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expiredxrossastrike posted Mar 28, 2024 10:30 PM

Refurb: 12TB HGST Ultrastar HC520 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

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$80

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goHardDrive via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar HC520 7.2K RPM 6Gb/s SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, HUH721212ALE601) + 5-Year Seller Warranty on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member xrossastrike for finding this deal
  • Note: Includes a 1-Year Allstate Warranty + a 5-Year Warranty from the Reseller.
Specs:
  • 12TB Internal Capacity
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • This sale price matches this popular FrontPage Deal from earlier this month which received over 60 thumbs up from the community.
  • Condition Notes (per product page):
    • These HDD is used by Datacenter Servers for about 5 years period. HDD was refurbished and data wiped with DoD Standard. It's fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test with ZERO Bad sectors! Since this is a heavy duty enterprise HDD with 2.5M-hour MTBF rating. We are confidence that to honor another 5 Years Warranty from these hard drives! Buy with confidence & Worry Free

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goHardDrive via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar HC520 7.2K RPM 6Gb/s SATA 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, HUH721212ALE601) + 5-Year Seller Warranty on sale for $79.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member xrossastrike for finding this deal
  • Note: Includes a 1-Year Allstate Warranty + a 5-Year Warranty from the Reseller.
Specs:
  • 12TB Internal Capacity
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • This sale price matches this popular FrontPage Deal from earlier this month which received over 60 thumbs up from the community.
  • Condition Notes (per product page):
    • These HDD is used by Datacenter Servers for about 5 years period. HDD was refurbished and data wiped with DoD Standard. It's fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test with ZERO Bad sectors! Since this is a heavy duty enterprise HDD with 2.5M-hour MTBF rating. We are confidence that to honor another 5 Years Warranty from these hard drives! Buy with confidence & Worry Free

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lastwraith
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Yes, like every other SPD or goharddrive deal that gets posted here. Not sure why the comment is necessary. Those shopping for enterprise drives know what they're in for.
lastwraith
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There's no definitive answer. It's the age-old argument of is it better to save wear and tear via start-stop cycles or save power-on hours.
6 of one, a half dozen of the other.

If you're doing drive imaging backups of something like a system drive under Windows, I'd recommend Macrium Reflect.
If you're just doing a basic sync, I like FreeFileSync personally.

If you can, I like to buy slightly different models or try to buy from a different vendor to differentiate model numbers or at least HDD batch numbers. Just in case a firmware bug or some other unexpected flaw for that particular model or batch eats one of my drives. At least the other one (or other set) will likely survive. Just a thought.

Also don't forget to do a full surface test, which will likely take more than a day at these drive sizes. You can use something as simple as WD Data Lifeguard for this.
TheAppleRider
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I have been running used server-grade drives in my JBOD enclosure for years without any issues. If you have proper data protection in place, like a raid array, you will not lose data regardless of a drive failure. You are much better off having two used drives in a raid array than one new drive with no backup.

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GeekTekRobMar 29, 2024 02:40 AM
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Bought this last time from same seller. Received it, put it in my media server, and its working great. Was able to move my two 4TB drives to cold storage and add more space even though I wasn't maxed out yet.
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yevomegaMar 29, 2024 03:07 AM
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Quote from Neoeo :
I appreciate him mentioning that it's used. I was about to pull the trigger until I read that. No way I'm buying used for backing up my data. The mod should give the op a warning for not including that in the title.
I'm buying for backing up data too, but my plan is to get 2 and run them in RAID1 for the redundancy. Makes it more expensive (160 for 12tb of usable storage) but I've had new drives fail on me too and 12tb is a lot to lose.
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Quote from greymoose :
Yes. The only one I could find was a 15% off refurbished items which expired on 3/27/23.
That's not it.
Last edited by MadPup March 28, 2024 at 09:05 PM.
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Quote from MadPup :
That's not it. Log into their site, click on one of the links thru to ebay, then apply code rmn15.
Facts! Just worked for me. Two for $150 is a steal worship

Items (2) $159.98
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Tax* $14.20
Gift cards, coupons -$24.00
Order total $150.18
Mar 29, 2024 03:15 AM
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DhryMar 29, 2024 03:15 AM
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Got the exact same model from
Serverpartdeals recently. First one was DOA. RMA process was painless. They shipped me out a replacement which arrived yesterday. Installed it today and OS recognizes it. Will run a full surface scan overnight. Crystaldiskinfo tells me it's had 5 years poweron time. Not saving anything critical on it so all good.
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kougan_ankiMar 29, 2024 03:21 AM
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Man, I was able to apply rmn15. Was going to pick up 4 drives, but as I was checking out the price changed back to without the 15% discount and subsequent tries to reapply the coupon shows this - Unfortunately, this code no longer works. Please continue with your order.

Shame I was actually looking forward to this order.

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yevomegaMar 29, 2024 03:23 AM
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Quote from notaek :
Facts! Just worked for me. Two for $150 is a steal worship

Items (2) $159.98
Shipping Free
Tax* $14.20
Gift cards, coupons -$24.00
Order total $150.18
How did you get it to work
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supertesterMar 29, 2024 03:38 AM
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Are these good for WD PR4100 NAS?
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NortnamMar 29, 2024 05:02 AM
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Quote from RancidRat :
Serverpartdeals had an ebay listing on 10 Mar 2024 for $72.99 for 12 TB used drives (ST12000NM0127).
That was a Seagate drive. I avoid buying them new def not buying a used Seagate.
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namlookMar 29, 2024 08:07 AM
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Quote from KarateB0b :
USED DRIVES, buyer beware
These have 5 year warranties and they get replaced if they fail. Back your stuff up and you don't lose data.
Last edited by namlook March 29, 2024 at 01:10 AM.
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namlookMar 29, 2024 08:09 AM
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Quote from MadPup :
That's not it.

Quote from notaek :
Facts! Just worked for me. Two for $150 is a steal worship

Items (2) $159.98
Shipping Free
Tax* $14.20
Gift cards, coupons -$24.00
Order total $150.18

I clicked through the site to ebay and it says rmn15 "is no longer working" when trying to use it. It appears they killed it.
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cockadoodleMar 29, 2024 08:11 AM
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Quote from KarateB0b :
USED DRIVES, buyer beware
Cheap drives for data storage with 5 year warranty or 1yr allstate refund...
Last edited by cockadoodle March 29, 2024 at 01:21 AM.
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Mr FenderMar 29, 2024 09:55 AM
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Bought 2 a few weeks ago for Plex duty. One had 10k hours, the other had 12k which failed right after I got done copying over my movie library. Emailed and got an RMA/shipping label right away. Waiting for the replacement but other one running strong.

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