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OldNeumanntapr:
Just bought a new 12 TB GDrive hard drive from B&H Photo. This thing is AMAZING! So fast and so big! Plug and play with my iMac.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1644072-REG/sandisk_professional_sdph51j_012t_nbaad_g_drive_pro_drive_12_tb.html

This will be my new 'A' Drive and I will designate my 10TB GDrive as a backup (formally my 'A' drive.)

I also have an 8TB GDrive that was a backup for the 10 that will now be erased and loaded with new shows. :)

Plus the three older Lacie Quadras.

(My wife thinks I've lost my mind.)

Teen Wolf Blitzer:
being a video guy this would last me 6 months.  I have so many HDD's it's scary at this point.

morst:
Looks like a great product, however the Thunderbolt interface seems overpowered to the task of running a SATA drive, so doesn't strike me as a great value at retail.
I've been using USB drives for less than half the price per TB storage.


I don't want to discourage anyone from spending the money on great gear, but it's not something that's made itself a priority to me yet.


I do have a thunderbolt 4 hub, and the notion of daisy chaining several of these is appealing in terms of reliability,
but I don't prefer to leave mechanical drives spinning all the time, or even plugged in, as they are noisy, and draw more power than SSD. I just don't require that much data to be immediately accessible from spinning rust. Currently have a 4tb, and 3 1tb SSD's hooked up, so I have plenty of workspace, and a large "iTunes" directory, and then some.

I use an indexing program that keeps the catalogs of all the drives in my storage drawer, so i can find a file before I plug in the appropriate hard drive, whenever I need anything offline. https://cdfinder.de/
Looks like my stock cheap USB drive reads and writes about 145 MB/s, a cheap SATA SSD in a USB-3 case reads at 389/writes at 409...
A NVME blade in a USB-C case gives me 739/791, and the same NVME SSD in a thunderbolt case from OWC gives 1646/1108. My mac Mini internal SSD is over 3000 for both.
The G-Drive only does 250... so it's not what I'd call a performance device at this time.

morst:

--- Quote from: OldNeumanntapr on February 03, 2023, 01:27:49 AM ---I also have an 8TB GDrive that was a backup for the 10 that will now be erased and loaded with new shows. :)
--- End quote ---
wait, you only keep one backup?
If a drive fails, then you have no backup!?

voltronic:
FYI, the 12GB HDD used in this G-Drive can be had for much less:

https://www.newegg.com/hgst-ultrastar-he12-huh721212al5200-12gb/p/1Z4-0005-00352

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