<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">That's a US source with US pricing...See the same thing at Amaz Can from the 1st fulfilled -by-Amazon reseller at $209 Cdn  --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Plus-Internal-Drive/dp/B09QQX27GM">https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Plus-Internal-Drive/dp/B09QQX27GM</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Unfortunately, CC has no stock.  Maybe other Cdn online folks have stock, like Bestbuy etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">We've never used them, preferring the RED PRO series, so I really don't know the reliability of them, the specs look good and there isn't much negative noise out there about the series. Worth a go I think assuming you can find stock when you are ready to buy.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">For the last 2 years plus, we've been using the RED PRO series for NAS and regular server use --</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-WD8003FFBX/dp/B07D3N95GS/">https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-WD8003FFBX/dp/B07D3N95GS/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">with our largest install being 16 pcs of the 12TB units, no issues thus far. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Double the cache of the RED PLUS (256M vs 128M)<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">They are a bit noisier(especially when the head is moving around)though as they are 7200rpm to the RED PLUS's 5600-ish RPM.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Not sure if this is of much help?</span><br><br>Ron S.<br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 8:37 PM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Ron for the explanation ...</div><div><br></div><div>What about this NAS drive? <br></div><div>Considerably cheaper than the WD Purples ...</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00120745" target="_blank">https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00120745</a></div></div>
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