UPDATE: Deal expired.
Amazon has a super-hot deal on the WD My Book Duo 16TB Two-Bay USB 3.0 Type-C RAID Array (2 x 8TB) — it’s now only $169.99, which is an incredible savings from the $600 list price for this enclosure plus two drives.
It is an amazing deal as WD notes very clearly in the product description: “The My Book Duo drive comes with RAID-optimized WD Red drives inside to deliver high-speed, quality storage to rely on.” That’s right, WD is guaranteeing that two 8TB Red drives are inside — drives that currently retail for $240 each. To get two drives for $170 (each $85) is a steal.
This deal is out of stock and available to backorder (with no estimated ship date) from Amazon, but we have no idea when they will turn off the backorder. The maximum order quantity is 3, which would be perfect for building a NAS. You don’t even need to shuck the enclosure — it’s designed so you can easily take the drives out. Backordering for this deal is a no-brainer.