4TB Seagate "Terascale" 3.5" HDD for $64.99 from goHardDrive on Newegg Marketplace

[VirtualLarry]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5AD8P22252&ignorebbr=1

• 4TB Storage Capacity
• 5900 RPM
• SATA III 6 Gb/s
• 64MB Cache Memory
• Sustained Read Data Rate up to 170 MB/s

Does anyone know what a "Terascale" HDD is for? Are these a re-branded "Seagate Archival" HDD? Or something mfg'ed cheaply, for cloud providers? Limited firmware features? Are these SATA? Or PCI-E? (Edit: Specs say right there, "SATA III 6Gb/s".)

I really don't know. But as far as internal SATA HDD prices go, it seems like a decent one, if it's compatible. I don't know how the warranty works for drives purchased from goHardDrive, I assume that whatever warranty is through them.

Here's the Amazon listing:
https://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Terascale-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST4000NC000/dp/B00E262A06

• Affordable storage for 24x7 multi-drive replicated environments

• High vibration tolerance for reliable enterprise-class performance

• Low power and cooling costs with the lowest 3.5-inch enterprise drive operating power

• Advanced format logical block management for industry-leading data integrity

• 4TB per drive enables scalable high-capacity storage in 24x7 environments Lower TCO with Seagate Instant Secure Erase for simple drive repurposing or disposal SATA 6Gb/s interface optimizes burst performance

DataSheet:
https://www.seagate.com/files/www-c.../terascale-hdd-data-sheet-ds1793-1-1306us.pdf

 

[Thebobo]

What's the first Kinetic Ethernet hard drive? Psst, it's the 4TB Terascale

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/23/seagate_terascale_is_first_kinetic_drive/

I Still don't understand...

 

[VirtualLarry]

Ok, so the "Kinentic" HDD, is a modified "TeraScale" HDD. That still doesn't tell us (quite) what a "TeraScale" HDD is.

Edit: Found the DataSheet, it's a ConstellationCS drive. Should be decent, enterprise-level, these are shown to be "SATA III" on Newegg's page, so they should be compatible. Seems like a decent deal, but they're not necessarily new, coming from "goHardDrive". Probably corporate off-lease, may have SMART reset. Should still have plenty of life left in them for a NAS or home server build.

Price is definitely nice.

Edit: Well, if you scroll down the page, to available sellers, it does list the "goHardDrive" listing as "NEW". So maybe they are new? Corporations sometimes purchase pallet-loads of drives, and have some lingering, maybe they no longer use 4TB drives, so they're selling off their stock-piles. That does happen.

If I hadn't already bought 4x4TB WD MyBook External Desktop HDDs, for roughly $53 ea., I'd be all over this deal.

Edit: I've heard that "goHardDrive" does have decent customer-service, so if you have a problem with the drive, they should take care of it. Not sure for how long, though. They list the warranty under this drive listing as 3 years.

 

[13Gigatons]

Man Larry you love Hard drives.