Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB $134.99

Seagate Desktop HDD.15 ST4000DM000 4TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 inch Internal Hard Drive

$134.99

With Promo Code: EMCWPHP23

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-178-338&nm_mc=EMC-GD102014&cm_mmc=EMC-GD102014-_-index-_-Item-_-22-178-338

5900RPM drive. Bleh pass.  7200RPM at the minimum.

Two weeks ago I bought (Newegg via eBay) a pair of these drives (in Samsung external enclosures) for $100 each with free shipping...  'cause I've missed the deal where they were $90 each and did not want to wait... 

BTW, the drives I bought (SAMSUNG D3 Station 4TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive STSHX-D401TDB Bl) were able to pass preclearing while staying in the enclosures and connected via USB 2.0 to unRAID server. It was painfully slow (190+ hours one cycle!!!  at ~22 MB/sec) but it did work (except for some of the smartctl commands).

BTW, the drives I bought (SAMSUNG D3 Station 4TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive STSHX-D401TDB Bl) were able to pass preclearing while staying in the enclosures and connected via USB 2.0 to unRAID server. It was painfully slow (190+ hours one cycle!!!  at ~22 MB/sec) but it did work (except for some of the smartctl commands).

Why not buy a cheap USB 3.0 card if whatever you're using to preclear them doesn't have it? With USB 3.0 they'll preclear at the same speed as a direct SATA connection.

BTW, the drives I bought (SAMSUNG D3 Station 4TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive STSHX-D401TDB Bl) were able to pass preclearing while staying in the enclosures and connected via USB 2.0 to unRAID server. It was painfully slow (190+ hours one cycle!!!  at ~22 MB/sec) but it did work (except for some of the smartctl commands).

 

Why not buy a cheap USB 3.0 card if whatever you're using to preclear them doesn't have it? With USB 3.0 they'll preclear at the same speed as a direct SATA connection.

Because, as I was told, unRAID does not support USB 3.0. At least, not unRAID 5.x.

BTW, the drives I bought (SAMSUNG D3 Station 4TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive STSHX-D401TDB Bl) were able to pass preclearing while staying in the enclosures and connected via USB 2.0 to unRAID server. It was painfully slow (190+ hours one cycle!!!  at ~22 MB/sec) but it did work (except for some of the smartctl commands).

 

Why not buy a cheap USB 3.0 card if whatever you're using to preclear them doesn't have it? With USB 3.0 they'll preclear at the same speed as a direct SATA connection.

Because, as I was told, unRAID does not support USB 3.0. At least, not unRAID 5.x.

Nor does version 6 for array drives.