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Feb 20, 2024 9:08 PM

12TB Seagate 3.5" 256MB 7200RPM SATA Enterprise Hard Drive (Refurb)

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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB Seagate 3.5" 256MB 7200RPM SATA Enterprise Hard Drive (ST12000NM0127, Excellent - Refurbished) for $81.99. Shipping is free.

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Condition Notes:
  • 0 Bad Sectors. Grade A Refurbished. Fully Tested & Pass Sector-by-sectors test & Factory Diagnose software (No stuck / freezes HDD, perfectly smooth & high performance)
  • 3 Years Warranty from Reseller, 1 Year warranty serviced by Allstate

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  • About this Store:
    • goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has a 99.9% postive rating from over 100k feedback.
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
  • Additional Information:
    • This price matches our recent popular front page deal that has earned 45 thumbs up.
    • These certified refurbished hard drives are priced at ~$6.83 per TB of storage space.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB Seagate 3.5" 256MB 7200RPM SATA Enterprise Hard Drive (ST12000NM0127, Excellent - Refurbished) for $81.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter tDames for sharing this deal.

Condition Notes:
  • 0 Bad Sectors. Grade A Refurbished. Fully Tested & Pass Sector-by-sectors test & Factory Diagnose software (No stuck / freezes HDD, perfectly smooth & high performance)
  • 3 Years Warranty from Reseller, 1 Year warranty serviced by Allstate

Editor's Notes

Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
    • goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has a 99.9% postive rating from over 100k feedback.
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
  • Additional Information:
    • This price matches our recent popular front page deal that has earned 45 thumbs up.
    • These certified refurbished hard drives are priced at ~$6.83 per TB of storage space.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Feb 21, 2024 1:23 AM
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MagentaKnob620Feb 21, 2024 1:23 AM
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can we use this as a external drive
Feb 21, 2024 1:24 AM
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dealmeister3000Feb 21, 2024 1:24 AM
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Quote from wherestheanykey View quoted comment :
I wouldn't say "slinging around", but even so, they're still rated for more mechanical runtime than your average
consumer drive. Besides, mechanical failure in general is in some ways more common and at a higher pain point on consumer hardware than at enterprise scale, simply because of the difference in volume. You might see one bum drive in the time it takes enterprise servers to find dozens, but it might also take you much longer to reach that conclusion (see Seagate Barracudas mfg in the early 2010s).

These were probably used in a RAID for some database, where the files are mostly contiguous and cached.

Feel how you will, but I would definitely trust these far more coming out of a server than some home NAS or gaming PC.
Backblaze did an analysis of enterprise drives vs consumer drives and found no difference. That has nothing to do with my "feelings."

Also enterprise operations buy hardware to use it. My NAS most of the time is going to have a tiny fraction of the activity an enterprise server will have. Even if they are both up 24-7 the actuator in my drives is going to sling around a lot less.

Consumers are using SSDs for small random writes. These HDD are mostly for large contiguous video files with a smaller amount of space for picture files.
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Feb 21, 2024 1:42 AM
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teknomedicFeb 21, 2024 1:42 AM
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Quote from MagentaKnob620 View quoted comment :
can we use this as a external drive
Yes, but you need to buy an enclosure or adapter that does SATA to USB. Also, be sure to get one with additional wall outlet power as USB power alone isn't enough to power a 3.5" HDD.

