What a time to be alive

[Kaido]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-18tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/6427995.p?skuId=6427995

 

[olds]

Can this be used as a NAS or is it USB only?

 

[Kaido]

Can this be used as a NAS or is it USB only?

USB but you can shuck it. Standalone 18TB drives are $580+ a pop. This is amazing because for one, it's 18TB, and two, it's $279 lol.

Oh, and they sell 8TB SSD's now. Not cheap, but available!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089C3TZL9/ref=twister_B08C4K4SMW

 

[Captante]

Can this be used as a NAS or is it USB only?

Problem with using most external drives as a NAS is that they don't deal well with heat buildup up from extended running.

That's an amazing deal though!

 

[olds]

USB but you can shuck it. Standalone 18TB drives are $580+ a pop. This is amazing because for one, it's 18TB, and two, it's $279 lol.

Oh, and they sell 8TB SSD's now. Not cheap, but available!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089C3TZL9/ref=twister_B08C4K4SMW

Shuck it?

 

[Torn Mind]

They're cheap because they'll break sooner when used as intended. .

 

[Captante]

Shuck it?

Remove the drive from the enclosure.

You know ... like an ear of corn?

 

[sdifox]

It's two drives

 

[snoopy7548]

It's two drives

 

[sdifox]

lol looked up the actual dimensions as opposed to the pix op linked and that shows it is one drive.

Thought it was like one of these

WD My Book Duo External Desktop RAID Storage Hard Drive 4TB - 36 TB | Western Digital | Western Digital

The My Book™ Duo drive has massive capacity for storing photos, videos, documents and music. RAID-0 mode provides super-fast performance with up to 360MB/s2 sequential read speeds (using the USB Type-C™ port). Switch to RAID-1 configuration for redundancy and to mirror data on the WD drives...

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