What does this mean?Highlights
Quality
After a few rounds of testing it seems that macos filevault apfs encryption slows it down to ~25 mb/s (200 mbps) write speed.
On regular non-encrypted apfs, it writes at about 70 mb/s (560 mbps).
Shipping
The good:items arrived earlier than expectedeven though 14tb drives were ordered the seller upgraded me to 16tb0 hrs on driveso... Read More
Competitiveness
Others online have reported the same issue with exos x16 drives.
Overview
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ordered, good, new and bay. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 11 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 12 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Proslarge capacitygreat price per gbfast shippingconsslow with macos filevault encryptionnew drives cost gt50 more and serverpartdeals has a good reputation so i thought id give this a shot
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After a few rounds of testing it seems that macos filevault apfs encryption slows it down to 25 mbs 200 mbps write speed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On regular nonencrypted apfs it writes at about 70 mbs 560 mbps
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Others online have reported the same issue with exos x16 drives
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Since this is a redundant backup speed is secondary to cost for me and ill probably keep it but i might not have made this purchase if i had known about this issue up front
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Otherwise i havent had any issues in the week or so ive used it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The baddid a warranty check on seagate and the serials are invalid and was told to contact supplierseller
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