Hey All,
Don't kill me on this post. I think this is a good deal overall. I bought this about a year or so ago and use it as my parity drive in my UnRaid server. When I bought mine it came packaged well and had a 5 year warranty. I also didn't see any other recent post about this drive. Hope it helps some people get a decent drive for a decente price.
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These HDD is refurbished ,Recertified by HGST factory. It's fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test. It works as good as new hard drive with Zero bad sectors, Zero Power on Hours!
8TB, 128MB Cache, 7200RPM, SATA III 6.0Gb/s - Designed for 24/7/365 Heavy Duty, 2.5M-hour MTBF
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VBBKKMB
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I did remember reading somewhere (and don't remember where or who so take what I say with a grain of salt as I can't provide proof) that well done refurbs are sometimes a better option than new because whatever was gonna break broke and they fixed it (if that is why is was a refurb to start with). And with new you don't know what is gonna break yet.
Also anything you put data on should have at minimum one other backup some place else. At the price per gigabyte on this I took the risk. And so far (mine could break tomorrow for all I know) mine has been working good. I have UnRaid do tests on all my drives 3 times a day and this one reports in between 32-35 C with a pass each time.
I did remember reading somewhere (and don't remember where or who so take what I say with a grain of salt as I can't provide proof) that well done refurbs are sometimes a better option than new because whatever was gonna break broke and they fixed it (if that is why is was a refurb to start with). And with new you don't know what is gonna break yet.
Also anything you put data on should have at minimum one other backup some place else. At the price per gigabyte on this I took the risk. And so far (mine could break tomorrow for all I know) mine has been working good. I have UnRaid do tests on all my drives 3 times a day and this one reports in between 32-35 C with a pass each time.
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It is a guarantee that all drives will die/fail eventually....it's only a matter of when.
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About Zero Power on Hours with Renewed or Refurbished HDDs.
1. Does it come with Zero Power on Hours?
Yes.
2. Is that a new HDD?
No.
3. How does it happen?
They reset SMART Data. That's why.
4. Is a Renewed or Refurbished HDD good?
Absolutely not.
And anyone who believes the hour rating on refurbs ....just lol
Ok for if your drive budget is this, otherwise the 14TB+ tend to go for ~$120 and are more cost effective.
That being said buy 2 and mirror and most of the risk is mitigated.
So the "zero hours" is not correct, even the seller is stating so.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images...L._AC_
This seller looks to be honest about the drives. so good on them.
I still have probably 10 or so SDeals server grade HGST 3TB and some HGST 4TB from ebay that were server trade ins. I think one failed on me ( probably bad shipping ) . That's pretty darn good. many of these were made over 10 years ago. Shipping is the big deal. They have to bubble wrap them up.
I still have some slow WD Green 1TB around here that may be pushing 20 years old? I rarely turn them on anymore.
I'm old, so I am still stuck in the mindset that 4TB is huge and a car with 100K miles is worn out. I remember when the first 500GB drives came out Maybe 150.00? It was huge news.
This seller looks to be honest about the drives. so good on them.
I still have probably 10 or so SDeals server grade HGST 3TB and some HGST 4TB from ebay that were server trade ins. I think one failed on me ( probably bad shipping ) . That's pretty darn good. many of these were made over 10 years ago. Shipping is the big deal. They have to bubble wrap them up.
I still have some slow WD Green 1TB around here that may be pushing 20 years old? I rarely turn them on anymore.
I'm old, so I am still stuck in the mindset that 4TB is huge and a car with 100K miles is worn out. I remember when the first 500GB drives came out Maybe 150.00? It was huge news.
I recently got on the band wagon for 4TB drives for a little over 20. Cheaper than me backing up to bluray media and quicker as well.
These will come well pack. Price is the same as what I paid in May
There is really nothing extra they do on a refurb hard drive. All the do is wipe it down and low level format it to fix / hide the bad sectors. It is basically a used drive. Drives with physical damage are giving the press treatment.
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