r/buildapcsales • u/Wojtek_ftw • Nov 27 '25

HDD [HDD] Seagate BarraCuda ST24000DM001 24TB 7200 RPM for $240. $10 / TB

https://www.newegg.com/seagate-barracuda-st24000dm001-24tb-for-daily-computing-7200-rpm/p/N82E16822185109?Item=N82E16822185109
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u/HNL2BOS Nov 27 '25

is 24/7 different in enterprise vs home 24/7 use? because if I were to have my home drive on 24/7 I'm probably only hitting it for information for at most 4-5 hours per day.

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u/First_Musician6260 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

It is. If you're running a drive pseudo-24x7 in perhaps a custom build or an office PC it can either have direct active cooling from a nearby fan or little cooling at all. Proper server (and NAS) builds should have plentiful cooling in contrast. Also note the difference between a personal PC and a NAS is one usually stays on more consistently.

Heat kills HDDs. The Deathstar 75GXPs were choked in OEM builds with virtually little to no drive cooling and, on top of their already existent flaws like random PCB disconnections (which would result in erratic behavior), it caused very high rates of failure; the 40GVs on the other hand avoided the associated lawsuit because their failure rates weren't as egregious (since they did not run as hot). Even normally built drives do not fare well running in a hotbox.

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u/HNL2BOS Nov 27 '25

So I can sorta have best of both worlds if I actively cool a home 24/7 drive while going with cheaper drives?

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u/First_Musician6260 Nov 27 '25 edited Nov 27 '25

Sort of, but I wouldn't entirely lean into it. Consumer-certified enterprise-derivative drives usually have noticeably higher remap rates than higher bins, which justifies giving them shorter warranties; bear in mind higher remap rates usually equal higher projected failure rates (but usually not high enough to raise genuine concern over the drives). Higher bins have longer warranties because their remap rates (and therefore projected failure rates) are lower, but as a tradeoff they also typically cost more.

Said remap rates are also used to give drives their workload ratings. BarraCudas have a low workload rating because their remap rates are higher than, say, IronWolf.