WD 24TB Elements External Desktop Hard Drive, USB 3.1 Gen 1, Fast transfer rates, Easy add on storage for all your pictures, videos, music and documents, Black

I bought 2x 14TB HDD for £190 on Amazon Prime Day sale as a upgrade to my home server (and backup server) storage. Each machine was running a 8TB Toshiba, 4TB WD and 4TB Seagate. Intention is to eventually replace one of the 4TBs from each machine. But for now, they are running plugged into the USB ports. The drives arrived safely boxed and plugging in and switching on was very easy, with no drivers required. I reformatted them and copied the data from one the 4TB drives over. This was particularly painful and took about 2 days over the USB interface, achieving around 36MByte/s when I was checking which wasn't really USB 3.0 speed but more USB 2 speed. Though this could be down to my ageing servers rather than the drives. The drives themselves ran with relatively little noise, I'd say there were quieter in the enclosure than my Toshiba 8TB drives were inside my PC cases! The drives themselves did get quite warm, but not hot, certainly less warm than the Toshibas (though those did run hot) Once these bed in for a few more days and I've copied my data across, I will test my next plan and update the review accordingly... Update 20 Oct 2020: Having opened up the case, the drives are 14TB WD140EMFZ drives. I've "shucked" the drives out and attached them directly to the SATA connectors on my PCs. This has then yielded the full potential of the performance of these drives. I've sequential read of around 190MByte/s transfer speeds now which is pretty damn good considering it's in a 5 year old PC. Perfectly adequate for a PC storage drive or NAS drive. Random Read/Write is pretty bad, but in this age, spinning disks really are not the solution for such operations and I suggest you get yourself a cheap SSD for that sort of usage. Update 17 Nov 2020: These drives have been running flawlessly for a month now. My backup server had a PSU failure and upon replacing PSU, the drive (and others) carried on working falwlessly. To answer a comment. These drives when shucked out are exactly the same as form factor and data and power connectivity as any standard SATA internal 3.5" drive. screw holes etc are all in standard places. Update 23 Apr 2021: These drives have now been running for 6 months. I've upgrade my backup server and now both machines are running 24/7. Both 14TB drives still seem fine with currently no indications of any issues. Hopefully, touch wood this will keep going this way for a long time...

It was less than 2 years ago that I purchased an 8Tb Seagate Backup hub Plus external drive - what I thought then was a "big" drive, but found I had filled that up all too soon. I use this drive to backup my NAS, which stores all my media, so as this slowly grew in size, I needed to get myself a higher capacity drive. Enter the Western Digital 14Tb Elements drive, which at £249 at the time of writing, represents pretty decent value considering I paid £179 for the aforementioned 8Tb Seagate model a couple of years back. Strangely, if I want to buy the equivalent drive as a bare unit i.e not housed in an external enclosure with all the additional electronics that entails, it would actually cost me over £300! Why a less expensive to produce version should cost more than one in an enclosure is beyond me. The WD unit is rather like a heavy book, in that one edge is curved, rather reminding me of the spine of a hard back. On this surface you will find the single power/activity LED, which is quite small. The drive has small rubber feet such that it stands in a vertical orientation - like a book in a book case. This is perhaps the best orientation for air flow given the vented top and rear edges. I personally don't really like drives standing up like this, it's too vulnerable to being knocked if its stood on a busy desk. Lying flat is OK, but I think my unit ran a little hotter like that. I don't know why WD do not provide an optional to fit stand with wider feet to provide better stability. Such a simple plastic stand would cost next to nothing to produce and would give customers the option to have a more secure base. That minor gripe aside, the drive itself is impressive in its performance. Unlike the Seagate which was an SMR type drive and thus termed an "archive" drive that suffered from slow write performance at just 38.7 Mb/sec sequential writes according to my Crystal Disk Mark test, the WD Elements 14Tb drive tested at an impressive 214Mb/sec read and write sequential transfer rate. For reference, the Seagate tested at around 118Mb/sec sequential read as I recall. As with these large capacity drives, the head seek action is quite heavy, far heavier than my internal 2Tb drives and will feel like the drive is suffering from a fit of the shakes when initializing after a power on. Not an issue, but worthy of note to those who may think they have received a faulty unit. The previously mentioned 8Tb Seagate had a heavy seek action too, but not as heavy as this monster from WD, I can only imagine it may have to do with the high platter count such high capacity hard drives have. These external drives actually appear to run warmer than internal drives, so it's advisable to situate the drive somewhere where it is not penned in by other items. The drive performed flawlessly when I backed up my entire NAS to it over my horribly slow USB 2 connection on the NAS (only one I have) and took some 81.5 hours to complete the transfer of some 7.3Tb of data. So, it is certainly able to operate continuously for that length of time without issue. Of course, had I backed up via a USB 3 connection, then the transfer would've been far faster. I suggest that purchasers of this drive, as with all Western Digital drives, register them on the WD website in order to ensure the full warranty cover. The drive comes complete with the required power and USB cables of generous lengths. The drive has no power switch as such, so once connected to power and an active USB port, will power up. This drive seems to be smart enough to power down/enter standby if the connected computer is shut down or goes to sleep. Connected to a Windows 10 PC, the drive reports 12.7Tb available. Of course, 12.7Tb is what I call "proper" Terra bytes despite hard drive manufacturers deeming a Tb to be an even 1,000Gb where as I, being old school, see a Tb as 1,024Gb hence the 12.7Tb shown in Windows. That's fine, not a WD thing as all manufacturers go with this system of measurement. The drive's default volume label is "Elements", but of course you can change this if you so wish. Nothing required to do if using with a Windows based computer, so you can immediately start copying files to it once connected as the drive is pre formatted using NTFS. Mac users will either need to reformat or use a utility to permit use of NTFS file systems. No backup software is supplied with this drive, unlike the My Book series from WD. however, this is a bonus as I generally prefer not to use the software provided by the manufacturer for this purpose anyway. A quick note to those less computer savvy; There are numerous free backup programs for Windows you can use if you need backup software. This Western Digital 14Tb Elements is an impressive drive at an impressive price.

