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It's A Digital Disease!

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Officer-K_2049 on 2025-01-23 02:32:46.

I went into Micro Center to pick up a WD Red Pro 18TB at $379 but the salesman convinced me that Toshiba NAS drives are a better choice.  I got a 22TB N300 for $419 which isn't bad for an extra $50 for an additional 4TB.  I should have looked up the Amazon reviews as the rating for these units is 4.2 stars, WD is 4.3, and Seagate Ironwolfs are 4.5.

I am using the HDD in a dedicated tower with swappable 4 bays running an ancient AMD 8350 Bulldozer on a ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ ATX mobo basically as a storage center.  The tower is on only a few times a month when I need to update files. Currently it has a few WD Red 14TBs but I have filled those up.   I expect to get another 22TB HDD to mirror the Toshiba but maybe I will go WD Red next time for redundancy.

What do you think about Toshiba HDDs? Are they reliable? Should I exchange it for a different drive?

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