Seagate shipping 8tb drives

oxygene · 12 Dec 2014 at 14:25

Seagate starts shipping 8TB hard drives that cost only $260

This product is part of the brand's new Archive HDD line launched a few months ago, which uses Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) technology that can fit more data on a platter than the typical drive. The line also includes 6TB and 5TB options, if 8TB is already excessive.
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Seagate has just started shipping out units to retailers

*Taps foot impatiently while glaring at OCUK*

Lord Alibaski · 12 Dec 2014 at 19:52

£206 at that rate something I highly doubt.

Another time for people in the UK to get shafted.

Though looking back at how many Seagate drives I have had and how many have died the last one being last week, I don't think I will waste my money on one.

oxygene · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:14

Hmmms According to XE.com 260usd is 165gbp. but that doesnt matter because with electronics 100usd ends up as 100gbp!
Either way, out of all the drives I've had seagate have always been my most reliable. I know other people have different experiences but you stick to what you know!

John24 · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:24

Yep, I'll have one.

wazza300 · 12 Dec 2014 at 20:32

8tb of ticking timebomb :eek:

oxygene · 12 Dec 2014 at 21:02

wazza300 said:
8tb of ticking timebomb

Lol, I remember people saying similar for every new hd size!
"100mb! I'd die if that failed and I lost everything!!!"

RJC · 12 Dec 2014 at 21:06

wazza300 said:
8tb of ticking timebomb

Buy 2

John24 · 12 Dec 2014 at 21:21

wazza300 said:
8tb of ticking timebomb

Some of us have plenty of old drives lying around for backups

wazza300 · 13 Dec 2014 at 14:36

but its a Seagate remember!!! :eek:

Frenzy · 13 Dec 2014 at 23:15

I'm so glad I've waited on upgrading the media server hard drives...

spoffle · 13 Dec 2014 at 23:26

oxygene said:
H with electronics 100usd ends up as 100gbp!

Most of the time it doesn't.

oxygene · 14 Dec 2014 at 12:42

spoffle said:
Most of the time it doesn't.

Yeah but it always ends up costing us way more then USD exchange rate. Its a real shame.

koolpc · 14 Dec 2014 at 12:51

For me, it would be like putting all your eggs in one basket. Too risky

Terrier_Jimlad · 14 Dec 2014 at 12:52

Wouldn't buy an 8TB Seagate if it was £50, might aswell just delete any data you plan on putting on it now!

Kmodo · 14 Dec 2014 at 13:00

Are Seagates really that bad? I've got quite a few 3tb Seagates

Akagi · 14 Dec 2014 at 13:03

They have been known for being a little unreliable in comparison to other manufacturers, however I wouldn't worry too unduly. Any drives can fail, and I have several Seagates which have lasted years. The oldest is over 10 years old! Though of the three HDD's that have failed on me over the years, one was a Seagate Barracuda, one was a Seagate Momentus, and the other was a Western Digital WD800 which can be forgiven for being ancient.

I wouldn't necessarily pay much mind to the HDD reliability statistics online, they all seem to be from the same source. A "Backblaze" data centre.

spoffle · 14 Dec 2014 at 15:47

oxygene said:
Yeah but it always ends up costing us way more then USD exchange rate. Its a real shame.

Most of the time it actually doesn't.

Akagi · 15 Dec 2014 at 01:41

Seagate storage facility...

Grrrrr · 15 Dec 2014 at 07:47

koolpc said:
For me, it would be like putting all your eggs in one basket. Too risky

The same logic applies to 3TB drives and 500GB drives, never trust a hard drive and buy in pairs if you can afford to. Just because this is 8TB it doesn't change those rules

Doogles · 15 Dec 2014 at 08:55

wazza300 said:
8tb of ticking timebomb

This! Although if they weren't too expensive you could get 3