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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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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

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Ultrastar DC HC550 WUH721818ALE604 0F38453 18TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5in Recertified Hard Drive

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I have bought 50+ drives from this seller , 3x refurb ones died but all RMA no problem. No recerts have died yet.

Answering my own question: 20 decibels idle and 36 under load. Reds are 20 idle and 29 under load. These are somewhat louder.

They package their hdd very well... no tax when i ordered from them.. i'm in California

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08-04-2023 at 12:44 PM.

They package their hdd very well... no tax when i ordered from them.. i'm in California

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08-04-2023 at 01:13 PM.

Are these louder than the reds?

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08-04-2023 at 01:15 PM.

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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08-05-2023 at 09:35 AM.

Someone with experience with recertified hard disks...is it safe/reliable?

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08-05-2023 at 09:55 AM.

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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Thanks for the reply!

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08-05-2023 at 10:30 AM.

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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08-05-2023 at 11:48 AM.

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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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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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08-05-2023 at 10:55 PM.

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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08-05-2023 at 11:07 PM.

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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08-05-2023 at 11:42 PM.

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.