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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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18TB Easystore for $199 back in stock at BestBuy (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I just checked two random locations and they're available for pickup. They were mostly unavailable earlier this week, so it seems they were holding back stock for day and possibly Cyber Monday.

I personally won't buy externals anymore because of the following, but may worth it for some of you. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/146hb9k/information_about_cmr_to_smr_manufacturer/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

These are manufacturer recertified. My understanding is that manufacturer recertified is the same quality as original, but potentially higher QC since it was manually checked as part of the recertification process.

They do also sell seller refurbished though, and those I don’t know much about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Great to know, thank you. I will do some reading up on people's experiences with the recertified drives.