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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/EmekaEgbukaPukaNacua on 2025-11-09 01:47:03+00:00.

I know x22 means it’s the generation where the top capacity was 22. So you can have x22 22tb, x22 20tb, etc but not x22 24tb.

But now I see tons of exos 22tb drives with no “x” branding at all. What are these drives exactly. What is the difference between an x22 22TB exos drive and a 22TB unbranded exos drive? They often don’t seem all that different in price. But to me these unbranded ones seem like something I avoid like the plague because I have no fucking clue why they don’t have X monicker. What series are they from? No clue. Are they barracudas put into exos containers? No clue. Are they 5 year old drives that broke then they remade them and took broken platters off and now it’s a shitty 22TB drive that used to be 24tb? No clue.