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New Costco 14TB vs Refurb 18TB, which one would you get? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, this one.

New Costco 14TB vs Refurb 18TB, which one would you get? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Serverpartdeals has an 18TB for $165 right now. That's would I would get. In fact, I've bought 6 of them in the last couple months.

Budget $5000, come at me in c/[email protected]
Amazon has the WD 18TB Elements drive for $299US - Can it be shucked? in c/[email protected]
best black Friday deals on hard drives? I only see modest sales on new drivers, should I go with recertified? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Dell EXOs are Seagate drives with a firmware that is certified to work on Dell servers. But they will work on other systems just fine.

Using Teracopy as daily cut/copy paste tool? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I switched a while ago prefer it.

best black Friday deals on hard drives? I only see modest sales on new drivers, should I go with recertified? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I guess technically what I've heard is some form of 'lower binned drives usually end up going to the external drive market, while the ones that QC test better end up under the enterprise label.'

Amazon has the WD 18TB Elements drive for $299US - Can it be shucked? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

They have 18TB Exos for $165 USD right now.

Has anyone ever had drives that lasted for decades? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I have four 2TB drives in a software RAID0 in my gaming rig. They were manufactured in 2011.

best black Friday deals on hard drives? I only see modest sales on new drivers, should I go with recertified? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So, I heard (no idea if it's true) that external drives are the lowest-quality drives that companies make, and the enterprise-class drives are generally the best.

The SPD drives come with a warranty as well. For the price difference, I'll take my chances on the recertified drives. I've only ever had one drive fail, and it was a WD external that was shucked.

best black Friday deals on hard drives? I only see modest sales on new drivers, should I go with recertified? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Dell EXOs 18TB are $165 USD right now.

2023 Black Friday - 18TB EasyStore in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Would rather get a recert 18TB from SPD for the same price.

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