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18TB Seagate Exos X18 7200RPM 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (Recertified)

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$190

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Server Part Deals has 18TB Seagate Exos X18 7200RPM 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (Manufacturer Recertified, ST18000NM000J) for $189.99. Shipping is free.

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Server Part Deals has 18TB Seagate Exos X18 7200RPM 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (Manufacturer Recertified, ST18000NM000J) for $189.99. Shipping is free.

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Cerawind
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A few months ago I made my first purchase from this website, based off glowing reviews from the commenters. Oddly enough, my first purchase was a bad hard drive! (Or maybe not odd and people here are just getting really lucky?) Inserting the hard drive just kept rebooting my system, and they told me to return it. The return process was really easy, however, and they really stood by their product. I felt confident enough that I got another hard drive after that incident and the new one has been working flawlessly.
mrgino
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Solid deal, thanks. I've bought so many of these over the past 6 months and had zero issues so far. I'll never shuck another WD drive again.
TheEdge
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I bought 4 x 12TB from this seller about six weeks ago. Shipped fast. Packaged VERY WELL. No tax. And they're running great.

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Mar 7, 2023
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Joined Jun 2004
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Swrath239
Mar 7, 2023
50 Posts
Got 4 x18 16tb from them a few months back for my jellyfin server. Everything works great. Would buy from them again if I was in the market.
Mar 7, 2023
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Joined Jun 2021
Mar 7, 2023
TarikV
Mar 7, 2023
45 Posts
Not as familiar with Seagate as WD, but this seems like a great price
Mar 7, 2023
38 Posts
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Mar 7, 2023
putimach
Mar 7, 2023
38 Posts
I bought two of these from them. One is working the other failed. Started return process yesterday. Very responsive but they refused to pay for the return shipping cost due to the number of days that passed from the purchase date. I purchased it back in December. So keep that in mind if you have a bad device.
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Mar 7, 2023
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CTRFK8
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Quote from putimach :
I bought two of these from them. One is working the other failed. Started return process yesterday. Very responsive but they refused to pay for the return shipping cost due to the number of days that passed from the purchase date. I purchased it back in December. So keep that in mind if you have a bad device.
of course they wont pay for shipping no is expected to after 30 days
Mar 7, 2023
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kokuryuha
Mar 7, 2023
58 Posts
Quote from NavyTent460 :
I work in IT and I have personally never seen Seagate in enterprise servers. I wonder who uses them
Use almost exclusively Seagate in our storage. They've been great.
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Mar 7, 2023
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NavyTent460
Mar 7, 2023
15 Posts
This makes me wish I just got a bunch of these over the WDs I shucked. I've just never had good experiences with Seagate consumer drives
Mar 7, 2023
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NervousHorn154
Mar 7, 2023
182 Posts
Quote from nitemare :
Very loud according to amazon reviews. It's enterprise, meaning they are meant to be in a server room or nas..I need a 3.5 for my personal desktop, so not loud and not this.
There is a little clicking upon startup, as the heads home, after that I don't notice any difference in noise level from the other drives in my system. I have 2 of these installed in my workstation along with 4 other Samsung, WD drives.sitting under my desk.

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Mar 7, 2023
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rotarypower101
Mar 7, 2023
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20TB for $200 is on the horizon

Still waiting for those HD price drops I have heard people talking about
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Mar 7, 2023
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JHFerry
Mar 7, 2023
146 Posts
For the folks saying these shouldnt be used as desktop drives, not even for just data drives? How oftern would they be noisy at night if they aren't being read/written to?
Last edited by JHFerry March 7, 2023 at 09:43 AM.
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kherbinoskie
Mar 7, 2023
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Quote from CTRFK8 :
Yes I know how backups work. But its already proven parity with at least 2 disks will be just fine . Unless your house catches on fire.
So it is not fine.

Backups isn't just about protecting yourself from failing drives. Other than fire, if they steal your whole server, then your parity isn't going to help you.

Also, a bad PSU, a lightning, an electric surge etc can all kill your drives and no parity can help if all drives are dead.
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CTRFK8
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Quote from kherbinoskie :
So it is not fine.

Backups isn't just about protecting yourself from failing drives. Other than fire, if they steal your whole server, then your parity isn't going to help you.

Also, a bad PSU, a lightning, an electric surge etc can all kill your drives and no parity can help if all drives are dead.
you have a better chance dying from a plane crash than what you just described.
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regcustomer88
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Quote from lastwraith :
Well, if you buy 2 (or even just one) you can easily have a NAS. All you need is a spare PC and to load up OMV/TrueNAS/unraid/whatever.
Boom, Done.
Quote from CTRFK8 :
Everyone here should look into unraid or true nas . Nowadays no one should be just running huge capacity drives without parity
Looking for home business solution.( I can do very well with 4TB storage too).

what's the best free software to auto clone (or backup) my work files during the day? I think I should be fine if it auto backs up every 12 hours. guidance needed.

Also, this one is similar quality too if 12TB option is enough? https://serverpartdeals.com/produ...tified-hdd
Last edited by ms123 March 7, 2023 at 09:48 AM.
Mar 7, 2023
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Swrath239
Mar 7, 2023
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Quote from JHFerry :
For the folks saying these shouldnt be used as desktop drives, not even for just data drives? How oftern would they be noisy at night if they aren't being read/written to?
They are silent when spun down. I run an unraid with these, they only make noise when first waking up, or having a lot of read/writes off them at once. Otherwise, watching 2 streams via jellyfin they are silent.
Mar 7, 2023
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sup3rson1c
Mar 7, 2023
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Quote from satellite779 :
Are these noisy? I have a Synology with a WD from an Easystore and that's not too loud.
I have the same drives in my Syn as you and got two of these (16tb) and they're definitely noisier, but that was expected.

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CTRFK8
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Quote from kherbinoskie :
So it is not fine.

Backups isn't just about protecting yourself from failing drives. Other than fire, if they steal your whole server, then your parity isn't going to help you.

Also, a bad PSU, a lightning, an electric surge etc can all kill your drives and no parity can help if all drives are dead.
So i run 2.5 PiB on two racks and two unraid servers with over 1 PiB and never had an issue.
but thanks for letting us all know that a surge can kill hdds, what you failed to explain is that you should use whats called a UPS with battery backup to prevent surges.

If losing more than 2 hard drives on parity is usually a user error not know how to properly work the software running the array than a electrical surge. proper server enterprise hardware prevents any of this happening when a PSU dies. never heard such a thing in my life. 30+ years working with computers.. Unless your electrical power or house is not grounded that may result in a bad issue for any electrical device plugged into your house

Most stuff can easily be protected using a good quality UPS..

Also people seem to fail to understand it is good to keep your hdds between 39-45c , anything higher on idle will decrease the lifespan . But in all seriousness i have hdds dating back to 1991 and work fine. You will notice your hdd will be bad once it is fully written too.
So i suggest everyone to do this within 30 days , after that you will be paying for the shipping to return the defective hdd. Have a two year warranty is awsome.

In 2 years 22TB will be this price as we will be up to 28-30+ TB drives. This is all dependent on the economy and manufacturing.
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