Seagate's large 24TB Expansion Desktop HDD is now just $279 at Best Buy

[Admin]

Grab 24TB of desktop storage for only $279 with Seagate's Expansion External HDD.

Seagate's large 24TB Expansion Desktop HDD is now just $279 at Best Buy : Read more

 

[Grobe]

Wonder if the hdd itself have an actual sata interface or usb only - i.e. grab it out of the enclosure and put it into a regular computer case ?

 

[USAFRet]

Wonder if the hdd itself have an actual sata interface or usb only - i.e. grab it out of the enclosure and put it into a regular computer case ?

A couple of years ago, I shucked a similar (but smaller) Seagate from its enclosure.
In my QNAP right now.

 

[spongiemaster]

Wonder if the hdd itself have an actual sata interface or usb only - i.e. grab it out of the enclosure and put it into a regular computer case ?

These are always shuckable. Standard SATA drive with a little usb PCB plugged into it. Just keep in mind, the warranty on external drives is only one year, or zero years if you shuck it. That's why they are cheaper.

 

[Amdlova]

The wd version has sata interface but need to mod the power cable with some tape... have some videos on youtube showing the model.

 

[JRStern]

"Long lasting"? Do we know that?
Does that assume it's used as a periodic backup device and not even powered on 99% of the time?

The modern low price is mind-boggling but it mostly competes against a dozen 64gb thumb drives, I guess.
Wish that eggs were so cheap!

 

[Notton]

"Long lasting"? Do we know that?
Does that assume it's used as a periodic backup device and not even powered on 99% of the time?

The modern low price is mind-boggling but it mostly competes against a dozen 64gb thumb drives, I guess.
Wish that eggs were so cheap!

The high capacity drives in these enclosures are usually helium filled enterprise grade. From what I've seen, they have better reliability than air filled drives.

The only catch is when shucking the drives. It requires unplugging/cutting the 3.3V power cable because that disables the drive for some reason.

 

[Misgar]

Just checked the price of this 24TB drive on my local Amazon web site. It's equivalent to US $592.60. That's $313.60 more than the Best Buy price, but includes 20% local taxes over here. I won't be buying one.

 

[th2102]

Someone posted this 24tb external hard drive about 1 month ago:

Seagate Expansion 24TB has an Exos X24 inside

According to the thread, it uses Seagate Exos 24tb internal hard drive. I checked Seagate website. This external hard drive has only one model no, STKP24000400. But its warranty term is from 1 year to 3 years based on its region code:

Seagate Epansion 24TB warranty

The big concern is it only has one year warranty. I'm not sure what reason to cause this very low price. It may have the following reasons:

1. Maybe have some problem easily after a period of time
2. Shorten the warranty term to reduce the cost

If just only for the second reason, this price is acceptable. But if the low price is the quality issue, the risk is very high

 

[isolatry]

I remember when I was still able to earn a living, shop for things like external HDs, but back then, 8 TB HDs would usually be about 90$. 24 TB seems like a big improvement, but do HDs last longer than just a few years now? The increase to 24 TB doesn't really mean much if all drives still degrade and fail in few years.