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WD Blue 4TB Hard Drive (5400rpm, 3.5", WD40EZAZ, SMR) - $74.99

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Mar 24th, 2022 11:34 am
inferno_gn [OP]
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Mar 24th, 2022 11:34 am

[Canada Computers] WD Blue 4TB Hard Drive (5400rpm, 3.5", WD40EZAZ, SMR) - $74.99

Hi there,

I know it's SMR, but it's great for just general storage.
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=189613

Amazon.ca and ME is selling 76.99$.
https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00116108
https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-W ... B087QTVCHH

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Mar 24th, 2022 11:53 am
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Hi there,

Well, NAS has 3 years, Blue has 2 years warranty. The spec are the same (though Red suppose to be noisier), but can Red be use as a just a regular hard drive?
PerformingAzura wrote: ↑ NAS SMR? That's a thing?
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:14 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:14 pm

We've had a shuckable Seagate 8TB SMR drive go on sale for less than $130, so I don't know if it's really worth wasting a SATA port on such a relatively small drive in 2022.
Mar 24th, 2022 12:30 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:30 pm

The only thing I'm taking from this thread is that Canada Computers bought "cc.ca" as a domain name. That's good to know.
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:35 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:35 pm

5400 rpm?

weren't these green drives at one point? I distinctly remember "blue" drives being 7200 rpm.
Mar 24th, 2022 12:37 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:37 pm

Hi there,

Only the 2TB are...
krnpker wrote: ↑ 5400 rpm?

weren't these green drives at one point? I distinctly remember "blue" drives being 7200 rpm.
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:40 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:40 pm

Looking at getting a 4tb to put in my Synology strictly for surveillance recordings. I know CMR is better, but does it make a huge difference for my application? I have dual 8tb CMR for the rest
Mar 24th, 2022 12:50 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 12:50 pm

inferno_gn wrote: ↑ Hi there,

Only the 2TB are...



Ju Leon...
My 1TB blue that I bought five years ago is 7200 rpm
Mar 24th, 2022 1:05 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 1:05 pm

Marauder2 wrote: ↑ Looking at getting a 4tb to put in my Synology strictly for surveillance recordings. I know CMR is better, but does it make a huge difference for my application? I have dual 8tb CMR for the rest
I use an SMR external WD drive for my media server. Been using it for more than 6 months now to stream 4K HDR videos to my TV with no issues. For your application I doubt it would be a big deal.
Mar 24th, 2022 1:29 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 1:29 pm

I bought an 8TB SMR thinking it would be fine for mass cold storage backup. I did no running of apps on the drive, but did have to do large copy of files to the drive.

Write speed became horrific. I don't know if my drive is defective but if I recall correctly it was south of 5MB/s after a long copy.

Be mindful that SMR has really limited use cases and a few dollars more for CMR is usually good value.
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Mar 24th, 2022 2:22 pm
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Mar 24th, 2022 2:22 pm

inferno_gn wrote: ↑If you want the NAS version...
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=165747

It's 83.99$, but save an extra 5$ with coupon CPHD00000371, so it comes down to 78.99$. It's also SMR.
PerformingAzura wrote: ↑ NAS SMR? That's a thing?
WD spec sheet for the Reds show 2 versions of the 4TB:

WD40EFAX --> SMR
WD40EFRX --> CMR

The one at CC is SMR. I would not use it in a NAS. Any other opinion?

Western Digital Announces Red Plus HDDs, Cleans Up Red SMR Mess with Plus Branding

WD Red Plus CMR 4TB $95 Amazon.ca

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