♦ Seagate Expansion 8TB
♦ Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM004 8TB

I bought this cheap external USB hard-drive on Amazon for an amazing low price compared to 'separated' disks. What kind of hard disk (HDD) is inside the case? We will find our by Shucking the case and check serial number on the disk.

What Is Shucking?
The original meaning of “shucking” is to remove the shuck, or outer protective layer, from food like corn and shellfish with the ultimate goal of getting to the delicious stuff inside. The process of shucking external hard drives keeps with that theme: the goal is to remove the protective plastic shell to get to the delicious high quality drive inside.

Sometimes luck can be on your side; the disk in side the case could be quick enough for your NAS or Server. It's not in this video; but the SMR technique used by this specific drive, makes the drive slow during write actions to the disk. This disk is fine for single use (e.g. in a PC), but not recommended for any hardware or software RAID setup.

UPDATE: Tweakers placed a Dutch article about Shucking a Seagate. It seems that they had more luck with the 12TB version. Read of translate the article here: [ Ссылка ]

There is a longer version of this video where I test the speed:
Speed test in original enclosure: [ Ссылка ]
Speed test build in the computer: [ Ссылка ]

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