in regards to your question, why so much cheaper .... SMR is the answer only the end user can answer is SMR for them ...
in short, for plex or media storage is SMR suitable, to be avoided? essentially looking for better $$/TB but also dont want a drive thats going to die in 2-3 years
If write speed isnt a priority then SMR are fine as a single disk raid in many guises doesnt like green drives or SMR drives however.
i was thinking to have 3x in a storage space as currently its single disks and was to avoid the risk of a failed drive
You can fix slow disks in storage spaces by putting some SSDs infront of the disks as write cache and as tiered storage.
N40l only has 4x sata, 1 is for the OS drive and other 3 were for 3x6tb(cause of the cost/tb but if the larger ones get cheaper before the upgrade ill go those) storage space was the plan, currently its 3x 3tb single disks
Don't forget you can do a BIOS update & use the optical sata for the OS drive & there is even an internal USB depending on the OS. Cheers, Dennis
Keeps on showing won't ship to my location in australia, do we have to reship these? Nevermind refreshed and all good
The 10tb WD Elements drives came up for sale last night for $260 + delivery or free Prime. So I snapped two, they sold out really quick, price per GB compared to the 14tb wasn't as great, but I don't currently need that amount of space.
bios? update? my quick google kept ending up needing bios files from HP....which i cant get cause either 404 or need to pay for support
Try the 1st page of the HP ProLiant MicroServer Owners Club! posting, it has a listing of useful resources. https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/hp-proliant-microserver-owners-club-attempting-to-sell-here-will-result-in-bans.958208/ You might find a link to an old bios file that allows the 5th sata connection to run at full speed (used prior to HP bring in paid support model - & probably after). Hope this helps. Cheers, Dennis
12TB for $329.91 PP https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07X4V2M3B/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A4XRJ8S0WXSO0&psc=1 Limit of 3
I know this might sound a bit dumb. But how can these prices be that low. When places like pccasegear are 200 odd extra. Do you bus these and strip the hard drive out then put in computer?
Yes. And there is a name for this exact process. Its called shucking. I just shucked 2 16TB Seagate's this morning.
12TB WD Externals https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/black-wd-elements-12tb/p/N82E16822234406?Item=N82E16822234406 $346.50 INC GST + currently FREE shipping. cheaper then amazon deal. Nevermind, on checkout suddenly it ISN'T FREE shipping.
Received my 10TB WD Elements yesterday which took two weeks to arrive, can confirm they are still WD100EMAZ. Currently running HD Sentimental on them before shucking, 1/4 way through after 12hours.
