Very old reports say HGST Enterprise Helium (Early 2016), Older reports (Mid 2016) say WD Red WD80EZZX (Good), newer reports (2017) say it’s a lower-performance white-label drive, some call it a WD Blue (?). Possible compatibility issue depending on enclosure.Flexible (You can use the drive internally, if you decide to do that).High reliability/workload drive (rated 300 TB/year).Highest performance (7200 rpm + PMR, not SMR).Or HGST Ultrastar He8 HUH728080ALE600 (PMR Helium)Įnclosure (e.g.): Ugreen 3.5” Hard Drive Enclosure HDD (e.g.): Seagate Barracuda Pro ST8000DM0004 (PMR Helium) Mostly reported as ST8000AS0002 inside, some reports of ST8000DM004 inside (see above).

Meh reliability/workload (rated 55 TB/year).OK drive (most agree that it’s better than the Archive).HDD (probably): Seagate Barracuda (non-pro) ST8000DM004 (SMR) Seagate Game Drive Desktop 8TB STGG8000400 – ($240) Meh reliability/workload (rated 180 TB/year).HDD (probably, based on forum reports): Seagate Archive HDD ST8000AS0002 (SMR) I also haven’t looked that much at encryption, hopefully someone here knows more about that part. I have been looking for an 8TB drive for some time now myself, and have spent far too much time comparing options.

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