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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 3:19 AM
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WizardkingFeb 21, 2024 3:19 AM
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Man I want to buy this so bad, but I have 5x 8TB (in raid 5) drives I would have to replace. I am struggling to justify that kind of spend when I am at 50% usage, and I have a old ass array of 6TB drives for a backup already.
Feb 21, 2024 3:30 AM
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g0dM@nFeb 21, 2024 3:30 AM
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For those discussing "used enterprise" drives, I've had years of experience with them. Of the dozens I've ran for years as second hand, I only ever had to replace one.

Of the customer-grade ones over the years, I've had several die.

Just my experience!
And I too do a lot of work in data centers. Enterprise class drives have a completely different lifestyle and life expectancy.

Also it looks like these are SED drives if anyone wants to rely on that type of encryption. I wouldn't bother and would use it as a normal drive.
Feb 21, 2024 3:36 AM
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DpippinFeb 21, 2024 3:36 AM
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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.
Are they noticeably louder?
Feb 21, 2024 3:55 AM
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Ih8reb8sFeb 21, 2024 3:55 AM
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Quote from Dpippin View quoted comment :
Are they noticeably louder?
I didn't find them to be that loud. I'm not sure what people's expectations are, but they didn't seem particularly loud to me. I'll have to go back and put one in again to see how many hours it has been in use. It did have the smart data and it wasn't wiped out
Feb 21, 2024 4:09 AM
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Ih8reb8sFeb 21, 2024 4:09 AM
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Quote from luddite_cyborg View quoted comment :
Was SMART data intact or wiped? How many hours on them?
Spoke too soon. Showing zero hours, so maybe it was wiped when they "refurbished" it.
Feb 21, 2024 4:09 AM
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keplenkFeb 21, 2024 4:09 AM
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I just received the 12TB HGST HDDs from Goharddrive from Newegg today. It was on the frontpage as well for $79 (correction $85)

1 of 2 is already DOA - if HDD is plugged in PC won't pass POST. I was able to after 2-3 tries and Crystalinfo says CAUTION and there are Smart errors found already .. so that is goind back.

The 2nd disk is "GOOD" in Crystaldiskinfo but DAMN IT .. I think it is also broken as it sounds like a grinding machine.

I'm about to run badblocks to see how it goes but ...

Anyone wonder if this is better deal than these HGST? I bought a 14TB Exos from serverpartdeals drive and it doesn't make this awful sound.

Thoughts?
Last edited by keplenk February 20, 2024 at 08:39 PM.
Feb 21, 2024 4:35 AM
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hbasavarFeb 21, 2024 4:35 AM
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Quote from keplenk View quoted comment :
I just received the 12TB HGST HDDs from Goharddrive from Newegg today. It was on the frontpage as well for $79

1 of 2 is already DOA - if HDD is plugged in PC won't pass POST. I was able to after 2-3 tries and Crystalinfo says CAUTION and there are Smart errors found already .. so that is goind back.

The 2nd disk is "GOOD" in Crystaldiskinfo but DAMN IT .. I think it is also broken as it sounds like a grinding machine.

I'm about to run badblocks to see how it goes but ...

Anyone wonder if this is better deal than these HGST? I bought a 14TB Exos from serverpartdeals drive and it doesn't make this awful sound.

Thoughts?
Exos drives are superior in quality compared to these but will definitely be better than HGST drives in my opinion.

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Feb 21, 2024 4:45 AM
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dealmeister3000Feb 21, 2024 4:45 AM
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Quote from g0dM@n View quoted comment :
For those discussing "used enterprise" drives, I've had years of experience with them. Of the dozens I've ran for years as second hand, I only ever had to replace one.

Of the customer-grade ones over the years, I've had several die.

Just my experience!
And I too do a lot of work in data centers. Enterprise class drives have a completely different lifestyle and life expectancy.

Also it looks like these are SED drives if anyone wants to rely on that type of encryption. I wouldn't bother and would use it as a normal drive.
Without knowing which EXACT drives you are talking about your post is meaningless. I've had consumer drives that were complete garbage and other consumer drives from the same manufacturer I would put up against any enterprise drive. Really depends on the year and model.
Feb 21, 2024 4:47 AM
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dealmeister3000Feb 21, 2024 4:47 AM
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Quote from Ih8reb8s View quoted comment :
Spoke too soon. Showing zero hours, so maybe it was wiped when they "refurbished" it.
It is routine for these "refurbished" drives to have clean SMART stats... then they fail initial stress tests. 🤣

They are definitely wiped.
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Feb 21, 2024 4:57 AM
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xxxwhezzyFeb 21, 2024 4:57 AM
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Can I use this hard drives for security cameras system?
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Feb 21, 2024 5:05 AM
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slimdunkin117Feb 21, 2024 5:05 AM
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Quote from Wizardking View quoted comment :
Man I want to buy this so bad, but I have 5x 8TB (in raid 5) drives I would have to replace. I am struggling to justify that kind of spend when I am at 50% usage, and I have a old ass array of 6TB drives for a backup already.
you don't need this..
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Feb 21, 2024 5:51 AM
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nikhiilFeb 21, 2024 5:51 AM
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Quote from luddite_cyborg View quoted comment :
Was SMART data intact or wiped? How many hours on them?
Wiped on mine. Very noisy drive.
Feb 21, 2024 6:13 AM
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its_pronounced_feeFeb 21, 2024 6:13 AM
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i got this exact refurb a couple of weeks ago, SMART is wiped showing 0 hours and SED is unlocked. seems fine in quick tests, didn't seem THAT loud compared to my EXOs. i ended up not adding it to my NAS but I have it as a backup in case one of my drives starts to fail.
Feb 21, 2024 8:08 AM
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nosurprisesplsFeb 21, 2024 8:08 AM
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Quote from ScarletRiver3270 View quoted comment :
This has been posted many times before. Old drives that been riding hard. Search for it on here and read comments.
Love the thumb down on this post lol

People keep saying "bathtub" curve implying majority of the failure is on new drives, which isn't even true for newer drives. The thing is, drive failure increases significantly after 5 years (hence the bathtub). These drives are older than 5 years and out of warranty -- that's why the data centers are dumping them. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/dr...s-leaking/
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Feb 21, 2024 11:56 AM
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g0dM@nFeb 21, 2024 11:56 AM
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Quote from dealmeister3000 View quoted comment :
Without knowing which EXACT drives you are talking about your post is meaningless. I've had consumer drives that were complete garbage and other consumer drives from the same manufacturer I would put up against any enterprise drive. Really depends on the year and model.
You're right.
Seagate constellation and Seagate ironwolf.

I didn't buy as refurb but just second hand via eBay or forums.

Also running data centers I see the stats in drives that are pulled after 5-7 years and they often still look good.

The consumer drives I've had issues with were older WD or Seagate from experience, but I haven't used spinning consumer grade drives in 10+ years now for my NAS/SAN (using ZFS actually).

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