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Amazon has the WD 18TB Elements drive for $299US - Can it be shucked? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by DeathStalker_x77x@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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I know WD has been clamping down on shucking capabilities lately, by requiring the drives to use their proprietary USB interface - more so on the MyBooks, but I don't know bout the Elements series.

Is this worth getting to shuck? And what model drive is usually inside?

Thanks!

--- DS

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[–] audioeptesicus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This doesn't answer your question, but check out the 18TB drives that can be had refurbished from Serverpartdeals.com. You can save a lot of money and buy extra drives for more capacity or on-hand replacements considering the savings.

[–] Phynness@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They have 18TB Exos for $165 USD right now.

[–] audioeptesicus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I was just seeing that too. I'm gonna have to get some.

[–] Faith-in-Strangers@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

wtf that’s the price of 8TB in Germany

[–] Phynness@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

[–] DeathStalker_x77x@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I will simply never buy refurbished anything.