Hot Deals!!! Storage, Blank Media, etc...

[jephrey]

I just got a 2TB seagate even though my 1TB just failed (about a year)  Like you MeltMe...  wicked cheap.  I have a second 1TB seagate that's 3-4 years old and that's what I've typically experienced with their drives.  Shit happens...  With proper backup, the Seagate may require a little more maintenance (like buying and replacing bad drives), but should work just as well...  I'm not saying that the Seagate is good or anything, but NO HD mfr is 0 defect.

[StCarl]

Just picked up a portable Seagate 640gb for summertime in the van. $46+free shipping.  Decent deal but it had expired when I went back to get the link - I see I put in my order just before 12 pacific time.  There was a bunch of reasonably priced storage on dealmac, and I saw these are on sale:

Drobo 4-Bay FireWire 800 / USB 2.0 Hard Drive Array
$299  + free shipping
http://dealmac.com/Drobo-4-Bay-Fire-Wire-800-USB-2.0-Hard-Drive-Array-for-299-free-shipping/413474.html

[MeltMe]

Western Digital Caviar Green 2 TB...just picked one up at the local CompUsa.  $99 with $20 mail in rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514

[StCarl]

via dealmac.com

For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg.com offers the Hitachi XL Desk Drive 2TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. 0S02485, for $99.99. Coupon code "EMCKJKF45" drops it to $89.99. With free shipping, that's $0.04/GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145326

[StCarl]

I don't know anything more about this product, but it is pretty cheap:

Amazon.com offers the Buffalo DriveStation JustStore 1TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. HD-CL1.0TU2N, for $48.21 with free shipping

[ph92]

via dealmac.com

For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg.com offers the Hitachi XL Desk Drive 2TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. 0S02485, for $99.99. Coupon code "EMCKJKF45" drops it to $89.99. With free shipping, that's $0.04/GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145326

Do not get this, Hitachi Desk Star series = Death Stars, I had one die within 3 months of having it. Its very common for them to break, the only design to actually be proven to wear out much faster and have a high probability of dying

[StCarl]

via dealmac.com

For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg.com offers the Hitachi XL Desk Drive 2TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. 0S02485, for $99.99. Coupon code "EMCKJKF45" drops it to $89.99. With free shipping, that's $0.04/GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145326

Do not get this, Hitachi Desk Star series = Death Stars, I had one die within 3 months of having it. Its very common for them to break, the only design to actually be proven to wear out much faster and have a high probability of dying

Wow, blast from the past.  Two of the drives in my tower are Hitachi Deskstars from around 2005 and they have been spinning nearly 24/7 since then.  Just saying.

[ph92]

via dealmac.com

For its newsletter subscribers only, newegg.com offers the Hitachi XL Desk Drive 2TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, model no. 0S02485, for $99.99. Coupon code "EMCKJKF45" drops it to $89.99. With free shipping, that's $0.04/GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145326

Do not get this, Hitachi Desk Star series = Death Stars, I had one die within 3 months of having it. Its very common for them to break, the only design to actually be proven to wear out much faster and have a high probability of dying

Wow, blast from the past.  Two of the drives in my tower are Hitachi Deskstars from around 2005 and they have been spinning nearly 24/7 since then.  Just saying.

I don't know, I've heard alot of bad news. Maybe you had some good ones.

[kellerb]

I've never seen any statistics about one brand of hard drive dying more frequently than another.  Heard lots of anecdotes though.

[mbw]

nice $8 25ft HDMI cable on woot....

http://woot.com/

[ph92]

nice $8 25ft HDMI cable on woot....

http://woot.com/

Damn I missed this. My sisters old roommate used to work at best buy, its funny how prices of cable just drop the way they do with an employee discount. The cable business is full of LIES I SAY... LIES!!

[jephrey]

I have some maxtors, an IBM, a few seagates that have all been good for a real long time...  I think I've had at least one of each that's failed at some point as well.  I know I had a deskstar (at least one) too but not for a long time.  I think drives are a bit of a shot in the dark sometimes.  If you keep them away from their limits, and especially if you can shut them down once in a while, any drive should last quite a while.  Infant mortality rate is more attributed to the manufacturer not burning in their product well enough.  They could write and read the entire disk and check for errors but obviously we wouldn't be getting the deals we do now.  I suppose the answer is a proper RAID system where any disk lost can be replaced on the fly and no data lost.  So buy a few of these - and as Aug mentioned, the deal on WD 2TBs at Staples today and tomorrow.

[postjack]

Failing Hard Drives: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the drobo.

[zimbra]

nice $8 25ft HDMI cable on woot....

http://woot.com/

Damn't I missed it!

[mbw]

nice $8 25ft HDMI cable on woot....

http://woot.com/

Damn't I missed it!

hicks turned me onto monoprice, got some quality cables there on the cheap.  check it!
http://monoprice.com