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(Refurbished) HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB SATA 6Gb 256MB 3.5" Enterprise HDD $82.99

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The $82.99 sale on the HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB HDD is back from goHardDrive on eBay. 5 year warranty.

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[ G01-1549-CR-5YR ] HGST Ultrastar HC520 HUH721212ALE601 12TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Helium Datacenter Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished) - 5 Year Warranty

NOTE: 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!


HGST Ultrastar HC520 12TB HARD DRIVE -HUH721212ALE601 delivers the world's first hermetically sealed, helium hard drive, the Ultrastar® He10 for massive scale-out environments. Why does helium make a diference? Helium has only one-seventh the density of air. Replacing air with helium inside a hard drive dramatically reduces the turbulence caused by the spinning disks, cuts power consumption and results in a lower temperature within the disk drive.
The reduction in turbulence for the spinning disk allows WD / HGST to deliver a seven-disk design in a traditional 3.5-inch form factor. In addition to being the world's first helium-filled hard drive, HGST Ultrastar He6 is also the first hard drive in the industry to o er a 14-terabyte capacity. This design provides a 50% capacity gain and still reduces the energy needed to run the drive by up to 23%.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156046813385

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The $82.99 sale on the HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB HDD is back from goHardDrive on eBay. 5 year warranty.

Item Description from seller:
[ G01-1549-CR-5YR ] HGST Ultrastar HC520 HUH721212ALE601 12TB 7200RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Helium Datacenter Hard Drive (Certified Refurbished) - 5 Year Warranty

NOTE: 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!


HGST Ultrastar HC520 12TB HARD DRIVE -HUH721212ALE601 delivers the world's first hermetically sealed, helium hard drive, the Ultrastar® He10 for massive scale-out environments. Why does helium make a diference? Helium has only one-seventh the density of air. Replacing air with helium inside a hard drive dramatically reduces the turbulence caused by the spinning disks, cuts power consumption and results in a lower temperature within the disk drive.
The reduction in turbulence for the spinning disk allows WD / HGST to deliver a seven-disk design in a traditional 3.5-inch form factor. In addition to being the world's first helium-filled hard drive, HGST Ultrastar He6 is also the first hard drive in the industry to o er a 14-terabyte capacity. This design provides a 50% capacity gain and still reduces the energy needed to run the drive by up to 23%.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/156046813385

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Jun 21, 2024
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TheZander
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Was just about to post this when it showed me your posting. Nice deal! Ordered a couple for my new Ugreen NAS that I got on the kickstarter. Very solid deal with 5 year warranty and a nice price per TB.
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SociableGazelle346
Jun 21, 2024
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Quote from TheZander :
Was just about to post this when it showed me your posting. Nice deal! Ordered a couple for my new Ugreen NAS that I got on the kickstarter. Very solid deal with 5 year warranty and a nice price per TB.
The irony of it for me is I prefer seagate despite all the negative attention. It seems rather trendy the opposition they recieve but I have yet to experience a failure that wasn't imminent or premature.

I've been waiting for the 16tb x20 or newer drives to come back. As far as recert/used drives go, these HGST drives just have too many years on them and are louder with frequent clacking in relation to their Seagate counterparts. I'd rather pay a bit more for a drive dated a couple years old. However, If I needed storage now I'd purchase these. Nice deal indeed for the price per TB.
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Quote from TheZander :
Was just about to post this when it showed me your posting. Nice deal! Ordered a couple for my new Ugreen NAS that I got on the kickstarter. Very solid deal with 5 year warranty and a nice price per TB.
Same, I've been waiting for this deal to return to get a couple for my UGREEN NAS 4-bay.
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank lennonst

HC550 HC560 and Exos X22 are the drives to buy, far less mileage on them. There's a reason those continue to sell out everywhere and these older HC520s do not.
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Davidhh
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They've been even cheaper at $80 recently. I got another one for like $75 with some ebay coupon a few months ago.
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namlook
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Quote from lennonst :
HC550 HC560 and Exos X22 are the drives to buy, far less mileage on them. There's a reason those continue to sell out everywhere and these older HC520s do not.
The 12TB drives I received had 3.5 years of use. Isn't HC550 four years old? They probably have similar mileage.
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Quote from Davidhh :
They've been even cheaper at $80 recently. I got another one for like $75 with some ebay coupon a few months ago.
Chase has a current 5% cashback offer for Ebay on some of their credit cards, dropping price to ~$78.
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lennonst
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Quote from namlook :
The 12TB drives I received had 3.5 years of use. Isn't HC550 four years old? They probably have similar mileage.
I think the 550 is a refresh of the 20 with double the buffer. The 560s are 2022 drives.

There's also been Exos X24 drives 16tb for $160 that had less than a year on them last time they were in stock. Not sure if it was serverpart or goharddrive but their disclaimer said they were AWS drives.
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With a backup, which you should have anyway, this is a good deal.
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dinhphuongle
Jun 22, 2024
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Not sure if they had the PSID on the HDD label (to erase SED for NAS). I order the 10TB from the same seller and it does not have the PSID. Contacted the seller and they told me to return.
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Quote from namlook :
Chase has a current 5% cashback offer for Ebay on some of their credit cards, dropping price to ~$78.
Which card?