Seagate ''Ships'' First 3 TB External HDD

[exfileme]

It's the world's first external drive with a 3 TB storage capacity.

Seagate ''Ships'' First 3 TB External HDD : Read more

 

[awood28211]

Doesn't come cheap? Haha! 3 TB for 250 bucks. I remember when my 40MB Seagate cost quite a few hundred more than that. Oh the spoiled world we live.

 

[nforce4max]

Hmmm why external? I rather use 3.5 to 5.25 bay adapters and save the space as well spare my self from the issues. Hell I even got a cooling mod ware I added a heatsink to mine that mounts an 80mm fan.

 

[Guest]

I have concerns regarding the failure rates of these drives. 2TB drives are already notorious for failing, and I'm sure that 3TB drives are no different.

 

[sliem]

1 TB is now $60
2 TB can be found around $100 if on sale
3 TB should be under $200

 

[the last resort]

it looks big enough to cram a 2TB drive and a 1TB drive next to it.

 

[Lowdown]

I agree, it would be real rough if the drive failed, that's a lot of information. Its nice to see there is a way to connect to either firewire or USB 3.0 but just think how long it would take to fill up 3TB over USB 2.0, hehe.

 

[jrabbitb]

more likely 2 x 1.5TB drives. option to use it in mirror mode at 1.5TB or max space at 3TB?

 

[asiaprime]

disappointed by the external too

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]1 TB is now $60 2 TB can be found around $100 if on sale 3 TB should be under $200[/citation]
at the same time like you said 2tb is 100 on sale. and forgetting the $50 for the external case. hard drives has always suffered from diminishing returns after a certain point especially when it comes to "world's largest consumer drive" level. my opinion it's not that bad of a price. as of today. feel free to disagree

 

[zoemayne]

This does not count it probably has an extra platter or maybe 3 2.5" discs not 3.5"

 

[kinggraves]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]1 TB is now $602 TB can be found around $100 if on sale3 TB should be under $200[/citation]

Alright, sales and wholesaler pricing do not matter here, 249 is the suggested retail. You're also paying for the "enclosure" and any special features of this model, so don't compare it to bare drive prices. Here's the fair comparison (retail prices off Seagate's site):

129 for the 1TB version
189 for the 2TB version
249 for the 3TB version

You're still paying 60 dollars per terabyte. The other 69 is for the enclosure. Retailers usually do not charge the full retail price.

As someone else stated though, these things are getting far too dense to be reliable. I'd rather get 3 1TBs and switch them out.

 

[spunkymunky]

Its probably external due to compatibility with motherboards, the case probably has something to allow 3TB to be available. The increased cost probablt comes from that issue. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/storage/2010/06/01/are-we-ready-for-3tb-hard-disks/3

 

[tharkis842]

Did i miss something, or have internal 3tb drives not come out yet?

 

[drwho1]

I really want 5TB drives... 3TB getting closer

Also I rather have this drives as bare/internal drives and a little cheaper.... don't charge me for the enclosure that I don't need or want.

and I don't think that the article says anything about rpm's.
is this drive 7200rpm's or a green 5400/5900rpm, and what about cache
32 cache/64 cache.....higher?

 

[kenwheeler77]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]1 TB is now $602 TB can be found around $100 if on sale3 TB should be under $200[/citation]

Those are bare drive prices. I'm sure $249 will go lower once some competition rolls out.

 

[hannibal]

Internals are only for professional worksations. The reason is explained by Spunkymunky post above.

 

[Pyroflea]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]1 TB is now $602 TB can be found around $100 if on sale3 TB should be under $200[/citation]

You're also paying more for substantially higher storage density.

 

[shin0bi272]

Im gonna have to pick one of these up in about 6 months when my 2tb gets filled with music so this couldnt have come at a better time for me.

 

[buzznut]

Yeah, i also agree that the pricing isn't outlandish, being the first 3TB and all. It actually closer to $1 per 10GB. so $55 for 500GB, 80-100 for 1TB, etc. Add $20 for the enclosure and it isn't a really bad deal.

I am surprised it doesn't support USB 3.0 outta the box. I will wait for now...

 

[HavoCnMe]

(+1 to awood28211) I couldn't agree more, to me that is a steal. But i hope that this lowers the cost of other well known drives, internal and external.

 

[joex444]

I vehemently oppose high capacity storage devices.

The correct thing to do is cobble together numerous smaller drives into a proper RAID5 array. If you can't do that, then atleast do RAID1.

I'm sure we've all lost data at some point and the idea of trusting 3TB of information to a mechanical devices stirkes me as extremely foolish. Better to run 4x1TB in RAID5 and checking the prices that works out to $240 if you have onboard RAID5. Sure, its not external but any sane person knows external drives as stand-alones are to be used for non-critical data or backups only; the creation of a 3TB external seems to suggest otherwise which in the end will only end in tragedy for the less technologically aware among us (y'know, the ones that we see in the real world that aren't on THG).

 

[mcvf]

3TB and USB 2.0? What are these guys smoking something?
USB 3.0 and e-sata should have been definitely included and not only optional. Seriously, we are talking here about one and half they copying of whole disk capacity. E-sata or USB 3.0 is not just an option here!

 

[foscooter]

I thought that Windows (even 7) had a 2TB threshold on hard drives. I know XP did, but I thought even 7 did? Or is that just is a RAID array?

 

[HavoCnMe]

Joex444, Thanks for your quick thinking and mediocre brain power on this one. Also note that this solution is for the consumer level of storage not the corporate level were you need excellent performance with redundancy. I'm pretty sure this was just an article talking about the first 3TB external hdd. Not RAID, storage solutions 101, or best practices....

Just a heads up, you can find that stuff in the forums.

 

[Guest]

its external and not internal because there are 2 drives in the 1.5tb casing right? still i am going to get one so EJukebox can handle more movies