toshiba (which is fine by me). It runs hot so if you get the same drive you need good cooling. I was getting around 50C until I improved the cooling and now its 37C.cgg123321 wrote: ↑ the guys on datahoarders have been buying these and confirm they are white label reds.
According to their data sheets they are very similar. Iron Wolf Pro if it's for NAS type applications, Barracuda Pro if it's for a normal HDD in your PC for storage or whatever else. The main difference is that the Ironwolf Pro has Rotational Vibration sensors and firmware that is optimized for usage in storage arrays. It's very unlikely you would notice a difference between either regardless of the application as they are both top tier drives, but they do have slightly different optimizations.
Thanks, it's appreciated!CanadaCPU wrote: ↑ According to their data sheets they are very similar. Iron Wolf Pro if it's for NAS type applications, Barracuda Pro if it's for a normal HDD in your PC for storage or whatever else. The main difference is that the Ironwolf Pro has Rotational Vibration sensors and firmware that is optimized for usage in storage arrays. It's very unlikely you would notice a difference between either regardless of the application as they are both top tier drives, but they do have slightly different optimizations.
Not everyone wants slow drives in their NAS. I don't use slow drives in mine. Also, lots of WD Reds are still SMR so you need to be very careful which ones you buy.
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Hmm good to know, I just went by the reddit posts suggesting it matches the air filled WD Reds (same look and same R/N)Jaytee wrote: ↑ That was the case a while ago but not necessarily anymore. I bought a 8TB Easystore about a month ago from Bestbuy and it was a WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0. Non helium, CMR. Some people suspect it is a rebadged Toshiba (which is fine by me). It runs hot so if you get the same drive you need good cooling. I was getting around 50C until I improved the cooling and now its 37C.
The 8TB I bought from Costco around April was a WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0. Helium, CMR, made by WD. The MyBook HD runs cooler then the Easystore at around the low 30s.
Hot would be 8TB at $134.99
The 8TB WD Elements I bough in January contains WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0.Jaytee wrote: ↑ That was the case a while ago but not necessarily anymore. I bought a 8TB Easystore about a month ago from Bestbuy and it was a WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0. Non helium, CMR. Some people suspect it is a rebadged Toshiba (which is fine by me). It runs hot so if you get the same drive you need good cooling. I was getting around 50C until I improved the cooling and now its 37C.
The 8TB I bought from Costco around April was a WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0. Helium, CMR, made by WD. The MyBook HD runs cooler then the Easystore at around the low 30s.
