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18TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 3.5" 7.2K RPM SATA Hard Drive (Recertified)

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$180

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Server Part Deals has 18TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 3.5" 7.2K RPM SATA Hard Drive (Manufacturer Recertified, WUH721818ALE604 0F38453) on sale for $179.99. Shipping is free.

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About this Item:
  • Type: Enterprise Hard Drive
  • Brand: Western Digital
  • Series: Ultrastar DC HC550
  • Model Number: WUH721818ALE604
  • Part Number: 0F38453
  • Form Factor: 3.5"
  • Capacity: 18TB
  • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
  • Spindle Speed: 7.2K RPM
  • Tray: Bare Drive
  • 2-Year Warranty (fulfilled by seller)

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Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Offer valid while supplies last.
    • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $19.01 lower than the next best available prices for similar condition drives with a warranty starting from $199. -SaltyOne
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Server Part Deals has 18TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 3.5" 7.2K RPM SATA Hard Drive (Manufacturer Recertified, WUH721818ALE604 0F38453) on sale for $179.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member eversavage for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • Type: Enterprise Hard Drive
  • Brand: Western Digital
  • Series: Ultrastar DC HC550
  • Model Number: WUH721818ALE604
  • Part Number: 0F38453
  • Form Factor: 3.5"
  • Capacity: 18TB
  • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
  • Spindle Speed: 7.2K RPM
  • Tray: Bare Drive
  • 2-Year Warranty (fulfilled by seller)

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Offer valid while supplies last.
    • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $19.01 lower than the next best available prices for similar condition drives with a warranty starting from $199. -SaltyOne
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Tecnoc
I recently ordered 18 drives from this seller, and 1 was DOA. Was a little annoying, but it happens, not really the sellers fault. They provided a shipping label to send it back and shipped me a replacement quickly. No complaints.
eventin
I have bought 50+ drives from this seller , 3x refurb ones died but all RMA no problem. No recerts have died yet.
bleuiko
Answering my own question: 20 decibels idle and 36 under load. Reds are 20 idle and 29 under load. These are somewhat louder.

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eversavage
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They package their hdd very well... no tax when i ordered from them.. i'm in California
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bleuiko
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Are these louder than the reds?
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bleuiko
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Answering my own question: 20 decibels idle and 36 under load. Reds are 20 idle and 29 under load. These are somewhat louder.
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Someone with experience with recertified hard disks...is it safe/reliable?
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CheapBastardX10
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Quote from alxshanti :
Someone with experience with recertified hard disks...is it safe/reliable?
I bought a 14tb 5 months ago and it has been working great so far. I'm glad I don't have to use their warranty as I have heard you have to pay for shipping. Still, scan for corruption and error upon receiving before using it for some peace of mind.
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Quote from CheapBastardX10 :
I bought a 14tb 5 months ago and it has been working great so far. I'm glad I don't have to use their warranty as I have heard you have to pay for shipping. Still, scan for corruption and error upon received before using it.
Thanks for the reply!

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i'm still using the the 18tb seagate from a few months ago.. just fine...

but nothing is forever the question is do you have a backup..

I have several backups of my important data...

So far after my years of data hording... one of my Wd 5tb hdd is starting to die.. it was new when i bought it . it was shucked from enclosure and its a CMR.. but it was in cold storage for the longest time. min hours used on it.. but still develop errors.
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Quote from alxshanti :
Someone with experience with recertified hard disks...is it safe/reliable?
I bought 3 18tb a few weeks ago now and they passed all burns and added to the array fine
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Quote from Jerky_san :
I bought 3 18tb a few weeks ago now and they passed all burns and added to the array fine
That's encouraging. Thank you.
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These are likely to be PWDIS drives, a feature that is useless outside of datacenters, and potentially a big PITA everywhere else. This is how to deal with it https://www.instructables.com/How...el-Disks-/ . I have a DC HC530 that just today I removed from my PC where it was using a molex adapter and moved into a USB enclosure where I needed to tape pin 3 instead. I bought 1/8 inch kapton tape from Amazon and had to trim a strip to roughly 1/24 inch using flush cutters.
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Quote from alxshanti :
Someone with experience with recertified hard disks...is it safe/reliable?
I'll mirror the others. Of the roughly three dozen drives I've used in recent memory, most were used/refurbished/recertified, including several from this seller. I had a WD Raptor that appeared bad* and they replaced it no charge with two identical raptors (mistake?) and didn't want the bad* one returned. (*None of the raptors were bad, they just happened to be my most sensitive component to an overloaded power supply)
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Frank_Nitty
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This drive looks similar to one I shucked out of the 18TB WD Element sold by Amazon that I purchased last year for around $300 (plus tax), and it's still going strong to this day. I think at $180 this is a pretty decent deal for what you get.
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JayPea3
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I bought a 18TB Seagate from them a few months ago. The shipping was super fast and the drive was packaged really well. It's my main drive for Plex and it gets a TON of use and no errors at all. I think i'm going to pick up this WD and use it as a back up. Seller is absolutely good to go.

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Quote from BerMM2 :
These are likely to be PWDIS drives, a feature that is useless outside of datacenters, and potentially a big PITA everywhere else. This is how to deal with it https://www.instructables.com/How...el-Disks-/ . I have a DC HC530 that just today I removed from my PC where it was using a molex adapter and moved into a USB enclosure where I needed to tape pin 3 instead. I bought 1/8 inch kapton tape from Amazon and had to trim a strip to roughly 1/24 inch using flush cutters.
Yes, this model does have the Power Disable feature. It's even mentioned in the listing. SPD includes instructions and mitigation methods (power cable and Kapton tape).

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