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Amazon has the WD 18TB Elements drive for $299US - Can it be shucked? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by DeathStalker_x77x@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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I know WD has been clamping down on shucking capabilities lately, by requiring the drives to use their proprietary USB interface - more so on the MyBooks, but I don't know bout the Elements series.

Is this worth getting to shuck? And what model drive is usually inside?

Thanks!

--- DS

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[–] Nico_is_not_a_god@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's some that need a SATA pin bypassed to be used internally. It's not too much of a pain but it is something.

[–] dr100@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

No, it is less than nothing, it is a FEATURE of internal drives, that can be used ONLY internally, if the drive has the feature it can do MORE internally. Now of course if one has a power supply that isn't wired accordingly to SAT3.3 (2016) standard this "more" thing is telling the drive (again, in a standard way, it'll happen the same if one buys just any internal with this feature) to turn off.