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Originally Posted by accord1999
The Seagate external drives are also a popular option for shucking and can be easier since you don't need to disable the 3.3v pin for desktop usage. While not on sale now, Amazon will sometimes discount the 14TB to $331 and the 16TB to $400 and are good options if you need extremely large amounts of space. Both use the top-end Exos model.
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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
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So I built a NAS about 9 months ago using shucked 12TB Seagates which had Iron wolf drives and I'm getting reallocated sector count SMART warnings already on one of the six drives. Pretty annoyed and hoping it doesn't get worse but these being Seagates I'm not optimistic.
Probably should have just shelled out more for the Enterprise grade.