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Refurb 10TB HGST WD Ultrastar DC HC510 3.5" SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive $69.99

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goHardDrive via Newegg [newegg.com] has 10TB HGST WD Ultrastar DC HC510 3.5" SATA 7200RPM Hard Drive (Refurbished, HUH721010ALE601) on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free.
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Apr 2, 2024 4:52 AM
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lastwraithApr 2, 2024 4:52 AM
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Let me attempt to save everyone some time:
1) Yes, these are used drives. If you don't like it, move along. You don't want anyone to actually try to refurbish these because they are welded shut to contain the helium. I'm guessing virtually zero third-party places can effectively service these.
2) For an extra $10-20, you can probably get another 2+TB on another SD here. This is the normal (good) price for a sale.
3) Yes, you'll get the full 5yr warranty from goharddrive. If you don't believe me (and you shouldn't), ask them directly
4) You may get a PWDIS drive, so be prepared to snip or tape that third pin, use a crimped molex connector, or use an enclosure, depending on your needs and if you have an older PSU that doesn't power up the drive correctly because it doesn't support PWDIS.
5) Yes, it IS a lot of data to potentially lose. But if you actually care about your data, it shouldn't matter since you have backups and are potentially putting this into an array where RAID/parity means you also have fault tolerance and (hopefully) reporting.
6) Just like with any new (to you) drive, use software to run a full surface test of the drive. Something like the older WD Data Lifeguard will suffice here, but some people prefer HD Sentinel, badblocks, H2testw, or the stuff built into their array solution (like unraid preclear or Stablebit Scanner).
7) Yes, there have been better deals in the past. Give us the keys to the DeLorean or don't bother posting your humble-brags.
8) I probably forgot some stuff, but these are pretty much the things that should IMO be listed at the beginning of every HDD thread because it gets old real fast.
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Apr 2, 2024 1:52 PM
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vpup323Apr 2, 2024 1:52 PM
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I bought this on the last round. Thank you OP for posting the new deal.

Quick technical question for others who are smarter than me in this area. I tested the drives by running CHKDSK /r through the windows command prompt. Took most of a day, and as I understand it, that checks for bad sectors on the HD, and all of the drives came up clean.

Is there added value in running other third-party software like mentioned above by Lastwraith? Maybe those go deeper and check every possible write location where CHKDSK does broader sector checks?

Any feedback welcome/appreciated.
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j-5Apr 2, 2024 1:59 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
Let me attempt to save everyone some time:
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln what did you think of the play?

IOW, I've had good luck with HGST drives, but have been using WD red pros in my NAS. How would these do in an unraid box?
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DreamerbyDesignApr 2, 2024 2:01 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
Let me attempt to save everyone some time:
1) Yes, these are used drives. If you don't like it, move along. You don't want anyone to actually try to refurbish these because they are welded shut to contain the helium. I'm guessing virtually zero third-party places can effectively service these.
2) For an extra $10-20, you can probably get another 2+TB on another SD here. This is the normal (good) price for a sale.
3) Yes, you'll get the full 5yr warranty from goharddrive. If you don't believe me (and you shouldn't), ask them directly
4) You may get a PWDIS drive, so be prepared to snip or tape that third pin, use a crimped molex connector, or use an enclosure, depending on your needs and if you have an older PSU that doesn't power up the drive correctly because it doesn't support PWDIS.
5) Yes, it IS a lot of data to potentially lose. But if you actually care about your data, it shouldn't matter since you have backups and are potentially putting this into an array where RAID/parity means you also have fault tolerance and (hopefully) reporting.
6) Just like with any new (to you) drive, use software to run a full surface test of the drive. Something like the older WD Data Lifeguard will suffice here, but some people prefer HD Sentinel, badblocks, H2testw, or the stuff built into their array solution (like unraid preclear or Stablebit Scanner).
7) Yes, there have been better deals in the past. Give us the keys to the DeLorean or don't bother posting your humble-brags.
8) I probably forgot some stuff, but these are pretty much the things that should IMO be listed at the beginning of every HDD thread because it gets old real fast.
Someone should copy and paste this on each and every thread that pops up for these. Excellent job rep given
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Apr 2, 2024 5:45 PM
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vivekApr 2, 2024 5:45 PM
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what would be a good cheap enclosure for this?
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Quote from vivek :
what would be a good cheap enclosure for this?
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Ex...B013WODZH0

This is a favorite, because it has a good sized cooling fan.

