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Why US Buyers Should Purchase Datacenter HDDs instead of NAS HDDs

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jdrch edited this page Sep 24, 2019 · 1 revision

NAS HDDs are basically Datacenter Lite HDDs with actually Datacenter HDD pricing (seriously, look up the price comparisons.) If you put their normalized specs into Excel NAS drives are actually a worse value for money.

Here's an example (as of 2019-07-12):

The following are the lowest prices - including lowest cost shipping to the continental US - for 12 TB Seagate HDDs from a reputable (4+ stars) retailer on Google Shopping:

  • Seagate Exos X12 12 TB (the highest spec 12 TB drive Seagate makes): $322.44
  • Seagate IronWolf Pro 12TB: $401
  • Seagate IronWolf 12TB: $356.93

The Exos X12 has the highest specs of all 3 drives, but the lowest price

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