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The Toshiba N300 4TB is a CMR 7200 RPM NAS drive at $105 with a built-in rotational vibration sensor for multi-bay NAS stability. At $105 for 4TB it is the most affordable CMR NAS drive on this list. The vibration sensor matches what WD Red Plus offers and is missing from budget desktop drives repurposed for NAS use. It supports a 180 TB/year workload — the same rating as the WD Red Plus 4TB. Synology health monitoring nag screens may appear since it is not on the official compatibility list, but the drive operates without issues in most 2- and 4-bay NAS units. The budget-conscious first pick for a home NAS build.
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