Currently €290 and out of stock, sign of the times

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.

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.

What’s the catch? Is there a catch?

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.

I * think * those were the brand I bought?

Regardless, 80 for 12 TB is a steal.

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

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

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?

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

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

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.