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

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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)

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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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Oct 10, 2023
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Egat
Oct 10, 2023
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Quote from raidflex :
Has anyone run a full bad blocks scan on these drives? If so, any fail?
I got 4 of the 12 TB versions of this from the same seller, full extended smart and a full four pass badblocks (0xaa, 0x55, 0xff and 0x00). Took about a week, but reported no errors. They integrated into my unraid on proxmox setup flawlessly, though they've only been going for about 3 weeks.
Nov 9, 2023
73 Posts
Joined Feb 2018
Nov 9, 2023
SplendidSnail4461
Nov 9, 2023
73 Posts
I am pretty sure this drive doesnt use SMR, but the 20GB drive might. This is a good deal.
Feb 17, 2024
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wlandy
Feb 17, 2024
525 Posts
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-/ [instructables.com] . 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.
FYI. You can tape all 3 left pins instead of the 3rd pin only. I have done that and it works fine so far. Just taping 3rd pin is very challenging.
Feb 17, 2024
525 Posts
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wlandy
Feb 17, 2024
525 Posts
Quote from SplendidSnail4461 :
I am pretty sure this drive doesnt use SMR, but the 20GB drive might. This is a good deal.
I remember the HC6xx starts to use SMR. Not in the HC5xx series.

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