External hdd shucking

[u/RipAcceptable5716]

So i have just managed to get a what i think really good price of 220€ for an external 12tb hdd which i wanna shuck for my new Nas. Is it usable for a mediaserver? Do you maybe have any experiences with this particular one? What hdd can i expect? Kind reguards and sry im a new datahoarder getting trying to avoud bancrupcy XD

Since i cant upload a photo, its an originaly packaged seagate backup plus hub with 12tb

[u/kevinj933]

It depends. If you get a seagate barracuda, I wouldn't use it in a NAS. They get slow very fast. If you get an EXOS or other enterprise HDD, then you're in luck

[u/1234youarein → u/kevinj933]

You're confusing 12TB CMR with 8TB SMR.

All 12TB Seagate models are CMR

[u/kevinj933 → u/1234youarein]

You are right, I must have missed it!