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minus-squareDefederateLemmyMllinkfedilinkEnglish14•1 day agoBarracudas are SMR garbage nowadays, they’re coasting on their reputation of many years ago when they were actually decent hard drives for the price.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 day agoI only wanted it for a Jellyfin drive. The one thing it could have been useful for and it even failed at that. Seems like you need to pay the extra for an Ironwolf drive to get an actual “just like the good old days” HDD.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 hours agoYes, buy NAS or enterprise drives for a NAS, don’t buy consumer drives.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 day ago …when they were actually decent hard drives for the price. And had a five year warranty.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-21 day agoExos are typically still good drives though if you’re going for storage.
Barracudas are SMR garbage nowadays, they’re coasting on their reputation of many years ago when they were actually decent hard drives for the price.
I only wanted it for a Jellyfin drive. The one thing it could have been useful for and it even failed at that.
Seems like you need to pay the extra for an Ironwolf drive to get an actual “just like the good old days” HDD.
Yes, buy NAS or enterprise drives for a NAS, don’t buy consumer drives.
And had a five year warranty.
Exos are typically still good drives though if you’re going for storage.