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angelmaldito23Apr 3, 2024 12:46 AM
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i will much rather go for the MDD 14TB for 109.99 or the 16TB for 119.99-139,99 blue Label NAS or Enterprice but these are not refurbished and have a lot of hours (some say that they reset the power on hours but i don't think it's possible)
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vivekApr 3, 2024 1:55 AM
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Quote from vid1900 :
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Ex...B013WODZH0

This is a favorite, because it has a good sized cooling fan.
Thanks. Any suggestions for multi bay ?
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ArkusApr 3, 2024 2:01 AM
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Quote from angelmaldito23 :
i will much rather go for the MDD 14TB for 109.99 or the 16TB for 119.99-139,99 blue Label NAS or Enterprice but these are not refurbished and have a lot of hours (some say that they reset the power on hours but i don't think it's possible)
Seagate drives can be reset, so it's not out of the question that others could be.
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araczynskiApr 3, 2024 11:47 AM
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are these loud AF?
Apr 3, 2024 1:48 PM
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ultimatinternetApr 3, 2024 1:48 PM
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Quote from vivek :
Thanks. Any suggestions for multi bay ?
an old server with hotswap bays -- cheap on ebay and you can get some pretty quick 10gbps connections built in/etc. That's how I do it. Way better than synology solutions -- but I've been beyond 4 drives for quite some time. I'm at about ~30-40 drives active at any given moment.
Apr 3, 2024 2:51 PM
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scrilladealsApr 3, 2024 2:51 PM
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Quote from vpup323 :
I bought this on the last round. Thank you OP for posting the new deal.

Quick technical question for others who are smarter than me in this area. I tested the drives by running CHKDSK /r through the windows command prompt. Took most of a day, and as I understand it, that checks for bad sectors on the HD, and all of the drives came up clean.

Is there added value in running other third-party software like mentioned above by Lastwraith? Maybe those go deeper and check every possible write location where CHKDSK does broader sector checks?

Any feedback welcome/appreciated.

So I think the answer depends on what level of trust you want to put in the disk and what your backup solutions are. As I understand it CHKDSK /r will do a search for bad sectors only on the windows formatted partition of the drive whereas there are other Linux and command line tools like BadBlocks that will scan the entire disk, ignoring filesystems.

Are you formatting as NTFS? Or ext4? Will this drive be in a RAID config where you can easily swap it out if it starts throwing bad sectors or is this your primary drive?

For whatever it's worth, I bought a couple of 14TB refurbs from GoHardDrive to use for backup purposes and I'm currently running it through a lengthy badblocks test where it does 4 passes of writing random characters and then checking/comparing each pass. If it makes it through this without a bad sector I feel confident to keep the drive.

But....I'm only 75% done with that test right now, at 140 hours in.... so you have to decide if that's worth it

More info if interested:

https://perfectmediaserver.com/06...ve-burnin/

https://github.com/Spearfoot/disk...nd-testing
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FreshPrinceSumNLipsApr 3, 2024 4:33 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
Let me attempt to save everyone some time:
1) Yes, these are used drives. If you don't like it, move along. You don't want anyone to actually try to refurbish these because they are welded shut to contain the helium. I'm guessing virtually zero third-party places can effectively service these.
2) For an extra $10-20, you can probably get another 2+TB on another SD here. This is the normal (good) price for a sale.
3) Yes, you'll get the full 5yr warranty from goharddrive. If you don't believe me (and you shouldn't), ask them directly
4) You may get a PWDIS drive, so be prepared to snip or tape that third pin, use a crimped molex connector, or use an enclosure, depending on your needs and if you have an older PSU that doesn't power up the drive correctly because it doesn't support PWDIS.
5) Yes, it IS a lot of data to potentially lose. But if you actually care about your data, it shouldn't matter since you have backups and are potentially putting this into an array where RAID/parity means you also have fault tolerance and (hopefully) reporting.
6) Just like with any new (to you) drive, use software to run a full surface test of the drive. Something like the older WD Data Lifeguard will suffice here, but some people prefer HD Sentinel, badblocks, H2testw, or the stuff built into their array solution (like unraid preclear or Stablebit Scanner).
7) Yes, there have been better deals in the past. Give us the keys to the DeLorean or don't bother posting your humble-brags.
8) I probably forgot some stuff, but these are pretty much the things that should IMO be listed at the beginning of every HDD thread because it gets old real fast.
HD Sentinel, badblocks, H2testw, Which be better? I have used HD Sentinel to "repair" a drive and was impressed but wondering about the others. Thanks!
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Apr 3, 2024 5:07 PM
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HonestMitten6396Apr 3, 2024 5:07 PM
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Quote from lastwraith :
4) You may get a PWDIS drive, so be prepared to snip or tape that third pin, use a crimped molex connector, or use an enclosure, depending on your needs and if you have an older PSU that doesn't power up the drive correctly because it doesn't support PWDIS.
I got a 12TB pair from a similar goharddrive deal a couple weeks ago, and they were PWDIS drives, but they each came with an adapter to bypass PWDIS. Not sure if they all come with adapters but maybe something to be aware of
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