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Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit

From ray carter <ray@zianet.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit
Date 2015-09-10 22:24 +0000
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:56:09 +0100, James Harris wrote:

> FYI, there is a Western Digital 1Tbyte hard drive kit for the Raspberry
> Pi
> 
> http://liliputing.com/2015/09/wd-pidrive-is-a-1tb-hard-drive-kit-for-
the-raspberry-pi.html
> 
> Interestingly, as well as the 2.5-inch hard drive the kit includes a
> special cable to split the power, and a 4Gbyte SD card - which seems an
> odd addition to a hard drive. (The SD card is for the OS if you don't
> already have one.)
> 
> Price is $80 or, and here the story gets a little stranger, apparently
> about $60 with a BitTorrent coupon code.
> 
> http://blog.getsync.com/2015/09/04/sync-wd-raspberry-pi/
> 
> I just tried the (time limited) coupon code on the wdc.com web site and
> the UK kit price dropped from £70 to £45.50, a saving of £24.50 or 35% -
> so the code certainly works!
> 
> The resulting price, £45.50 includes a 10W power adapter. I guess that
> means 10W output power of 5V @ 2A. Sounds like it would save on the cost
> of a Pi power adapter too.
> 
> This is not something I have looked for before. I have ordered a kit for
> myself but in case it's of help to others do you guys have any thoughts
> on how the above compares with other Raspberry Pi hard drive solutions?
> 
> James

I don't see how that's much differrent from any USB external drive 
(except that it comes without a case). 2TB and 3TB drives are available 
in US under $100.

I can see how you'd set it up as a network drive, but that's not a 
requirement for me.

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Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 22:56 +0100
  Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-10 22:24 +0000
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-10 23:36 -0500
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-19 23:23 -0500
        Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 00:42 -0400
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mrbrad <lostgonzo@gmail.com> - 2015-09-20 01:56 -0500
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-11 18:13 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 18:19 +0100
        Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-11 20:05 +0100
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 17:55 -0400
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 00:05 +0100
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-12 05:21 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 11:41 +0100
                Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-12 13:17 +0100
                Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-09-12 15:28 +0100
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-12 08:22 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 03:30 -0400
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Mike Fleming <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> - 2015-09-12 09:02 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-09-12 09:11 +0100
                Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-12 04:19 -0400
  Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-09-11 07:21 +0100
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 18:59 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit ray carter <ray@zianet.com> - 2015-09-16 19:23 +0000
  Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-11 13:30 -0400
    Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 19:02 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 14:23 -0400
        Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 19:42 +0100
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 15:37 -0400
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 20:54 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 16:41 -0400
          Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-16 19:42 +0000
            Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit "James Harris" <james.harris.1@gmail.com> - 2015-09-16 21:06 +0100
              Re: Raspberry Pi 1Tbyte hard drive kit Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-09-16 21:19 +0000

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