Anyone know why the enterprise drive ST12000NM0027 (around £370) is significantly cheaper than the desktop version ST12000DM0007 (around £420). I'm aware you'd have to buy a SAS interface to use the enterprise drive and may need better cooling but I thought the biggest disadvantage with enterprise drives was their price.
Seagate 12TB enterprise drives cheaper than desktop versions.
- Thread starter zimano
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I emailed them and got the following response:
"Yes, this pricing is correct as we have a good supplier feed from Seagate on the Enterprise class drives."
I'm getting a free LTO-6 based tape drive coming my way soonish so will need to buy a SAS controller regardless so tempted to go with the above rather than the desktop version.
"Yes, this pricing is correct as we have a good supplier feed from Seagate on the Enterprise class drives."
I'm getting a free LTO-6 based tape drive coming my way soonish so will need to buy a SAS controller regardless so tempted to go with the above rather than the desktop version.