Nice big drives and totally worth it if you can get them on sale. They do make a noise every 4.8 seconds when they are connected and idle. It's a feature called PWL (Preventive Wear Leveling) that stops the reading needle from sticking and apparently prolongs the drive's life. On the 10tb or lower drives you might not notice it unless you are actually holding the drive. Larger drives (16GB+) have a much stronger vibration and it is quite audible if the drive is placed on a hard surface, like your desk, due to resonance. It can actually be quite annoying and they really haven't done anything to try dampen it's effect on these larger drives with better casing, insulation or anything. So, if you are getting the larger versions and plan to have it connected all the time next to you I highly recommend you put something soft under it, like an insulation pad or even just a folded cloth. That will reduce the effect of the PWL ticks quite a lot. You can allow windows to turn off the drive when it's not in use too if you find the right USB Mass Storage Device in Device Manager. That will stop the noise when it's not in use but obviously it needs to spin up again when you want to use it. The noise the large drives make when spinning up is also quite loud and grindy. Excluding the drive from Windows Defender checks, if you use it, will also reduce how often the drive spins up randomly from time to time. You just choose exclude folder, select This PC and then select and exclude the entire drive. Only do that if you are happy with it being excluded from all virus checks though.

A competitively priced external hard drive that's ideal for backing up one's data and photos.

Excellent price for a reliable, quality product. Very happy customer here.

At this price how can you not get it. Wish I had had bought a couple of them because you do not see them at this price. HDD is fast (same as other USB 3.0 external HDD's). If you see it for the AU$274 price again, jump on it. Usually goes for over AU$400 elsewhere. Again, wish I'd bought a couple of them.

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Der WD Elements Desktop mit einer Kapazität von 20 TB ist eine ideale Lösung für alle, die große Mengen an Daten sicher und effizient speichern möchten. Als Ergänzung zu meiner bestehenden Speicherstrategie habe ich das Produkt für gelegentliche Datensicherungen speziell in Verbindung mit meiner Synology DS1621+ NAS gekauft. Funktionen und Vorteile Der Platte ist einfach in der Installation und Nutzung. Nach dem Anschließen mit dem mitgelieferten USB-Kabel kann sofort mit der Datensicherung begonnen werden – ohne zusätzliche Software oder komplizierte Einrichtungsschritte. Dank USB 3.0 ist die Übertragungsrate gut: Große Dateien werden mit bis zu 250 MB/s kopiert, wodurch Backups äußerst schnell erledigt werden können. Die Verarbeitung des Geräts ist insgesamt solide. Es wirkt robust und zuverlässig. Die Platte arbeitet relativ leise, was sie für den Büro- oder Heimgebrauch angenehm macht. Besonders praktisch finde ich die Kompatibilität mit meiner Synology DS1621+, wodurch die Platte bestens für gelegentliche Backups geeignet ist. + Einfache Installation und sofortige Nutzung. + Schnelle Datenübertragung dank USB 3.0. + Robuste Verarbeitung und relativ leiser Betrieb. + Kompatibilität mit Synology NAS für Backups. + Große Speicherkapazität für verschiedenste Anforderungen. Nachteile Trotz meiner positiven Erfahrungen gibt es eine kleinere Schwäche, die erwähnt werden sollte. Das Gerät erzeugt leichte Vibrationen, was dazu führt, dass ein leichtes Brummen hörbar ist – insbesondere bei empfindlichen Ohren könnte dies störend sein. Fazit Zusammenfassend ist der WD Elements Desktop 20 TB eine zuverlässige und schnelle externe Festplatte. Die Vorteile überwiegen für mich deutlich, hauptsächlich die einfache Handhabung, die Geschwindigkeit bei Übertragungen und die solide Verarbeitung. Sie eignet sich besonders für gelegentliche Datensicherungen und große Dateiübertragungen. Von mir gibt es daher eine klare Kaufempfehlung. Vor dem Kauf unbedingt der Preisverlauf beachten, da es verschiedene Angebote gibt, bei denen sich ein Kauf besonders lohnt.

