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Is this Seagate Exos genuine? (alien.top)
submitted 11 months ago by CheesecakeNo7@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
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I just received my brand new Segate Exos X20 (actually, two of them, for my new ZFS pool), but I was wondering if it's genuine: https://i.imgur.com/OHdcjxb.png

Compared to the images online, there isn't the fancy Exos logo on top (image from web, for comparison).

Also, I read on the web that is more noisy that the average hard drive, so I was expecting to hear a noisy motor, but actually the motor itself is very quiet, I think quieter than the other drives I own, but the drive it's very noisy when it read or write data (it looks like there is a hamster wheel inside). Is it normal?

Also, not on this unit, but on the other one that I'm testing right now, I noticed a small dent on the enclosure. Should I be worried, or as far it works properly I should be fine? (I'm running a full disk test using f3, feel free to recommend me better tools)

Thank you guys!

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[โ€“] dr100@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's probably the cheapest 20TB Seagate, with what it could be replaced, with something more expensive (not that there would be much difference)?

[โ€“] CheesecakeNo7@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It's probably the cheapest 20TB Seagate

Yes, that the reason I bought it!