expiredIzzy138 | Staff posted Mar 08, 2024 03:38 PM
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expiredIzzy138 | Staff posted Mar 08, 2024 03:38 PM
10TB HGST WD Ultrastar DC HC510 3.5" SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive (Refurbished)
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Then again, if you're old enough, you may not hear many of the drive frequencies anyway. So much of this is unique stuff based on what frequencies bother you the most, your room layout, enclosure type, etc.
Then again, if you're old enough, you may not hear many of the drive frequencies anyway. So much of this is unique stuff based on what frequencies bother you the most, your room layout, enclosure type, etc.
I don't remember when I purchased my last hard drive and the 5 HDDs installed in my server have over 40K power on hours each. So I'm worry they will start to fail soon, a backup plan is mostly what I want.
From my experience for the longevity of any drive: good power source, ventilation and always on (Do not power off/standby or use power saving mode)
Refurbs from Server Part Deals - I've purchased 18 or 20 of them by now for personal use, in 14 and 18TB capacities, and all have passed the testing without error. I haven't purchased any from goHardDrive.
I have purchased some lots of used WD $5 4TB SAS drives to use as cold backups, instead of LTO, and have had a few fail during initial testing there. Those issues seemed to be a recent, potentially shipping related issue though. Nothing wiped from the drive history - just old drives with long reported histories that had no reported problems until my testing loads were completed.
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BTW I'm asking after failing to find the 5 yr warranty one on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/15604681...4368
FWIW, goharddrive generally offers 5 years in all their drives like this, sometimes even when the listing only says 1yr on their site vs Newegg vs eBay (or whatever). When people have reached out to goharddrive to ask why the 1yr vs 5 elsewhere, virtually every response I've seen is that they said it would still have 5 years from them and not to worry.
So, if you see 1yr at one marketplace and 5 years at another and they're both goharddrive listings, reach out to them directly and see and maybe you save yourself $5-10 or whatever for the same thing.
Refurbs from Server Part Deals - I've purchased 18 or 20 of them by now for personal use, in 14 and 18TB capacities, and all have passed the testing without error. I haven't purchased any from goHardDrive.
I have purchased some lots of used WD $5 4TB SAS drives to use as cold backups, instead of LTO, and have had a few fail during initial testing there. Those issues seemed to be a recent, potentially shipping related issue though. Nothing wiped from the drive history - just old drives with long reported histories that had no reported problems until my testing loads were completed.
Hard disk seek time, stress tests
Refurbs from Server Part Deals - I've purchased 18 or 20 of them by now for personal use, in 14 and 18TB capacities, and all have passed the testing without error. I haven't purchased any from goHardDrive.
I have purchased some lots of used WD $5 4TB SAS drives to use as cold backups, instead of LTO, and have had a few fail during initial testing there. Those issues seemed to be a recent, potentially shipping related issue though. Nothing wiped from the drive history - just old drives with long reported histories that had no reported problems until my testing loads were completed.
Hard disk seek time, stress tests
Very worth the license fee for me, but I scan dozens of drives a year so it makes sense. I do with it has the ability to save a test suite so I don't have to select the test every time (and bulk testing has some bug with starting occasionally), but it has always been a worthwhile product imo.
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HDDs are more convenient to backup to (trayless SAS bays), cheaper per TB (even at everyday $10/drive prices), and I trust them more in Orico storage cases than trying to correctly manage LTO media at home. My cold storage is in the attached garage, so not as climate or humidity controlled as the living space.
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