Reddit reviews Western Digital 8TB EASYSTORE External HDD (WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN)

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I've got a very similarly specd server (dual x5670s with 72gb ram) I've got Unraid running as the OS/hypervisor and lots of things running on that (VMs, docker containers, lots of network shares) if you haven't settled on an os yet, I'd strongly suggest checking out unraid. There's a YouTube creator called Spaceinvader One that had lots of great tutorials on using unraid for lots of different things.

As far as your storage situation goes, unraid allows the use of a cache drive, so you can quickly send info to the server and it'll write to the cache drive (mines a 1tb 860 evo) and then later it'll move the data from the cache to your parity protected array. (assuming you opt for a parity drive) A few WD Red drives work great in the array, don't necessarily need to go overboard with SAS drives, those high rpms will suck down lots of power. If you need to pick up a few large capacity drives on the cheap, try grabbing a few of these and shucking them from the enclosures. I just picked up two of them. they have WD red 5400rpm 256mb cache drives in them.

I am just finishing my college thesis film and I am wondering what everyone's recommended long term storage / backup for their films are? I will have 2 copies, one at my house and one in a family member's safe deposit box. In addition to my thesis film, this same crew worked on a short that we never set up a good footage backup system in place so I would want to retain a copy of that as well. For that film the raw files were about 460 GB. For my thesis film my DP & editor are guesstimating around 2 TB for the raw files. My editor is giving me his G-Technology 2 TB that he got for the thesis film and I have an extra 1 TB hard drive for the other project, so I would only need to get a 3 TB drive for a second copy of both projects. I am planning on buying a naked hard drive and have been looking at WD's offerings and can't decide which would be best for long term video storage. Should I get the 3TB WD Blue because of the entry level cost? Or would a 3TB WD Purple be better since it has a longer warranty, is only 5$ more, and is more marketed for video files? Or should I get a larger drive such as the WD 8TB Easystore, and keep using it until I fill it up with another project or two?


Do you have any other suggestions for me to look at for a long term backup of a film?



Edit: affiliate links that go towards the film.

I just bought this bad boy and so far it's a top notch drive: https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-EASYSTORE-EXTERNAL-WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN/dp/B073LK1F6X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=western+digital+easystore&qid=1555363641&s=gateway&sr=8-2

Yes here are my drives. Both working fine but keep in mind I have modified my console drive housing to accommodate the 15mm height requirement of the new drive. You can see in the imgur post here:

4TB PS4 15mm internal drive (UGLY) install https://imgur.com/gallery/oT7Tq

Ordered 4tb on Amazon.

Seagate Expansion 4TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STEA4000400) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B017KE8OG0?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

I gutted the external hard drive and used the 4tb drive in my console.

I bought 8tb at best buy.
Western Digital WD Easystore 8TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073LK1F6X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_OwYSAb1T5R21M

the board in question

Edit: the board in question

There was an attempt to repair. But again I went with using a SATA jump cable option to try to offload the data directly from a drive but the result gave me a massive file/folder tree and upon backing it up my mom explicitly told me that the files she was looking from that drive was not in the backup.

(I don’t know what the >!fuck!< else to do cause I believed that the software used to do a byte level backup, OnTrack Easy Recovery, SHOULD have found and exposed what could be transferred over to another external hard drive)

I’ve updated the photos in question as it was “low resolution” and please note that this board comes from this device and NOT a personal computer just Incase there was a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.

that model shows up in both Amazon and Bestbuy.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-easystore-8tb-external-usb-3-0-hard-drive-black/5792401.p?skuId=5792401

https://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Easystore-External-Drive/dp/B073LK1F6X