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Refurb: 12TB HGST Ultrastar He12 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5" Hard Drive + 5yr Warranty Expired

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goHardDrive via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar He12 7.2K RPM 6Gb/s SATA 3.5 Internal Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished, HUH721212ALE601) on sale for $82.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Note: Includes a 1-Year Allstate Warranty + a 5-Year Warranty from the Seller.
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  • Ultrastar He12 Series
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed
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You got lucky. I ordered six of these 12TB drives and two were DOA. They were quickly replaced though, so goharddrive provided good service.
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I've had really good luck with Go hard drive. I would only buy one of these used Enterprise drives from either go hard drives or server parts deals. Out of five drives, none of them have been bad yet. And both of these companies package the drives very well. To me. theres a big difference between these two companies and buying used hard drives in general off of eBay. I've had some horrible experiences buying 4tb used Enterprise drives, over 50% have been junk. But I trust these and the warranty that helps mitigate the risk.
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gado45
05-11-2024 at 05:29 PM.
05-11-2024 at 05:29 PM.
What config do recommend for two or three of these in home use ?
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namlook
05-11-2024 at 05:43 PM.
05-11-2024 at 05:43 PM.
Quote from zomfgaaron :
Can you explain how you're going to fit a 3.5 in a ps4?
There's a 3.5" enclosure available that works with PS4.
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justye
05-11-2024 at 06:29 PM.

Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank justye

05-11-2024 at 06:29 PM.
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What's the best way to test the drives to make sure they are in good health?
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05-11-2024 at 07:26 PM.
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What do people use these large hard drives for? NAS? I know people usually setup Synology servers at home. I currently have a cheap NAS setup with a RPi with OpenMediaVault that doubles as a Plex server. I was thinking about revamping the whole setup with a better PC (mini PC with Intel N100) and larger drives. But I don't know if it makes more sense to have a Synology device. The CPUs on those are weaker so should I buy a mini PC and can I run it alongside the Synology server or should I just get a 2 drive USB docker? Current drive attached to RPi is a 5tb portable WD 2.5" drive.

I want something that can be used to sync my phone's photos and have all my media files for Plex. It should be able to handle 4k transcoding too. Along with file sharing for home network. But I also want some redundancy in place in case a drive fails.
I run my plex server from a QNAP. I started out with synology, but switched because the synology nases are underpowered in comparison. All that stuff you want to do is done easily with either companies products.
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05-11-2024 at 07:38 PM.
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Quote from R3DTR1X :
Considering for use in jail broken PS4.
PS4 uses 2.5 inch hard drive.
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05-11-2024 at 07:57 PM.
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Quote from awdrifter :
PS4 uses 2.5 inch hard drive.

Nyko Data Bank. Look it up, bet you never knew it existed 😃

Edit: here's some info on it on YT.

https://youtu.be/K2N7sbg0tts?si=YLbaQLEe_ESS72n3
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myamex
05-11-2024 at 08:42 PM.
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Last one I got has 35000 hours power on time
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polyspecific
05-11-2024 at 08:43 PM.
05-11-2024 at 08:43 PM.
Quote from justye :
What do people use these large hard drives for? NAS? I know people usually setup Synology servers at home. I currently have a cheap NAS setup with a RPi with OpenMediaVault that doubles as a Plex server. I was thinking about revamping the whole setup with a better PC (mini PC with Intel N100) and larger drives. But I don't know if it makes more sense to have a Synology device. The CPUs on those are weaker so should I buy a mini PC and can I run it alongside the Synology server or should I just get a 2 drive USB docker? Current drive attached to RPi is a 5tb portable WD 2.5" drive.

I want something that can be used to sync my phone's photos and have all my media files for Plex. It should be able to handle 4k transcoding too. Along with file sharing for home network. But I also want some redundancy in place in case a drive fails.
I bought 7 last week to expand my true as setup. That said they were $72 when I bought them
So this doesn't look very slick to me.
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05-12-2024 at 02:46 AM.
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So, nas box or htpc raid these days to serve up video.. my main goal would be MAX POWER EFFICIENCY MINIMUM PRICE..possibly reporposing old pc parts
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05-12-2024 at 05:15 AM.
05-12-2024 at 05:15 AM.
Bought 4 of these a few months back. They make a lot of noise if they are vertical I noticed. They have been trouble free so far and a great deal.
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05-12-2024 at 12:57 PM.
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This is the answer. Best product I've seen for testing HDs.
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05-12-2024 at 02:26 PM.
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Quote from justye :
What do people use these large hard drives for? NAS? I know people usually setup Synology servers at home. I currently have a cheap NAS setup with a RPi with OpenMediaVault that doubles as a Plex server. I was thinking about revamping the whole setup with a better PC (mini PC with Intel N100) and larger drives. But I don't know if it makes more sense to have a Synology device. The CPUs on those are weaker so should I buy a mini PC and can I run it alongside the Synology server or should I just get a 2 drive USB docker? Current drive attached to RPi is a 5tb portable WD 2.5" drive.

I want something that can be used to sync my phone's photos and have all my media files for Plex. It should be able to handle 4k transcoding too. Along with file sharing for home network. But I also want some redundancy in place in case a drive fails.

4K transcoding is usually discouraged, given that a native playback client costs $20 from Walmart. If you have a niche case, such as mobile playback when away from LAN - a duplicated 1080p library is cheaper than a fully capable transcoding box.

I've used a synology, terramaster, and truenas setup - N100 is the current recommended NAS cpu for self builds. If you're only doing plex and intel quick sync from any of the appliance builders(synology, qnap, etc) works. I recommend using the docker container version.

Currently I have a slick priced terramaster f4-423. The OS is meh but I sideloaded truenas. Right now my docker environment runs plex, all the media cataloguing programs I like, a light weight code server for personal one off things, a recipe database, home automation, pihole, and some other things I'm forgetting.
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05-12-2024 at 03:56 PM.
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This is the answer. Best product I've seen for testing HDs.
which test mode do you use?
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05-12-2024 at 04:28 PM.
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Quote from Polly1983 :
What's the best way to test the drives to make sure they are in good health?
HDDScan - it is free and tests every sector.
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05-12-2024 at 04:46 PM.
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I've had really good luck with Go hard drive. I would only buy one of these used Enterprise drives from either go hard drives or server parts deals. Out of five drives, none of them have been bad yet. And both of these companies package the drives very well. To me. theres a big difference between these two companies and buying used hard drives in general off of eBay. I've had some horrible experiences buying 4tb used Enterprise drives, over 50% have been junk. But I trust these and the warranty that helps mitigate the risk.
Agreed! I have purchased 12 large drives from them combined and each is working as expected for past several weeks. All drives also tested with 0 bad sectors. The drives are mix of 20 TB and 16TB Seagate Exos drives.

One thing I noticed - GoHardDrives seems to wipe all smart data, ServerPartsDeal wiped some of it but not all - although the Smart info showed garbage data - I read somewhere that Seagate uses non-standard Smart data and you have to use SeaTools to verify.
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