That said, you might be better served (and possibly cheaper) just buying an already to go external HDD.
Feb 21, 2024 1:52 AM
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Ih8reb8sFeb 21, 2024 1:52 AM
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I just received two of these drives today and I have been impressed so far. They look pristine, and they were very well shipped in sealed static bags wrapped in bubble wrapped and packed tightly in the Box. Both drives past my initial "normal" 30 minute test in hard drive Sentinel Pro. Of course the big question is how long they will last and none of this proves anything, but it's a promising start.
Feb 21, 2024 2:03 AM
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CalmFeather5400Feb 21, 2024 2:03 AM
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I purchased two of these and just got them in the mail today. CrystalDiskInfo shows zero power on hours so i'm guessing the controllers are brand new.
Feb 21, 2024 2:18 AM
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teknomedicFeb 21, 2024 2:18 AM
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When I went to eBay I got a popup from eBay offering $5 off a $60 or more purchase if I use the eBay app... Can't complain.. $77 (before tax) for a 12TB HDD.
Feb 21, 2024 2:35 AM
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EgatFeb 21, 2024 2:35 AM
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Quote from CalmFeather5400 View quoted comment :
I purchased two of these and just got them in the mail today. CrystalDiskInfo shows zero power on hours so i'm guessing the controllers are brand new.
They're unlikely to be new. SMART data gets wiped as part of the refurbishing process.
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seiromemFeb 21, 2024 2:36 AM
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Quote from wherestheanykey View quoted comment :
It probably would, depending on your use case and where you plan on installing it (these don't do well shoved in single drive enclosures).

But when you say backup, you aren't referring to just the 10TB, right?

A single backup drive is not enough to be considered a true backup.
No, I am not referring to just the 10TB. My main use is for photo storage and occasional viewing of the pictures.
Feb 21, 2024 2:42 AM
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SiennaGalley8003Feb 21, 2024 2:42 AM
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Just bought 2 drives I didn't need, but had 2 bays open in a 6 bay NAS storage.... damn you slickdeals 😆
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slimdunkin117Feb 21, 2024 2:45 AM
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Quote from SiennaGalley8003 View quoted comment :
Just bought 2 drives I didn't need, but had 2 bays open in a 6 bay NAS storage.... damn you slickdeals 😆
about to happen to me as well..I don't even need this
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Quote from seiromem View quoted comment :
No, I am not referring to just the 10TB. My main use is for photo storage and occasional viewing of the pictures.
Yeah, like I was saying, only having one drive where your data is stored isn't a reliable backup.

If you value the data on there, you need to have it in more than one location.

It goes beyond the reliability of the drive. What if your house floods or burns down?
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Quote from dealmeister3000 View quoted comment :
Backblaze did an analysis of enterprise drives vs consumer drives and found no difference. That has nothing to do with my "feelings."

Also enterprise operations buy hardware to use it. My NAS most of the time is going to have a tiny fraction of the activity an enterprise server will have. Even if they are both up 24-7 the actuator in my drives is going to sling around a lot less.

Consumers are using SSDs for small random writes. These HDD are mostly for large contiguous video files with a smaller amount of space for picture files.
Oh, good, I'll go tell all these data centers that they can save a fortune if they just buy a bunch of Barracudas or WD Blues.

I'm sure they'll go for that.
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Feb 21, 2024 2:58 AM
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dealmeister3000Feb 21, 2024 2:58 AM
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Quote from wherestheanykey View quoted comment :
Oh, good, I'll go tell all these data centers that they can save a fortune if they just buy a bunch of Barracudas or WD Blues.

I'm sure they'll go for that.
You literally just described Backblaze's business model. 🤣

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-in...od-so-far/

I don't know about WD Blue HDD because their speed is lower than even my 8 year old WD Black consumer drives, but certainly reasonable consumer drives seem to work fine in the data center.
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DeejayMeshFeb 21, 2024 3:05 AM
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Got mine installed last week. This thing is like a brick, heavy and solid. Formatted no issues and sustained 200+ MB write speeds. SMART looks good and controllers report 0 hours.
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Quote from Ih8reb8s View quoted comment :
I just received two of these drives today and I have been impressed so far. They look pristine, and they were very well shipped in sealed static bags wrapped in bubble wrapped and packed tightly in the Box. Both drives past my initial "normal" 30 minute test in hard drive Sentinel Pro. Of course the big question is how long they will last and none of this proves anything, but it's a promising start.
Was SMART data intact or wiped? How many hours on them?

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