12TB for $80 - serverpartdeals.com

Approx 35k power on hours. Tested with 0 errors, 0 bad sectors, 0 defects. SMART details intact.

That’s about 4 years of power on time. Considering they’re enterprise grade equipment, they should still be good for many years to come, but it is worth taking into consideration.

I’ve bought from these guys before, packaging was super professional. Card board box with special designed drive holders made of foam; each drive is also individually packed with anti-static bags and silica packs.

Highly recommend.

They’re generally highly regarded.

Reposting as top level comment also: these are PWDIS drives: if you’re not using them somewhere with sata 3.2/3.3, you need to use an adapter for the power plug, or some tape, to block pins 1-3 (3.3v) as supplying it to these causes them to reset. Might be worth doing the taping anyway, if you’re using an enclosure or cage (where you can’t use the adapters) Just be aware.

the drives I’ve purchased from them in the past have been great considering they’re used server parts.

Would love to buy some, but shipping to EU is too expensive.

I just bought two of their 12TB for $100 each and they were the manufactured recertified. One had like 8 hours run time and the second had like 36 hours so brand new for the lifetime of a hard drive. So far no issues. Also beware these drives are very loud.

I really wish we had a service like this on Europe.

I know they ship to Europe. But shipping costs are prohibitive for small buys.

What’s the catch? Is there a catch?

I * think * those were the brand I bought?

Regardless, 80 for 12 TB is a steal.

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I have six 14TB drives in my NAS from serverpartdeals. Never had a problem with any of them.

Interest to know this too, deal appears too good...

Do HDDs noticably degrade when powered off? I'm thinking about getting one of these for cold storage backups. Also, how much of an impact does repeated power cycling have on lifespan?

"Seller refurbished" just means they're used and were tested, right?

Read it as 120TB at first and my eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets.

I've bought a fair amount of drives from them and have had no issues, just today I got in some seagate exos 2x18 drives from them and their packaging was as professional ever.

Thanks for the post. I just bought 4 of them as a stopgap.

How noisy are these? I have a pair of shucked WD drives that should be equivalent to reds, and they’re pretty noisy in my otherwise quiet home office. Given they’re only 8TB, upgrading them to SSDs for full silence is something in considering as soon as the pricing and availability permits.

A hell of a deal

I've bought one drive from them so far (14TB WD) and haven't had any issues thus far after 8 or 12 months.

Looks juicy

Ooh! Thanks for the tip! Been looking for some affordable drives for my next system.

I bought a LFF Dell Poweredge back in the fall, and have been waiting on a good deal for 3.5" disks. My current machine is a SFF HP Proliant, and I hate how much a 2.5" drive with good capacity costs.

Ah hell. For that price I grabbed 4. I think the same source is selling on newegg as well for a similar price.

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