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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.

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

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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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Written by tDames | Staff
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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 10:53 PM
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superstealsFeb 21, 2024 10:53 PM
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Recently purchased the 20TB and 16TB versions. All 10 disks passed all tests and had zero bad sectors. Currently testing in truenas server for a few days before putting to actual use.
Anyone know a good automated way to simulate real world usage for NAS on NFS?
I am currently testing by running VM and using the Truenas disk as the data store over nfs, but it's just writing files.
Feb 21, 2024 11:14 PM
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dealfinder500Feb 21, 2024 11:14 PM
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I ordered 2 last week and they came today. Each drive was heavily wrapped in bubble wrap.
I'm still testing the first, but so far so good.

I don't think it's very noisy. I have a 4 bay case with a shucked WD and a 16TB Seagate Exos (new, from black friday deal), and an 18TB WD Ultrastar drive, and so far I think this one is the quietist of them all.

The manufacture dates on the drives were both 2019 (different months).

Debating if I want to order another.
Feb 21, 2024 11:27 PM
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binaryBroncoFeb 21, 2024 11:27 PM
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Quote from teknomedic View quoted comment :
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.
I'm trying to replicate this slickness. If anybody figures out how, please post the sequence.
Feb 22, 2024 12:43 AM
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atarilynxFeb 22, 2024 12:43 AM
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Quote from Tourist1292 View quoted comment :
So one should not buy used car from dealer or after rental? Whoever buying should know what they are paying for. Just like cars, the start and stop spinning of the drive do more harm to the drive. Retired enterprise drive from data center is like rental car with a lot of highway miles.
But the difference with buying a used car is : it is illegal to mess with the odometer. It's a good indicator of wear and tear on a vehicle.

With a wiped SMART register there is no record of wear and tear on a drive.
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Feb 22, 2024 1:20 AM
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NiTEFeb 22, 2024 1:20 AM
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Quote from Egat View quoted comment :
Yeah, you'll find how people who understand how to safely maintain data with backups are happy to ride out the (generally long) life left on these used enterprise drives for the significant discount.

Then you'll also find the people who have no understanding of how to protect data, or the bathtub curve of failure, getting thumbs down for their "warnings"
I'm going to quadruple my risk of failure by getting four of these putting them in a raid so I can get almost 1000 MB a second

I'm gonna make multiple copies I'll have two or three backups of every video I import and compress

Often the video file will become corrupt while working with it. I better have several backups.

I'll have at least two back ups in case some drives are off-line or connected to another machine or one becomes corrupt or I have a raid fail

If you're gonna have a 48 TB hard drive for only six dollars a terabyte

And the compressed file will be 15 GB that I can afford to make three copies of every movie and then two copies of every clip

I'll have massive storage and decent speed

I haven't run any any test on these drives when they arrive
should I be testing them?

Except for disc first aid when I first initialize it 30 second check I'm not doing a scan that will take days each
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Feb 22, 2024 1:22 AM
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BeigeCemetery6723Feb 22, 2024 1:22 AM
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Quote from NiTE View quoted comment :

I haven't run any any test on these drives when they arrive
should I be testing them?

Except for disc first aid when I first initialize it 30 second check I'm not doing a scan that will take days each
Disk-Filltest or Badblocks scans takes upwards of 30 hours per drive.
Feb 22, 2024 2:03 AM
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Ih8reb8sFeb 22, 2024 2:03 AM
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Quote from NiTE View quoted comment :
I'm going to quadruple my risk of failure by getting four of these putting them in a raid so I can get almost 1000 MB a second

I'm gonna make multiple copies I'll have two or three backups of every video I import and compress

Often the video file will become corrupt while working with it. I better have several backups.

I'll have at least two back ups in case some drives are off-line or connected to another machine or one becomes corrupt or I have a raid fail

If you're gonna have a 48 TB hard drive for only six dollars a terabyte

And the compressed file will be 15 GB that I can afford to make three copies of every movie and then two copies of every clip

I'll have massive storage and decent speed

I haven't run any any test on these drives when they arrive
should I be testing them?

Except for disc first aid when I first initialize it 30 second check I'm not doing a scan that will take days each
When your mom asked you why you were laughing at yourself while you typed this, did you explain it to her? Or just ask for more meatloaf?
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Feb 22, 2024 3:03 AM
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RektbyBitmexFeb 22, 2024 3:03 AM
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seems like there aren't going to be deals on new hard drives for a while. I looked it up and apparently one of the main (and only) manufacturers of the films in hard drives has shut down for now. Not sure how current the info is but that seems to be why there's no deals on new hard drives now. I used to be in the camp of never buy a refurb hard drive but i think i'll pull the trigger on 2 of these bad bois
Feb 22, 2024 3:42 AM
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liamtoh1Feb 22, 2024 3:42 AM
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Quote from RektbyBitmex View quoted comment :
seems like there aren't going to be deals on new hard drives for a while. I looked it up and apparently one of the main (and only) manufacturers of the films in hard drives has shut down for now. Not sure how current the info is but that seems to be why there's no deals on new hard drives now. I used to be in the camp of never buy a refurb hard drive but i think i'll pull the trigger on 2 of these bad bois
I was in the same boat, never a refurbished HDD. But after reading all the many users on reddit and other forums, I took the plunge with 2 x 22TB (Seagate from SPD) and paired it my new 2 x 22TB WD Red Pro from WD.com and the new server is running without any trouble. Since it only has my ripped collection, I have not setup any backup yet (except SnapRAID with 1 parity drive. As soon as OMV 7 is released, I will have 2 parity drive setup.
Feb 22, 2024 5:03 AM
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glees.shinFeb 22, 2024 5:03 AM
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Can I use it with an enclosure as an external storage?
Feb 22, 2024 7:18 AM
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Shawn.pFeb 22, 2024 7:18 AM
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Would this fit in a ps4?
Feb 22, 2024 7:20 AM
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PornoFeb 22, 2024 7:20 AM
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I think I just bought the last 5
Feb 22, 2024 9:42 AM
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kaabobFeb 22, 2024 9:42 AM
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Quote from Porno View quoted comment :
I think I just bought the last 5
Almost gone… still available
Feb 22, 2024 12:19 PM
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BeigeCemetery6723Feb 22, 2024 12:19 PM
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Quote from glees.shin View quoted comment :
Can I use it with an enclosure as an external storage?
Yes...

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Feb 22, 2024 12:20 PM
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BeigeCemetery6723Feb 22, 2024 12:20 PM
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Quote from Shawn.p View quoted comment :
Would this fit in a ps4?
Inside of it? Nope.

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