16TB WD Elements

hornetstinger · 5 Aug 2024 at 11:28

Looking into buying a WD Elements 16TB, Recertified. Will be shucking it and fit into a NAS.

Anyone with same drive?

hornetstinger · 6 Aug 2024 at 12:23

Snapshot said:
No, but I have two shucked 18TB drives in my backup NAS. They clunk a lot.....

White label western digital?

hornetstinger · 9 Aug 2024 at 20:13

Went for 16TB Elements, I have literally no space. From reading all drives are noisy hopefully this one is acceptable.

I could wait for 16TB SSD but I think I'll be waiting a while..

hornetstinger · 21 Aug 2024 at 17:45

I'll do a synology benchmark test later, currently doing some intensive CPU/network thing

hornetstinger · 21 Aug 2024 at 17:48

Moobert said:
From what I gather these are not the best noise wise however if kept out of earshot, wont be an issue

Yeah a bit clicky sound

Could possibly be enterprise white label?

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hornetstinger · 21 Aug 2024 at 21:32

Yeah it's pretty damn loud doing benchmark test on Synology Nas and random access is mega loud and rattling the Nas case.

16tb is a bit louder than the 8tb

I'll try the second drive in the Nas, a wd elements 8tb and post inages

Benchmark takes a while

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hornetstinger · 12 Oct 2024 at 13:05

GIBURROWS said:
Where are people getting these drives from, I've got 29tb(don't ask) NAS and would like to upgrade...?

WD direct, recertified (not paying the £300-£400) price.

have a 8 and 16TB that's enough for a while, total remaining is 8TB, and still have 2 bays free so I don't think I need another drive for a while