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20TB Seagate Exos X20 or X22 Enterprise 3.5" 7200 RPM Hard Drive (Recertified)

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$210

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Server Part Deals has select 20TB Seagate Exos Enterprise 3.5" 7200 RPM Hard Drives (X20 or X22 Manufacturer Recertified Units) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free (via UPS 2nd Day Air shipping)

Thanks to Community Member eversavage for sharing this deal.

Available options:About this Item:
  • 20TB Capacity
  • 7200 RPM Spindle Speed
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s, MiB/s): 285/272
  • Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS): 168/550
  • Rotation Vibration @ 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²): 12.5
  • Condition - Manufacturer Recertified : 2 Year Limited Period Warranty

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  • About this Store:
    • Server Part Deals has a Satisfaction Guarantee: Return for refund within 30 days of package reception date.
    • Shipping note from vendor: Drives ship in 225lb per sq inch pressure-rated boxes, specifically tested for impact. Inside the box you'll find suspension brackets, foam inserts, or air filled pockets that secure the drive in place and prevent any possible impact from movement in the shipping process. The drive itself is sealed in an anti-static bag that protects the drive from any electromagnetic interference.
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer is priced $10 lower than previous front page deal from August 2023, in addition to offering the X22 model for sale with the upgrade cache size.
    • The spec sheets for each drive can be found for X20 and X22.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and community discussion.

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Server Part Deals has select 20TB Seagate Exos Enterprise 3.5" 7200 RPM Hard Drives (X20 or X22 Manufacturer Recertified Units) on sale for $209.99. Shipping is free (via UPS 2nd Day Air shipping)

Thanks to Community Member eversavage for sharing this deal.

Available options:About this Item:
  • 20TB Capacity
  • 7200 RPM Spindle Speed
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • Max. Sustained Transfer Rate OD (MB/s, MiB/s): 285/272
  • Random Read/Write 4K QD16 WCD (IOPS): 168/550
  • Rotation Vibration @ 20-1500 Hz (rad/sec²): 12.5
  • Condition - Manufacturer Recertified : 2 Year Limited Period Warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • Server Part Deals has a Satisfaction Guarantee: Return for refund within 30 days of package reception date.
    • Shipping note from vendor: Drives ship in 225lb per sq inch pressure-rated boxes, specifically tested for impact. Inside the box you'll find suspension brackets, foam inserts, or air filled pockets that secure the drive in place and prevent any possible impact from movement in the shipping process. The drive itself is sealed in an anti-static bag that protects the drive from any electromagnetic interference.
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer is priced $10 lower than previous front page deal from August 2023, in addition to offering the X22 model for sale with the upgrade cache size.
    • The spec sheets for each drive can be found for X20 and X22.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and community discussion.

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Top Comments

kingbob2
X20 has 256MB cache and X22 has 512MB cache.
eversavage
Great packaging,
Drives get stamp/marked Recertified , also gets a new label to what appeared to be from Seagate .
SMART data gets zero out..

They are louder than traditional drives.. worth the buy.. $10.50/ TB

Satisfaction Guarantee: Return for refund within 30 days of package reception date.

SO test the drive as soon as you get it..

I used the Seagate software that creates a bootable VM (tinycore) with the SeaTools GUI : Link
hiroo916
without model number, start of usage time, length of usage, type of usage, your story has no usable meaning.

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Sep 24, 2023
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jgmeinhardt
Sep 24, 2023
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I found a nice thread on reddit regarding ServerPartsDeals and refurbished hard drives. These comments are from people who have actually bought and used refurbished drives.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoar...partdeals/
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Sep 24, 2023
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NEW0
Sep 24, 2023
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How much of a speed difference would I see if I used some kind of enclosure for this to USB 2.0 instead of putting it in my computer?

Also, I see that MSRP for these are at like $299.99 or something on Amazon. Is it worth trying to pick these up for near $100 off? I've heard mixed things about Seagate over the years, so I don't know how much more help it'd be to get it "new" from Amazon, but if I remember right, they're not an all-bad company... they had some pretty bad lines of drives, but again, if I remember right, Backblaze has some of their drives as a recommendation for reliability...
Sep 24, 2023
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LastButNotLeast
Sep 24, 2023
678 Posts
Decided I didn't need 20TB, so got this 14TB X18 for $128 instead.
https://serverpartdeals.com/colle...hard-drive
Thanks for the reviews and all the (mostly) useful info.
Sep 24, 2023
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esy1219
Sep 24, 2023
134 Posts
Only speaking from personal use. I've used all brands (Toshiba, WD, Seagate, IBM (yea IBM lol)etc) and the ONLY ones to have failed on me were the Seagate. No this was not 20+ years ago. It was actually in the last couple of years. The drive was only holding random media files (movies,tv shows etc) and periodically I would use them to watch old shows. For some reason, it just died (clicking noises). The other HDD (WD and Toshiba) are still running just fine even though they are older than the Seagate.

So just as people posted, back up is critical for data but seems stupid to save a few bucks at the start to end up paying more to get a replacement.

The ones I had were the Barracuda and Ironwolf. mabye the exos are better, not sure. But anyone I come across, I let them know that Seagate is riskier than other drives. Could be just my luck but if ONLY seagates have failed on me, it's hard to defend it.
Sep 25, 2023
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MWink
Sep 25, 2023
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Quote from NEW0 :
How much of a speed difference would I see if I used some kind of enclosure for this to USB 2.0 instead of putting it in my computer?
USB 2.0 will seriously hold it back. It would top out around 50MB/s. This drive is capable of up to about 275MB/s. However, USB 3.0 would be fine.
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Sep 25, 2023
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BerMM2
Sep 25, 2023
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Quote from sparrow540 :
If these drives are respectable, why are they refurbished? What could go wrong that they can fix it and resell it?
Its often cheaper for big customers to order all their servers/workstations with the same configuration and then customize them themselves resulting in surplus parts like these. I know SMART data can be manipulated, but I've had refurbished drives report near zero hours and the manufacturer (based on serial number) state the warranty started a couple months prior.
Sep 25, 2023
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gearmesh
Sep 25, 2023
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This is my first time taking advantage of these drives. Everyone seems pretty happy with them.

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eversavage
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Quote from jgmeinhardt :
I found a nice thread on reddit regarding ServerPartsDeals and refurbished hard drives. These comments are from people who have actually bought and used refurbished drives.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoar...partdeals/
I went through a lot of research prior to buying replacement for my 10tb drives..
Came to the same conclusion that seagate worth the $ from SpD.
Nay sayers are reluctant but they can go ahead and spend their money elsewhere...
SD is a place we post deals.. and some deals aren't for everyone..
Sep 27, 2023
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SmartSnail793
Sep 27, 2023
250 Posts
This is perfect for Synology!