9.62/TB
The Best Hard Drive Deal So Far in 2025: Get a Massive 26TB Seagate Desktop Hard Drive for $250
https://www.ign.com/articles/best-desktop-hard-drive-deal-2025-seagate-expansion-26tb
https://www.ign.com/articles/best-desktop-hard-drive-deal-2025-seagate-expansion-26tb
9.62/TB
22 Comments
violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 1y
it's sad how far Seagate's reputation has fallen. In the early 90's having Seagate SCSI drives in your pc was a point of pride!
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 1y
Probably dies before you even get it half full
SupraMario@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I've got WD drives with like 10+ years of power on time...still works. All, and I'm not joking, of my HDD failures have been seagates. I lost 4 drives and the 5th and final seagate I purchased, started showing errors just a year into its life. Haven't bought one since.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 1y
I think the IronWolf drives are generally OK. But what's inside this is probably going to be a cheapo Barracuda drive.
You generally get what you pay for. If a drive is an amazing bargain, I wouldn't trust it with anything I needed. If you're just using it as another replaceable drive in a RAID array then whatever, I guess.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
When I bought Seagate externals, the Barracuda line only went up to 8TB so anything above that was an Ironwolf or Exynos. Do you know if that's still the case?
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
Labelled as Barracudas, but who knows what they were before they were relegated to this...
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1jfcgt6/26tb_seagate_from_bb_is_a_barracuda/
VegasVator@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Too bad it's Seagate.
9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Is this model from seagate prone to fail?
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
If it means anything, I have been using Seagate Ironwolf HD's in my NAS for years now after having to switch to them when HGST went under, and I have yet to have any issues with one yet. I think I have 5 right now.
VegasVator@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
5 is such a tiny sample size. Back blaze over and over again shows how many Seagate models are horrible. The last reports has the worst Seagate model they use at 9.47% failure. No thanks.
you_are_dust@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
That's a pretty good price. I don't know how much I trust Seagate to get a drive that big though.
Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
Is that a good idea? I mean having all of that storage on one component? Wouldn't it be safer to split that data onto separate drives?
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
Probably a good candidate for drive shucking. Can get a good, potentially enterprise grade, hard drive for cheaper than the drive alone would cost. Then stick it into a NAS.
Call_Me_Maple@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Ahh, yeah I see what you're saying.
MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Actually, large drives like this make perfect sense in RAID arrays. Just make sure your using at least RAID 6 with drives this big - the rebuild times are scary long. I run a mix of 18TB drives in my home server and the key is having a solid backup strategy, not avoiding large drives. No matter the brand, always assume any drive will fail.
freewheel@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Seagate and Best buy. I'm double pass.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
The data hoarder in me says yes. The realist says I'm only using 4TB out of 14 right now.
x00z@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Please add the available region to posts like these.
AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 1y
A price decent enough to make me consider getting a Seagate
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y
I would wait. There have been recent developments about heating the HD surface with a laser to increase storage capacity. I think it's wise to see how this develops and wether it causes problems.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 1 pts · 1y
Please, please let this propagate to ~10 TB drives.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
what you even filling it with ? unless you are running a YT channel