El que me ha llegado en Mayo de 2022 lleva dentro un disco WD80EMZZ (CMR) de 128MB de caché de 5640 rpm. El disco funciona fresco y rápido. Parece ser una variante de los HGST por lo que he leído por ahí. No tengo queja, no sé como irá por USB porque yo lo he extraído (cuando comprobé que funcionaba bien) para usarlo directamente por SATA. No me gustan los cable micro usb 3.0, me parecen muy endebles. Imagino que en la carcasa de plástico y poco ventilado se calentará bastante si se le hace trabajar en serio, quiero decir copiar seguidos varios TB de datos. Donde lo tengo instalado lleva horas escribiendo datos y no pasa de 36ºC. Información SMART correcta. Todo bien. Buen shuck de 8TB por 159€. Actualizo: He comprado también el de 10TB (JUL-2022-199€). Lleva un WD101EDBZ, de 7200RPM, CMR, y se calienta bastante dentro de la caja de plástico, unos 30 grados por encima de la temperatura ambiente y en idle. Es una barbaridad pero también lo esperaba, estos discos es mejor ponerlos en una carcasa o un NAS con ventilación. He comprobado que el disco esta bien y va rápido, en cuanto se enfríe lo saco de su prisión para ponerlo en el NAS que estará mas fresquito. He comprado también uno de 14TB, y lleva dentro una unidad NAS de 7200rpm, relleno de Helio modelo HGST WD140EDGZ, bastante rápido y silencioso, una joya, tengo que decirlo, el disco más rápido y silencioso que he tenido nunca. Lo mismo se aplica al de 16TB que lleva un WD160EDGZ y que compré en los prime days de OCT-2022 por 272.99€, un chollazo. Tengo que añadir que la versión de 16TB es un poco ruidosa al arrancar, el sistema de autocalibración de los brazos hace un sonido grave bastante audible, no es desagradable ni estridente y solo lo hace al arrancar. Aún así es un poco más sonoro en funcionamiento que el de 14TB, acercándose a los de 8TB. Actualizo: Hay una característica de los discos de gran capacidad llamada PWL (Preventive wear leveling) que últimamente se implanta en todos los discos de calidad y por todos los fabricantes que ocasiona un movimiento de las cabezas de lectura cada 5 segundos aproximadamente cuando el disco está inactivo, para evitar que el desgaste de las pistas al mantener el cabezal en la misma posicion, y para mantener el lubricante de los ejes homogeneo. Al llevar los cabezales a una posición aleatoria lejana cada 5 segundos se produce una vibración mas o menos sonora según el anclaje del disco al chasis. Esto es una característica de los discos modernos y no debe ser equivocada con los clicks de la muerte chirriantes, largos y que se producen incluso durante momentos activos del disco. Este sonido es normal, periodico, grave, e indica el funcionamiento normal del disco evitando el desgaste no uniforme. No creais que comprando otra marca vais a estar a salvo de ese ruidito PWL, todos los fabricantes de discos lo implementan actualmente en discos gordos dado que incrementa la duración y fiabilidad del disco, aún a costa de hacer un pelín de ruido. Casi me vuelvo loco investigando esto hasta que encontré una explicación razonable. Quería ahorraros el trabajo si lo habéis observado y os preocupa, así que tranquilos, es así por diseño, y tiene su explicación. Añado (13-02-2023): Después de haber usado a conciencia 24/7 los discos de 8/10/14/16TB Me quedo sin duda con los de 14TB. Rápidos, silenciosos, espaciosos y con buena calidad/precio. Estos discos de helio de 14TB son los mejores que he tenido nunca. Seguiré comprando el modelo de 14TB para rellenar los NAS mientras los necesite y se puedan encontrar, que se va poniendo dificil...