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expiredbuduz0r posted Oct 11, 2024 8:45 PM

Refurbished: 12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise Hard Drive

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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA 6GB 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD Hard Drive (HUH721212ALE601, Refurbished: Excellent) on sale for $72.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks Community Member buduz0r for finding this deal.

Seller Note About Refurbished Condition:
  • "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."
Notable Specs:
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

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  • About this Deal:
    • Includes 5-Year Warranty from Seller + 1-Year Allstate Warranty.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
    • Seller goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail has a 99.8% positive feedback rating with over 524K items sold.

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Written by buduz0r
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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 12TB HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA 6GB 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD Hard Drive (HUH721212ALE601, Refurbished: Excellent) on sale for $72.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks Community Member buduz0r for finding this deal.

Seller Note About Refurbished Condition:
  • "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."
Notable Specs:
  • 3.5" Form Factor
  • SATA 6Gb/s Interface
  • 256MB Cache
  • 7.2K RPM Spindle Speed

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Includes 5-Year Warranty from Seller + 1-Year Allstate Warranty.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and give the WIKI and forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Store:
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
    • Seller goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail has a 99.8% positive feedback rating with over 524K items sold.

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OrangeSnake211
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I bought 2 and both were DOA. Kinda made me skeptical of their testing/refurbishing. I bought two from another seller on different occasions and both are fine. But I read about more positive experiences from them than mine. Return was pretty seamless as well.
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these are SATA drives, you can use them on your desktop computer, they also provide a power adapter in case you need it.
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Oct 11, 2024 11:21 PM
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ZericOct 11, 2024 11:21 PM
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Quote from PurpleNarwhal693 :
Any noteworthy benefit getting these over WD? I know WD owns HGST, but there's like a $30 difference between the this and a WD branded drive
If they are the same drive, then no. I have both HGST and WD branded 12TB drives, and both have the exact same model number, HUH721212ALE601 and look identical in every aspect and operate identically....the only difference is the label. Both made in Thailand.
Oct 11, 2024 11:26 PM
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ZericOct 11, 2024 11:26 PM
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I ordered four a couple weeks ago, and did extensive full surface testing (that took a while). No problems at all. I haven't put them in service yet so we'll see, but it's looking good. I like that the S.M.A.R.T. data was present. All had between 25000 and 28000 hours on them, with very few power cycles. Clearly they were in servers and taken out of service at about 3 years.
Oct 11, 2024 11:38 PM
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wiffleOct 11, 2024 11:38 PM
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Waiting for the 16TB with the same price/TB ratio, or close. Around $100.
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Oct 11, 2024 11:57 PM
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E_M__Oct 11, 2024 11:57 PM
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Bought one, stuck in a cheap usb bay, plugged into a series X. 7TB of games and zero problems the last month.
Oct 12, 2024 12:33 AM
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madshakesOct 12, 2024 12:33 AM
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Quote from Zeric :
I ordered four a couple weeks ago, and did extensive full surface testing (that took a while). No problems at all. I haven't put them in service yet so we'll see, but it's looking good. I like that the S.M.A.R.T. data was present. All had between 25000 and 28000 hours on them, with very few power cycles. Clearly they were in servers and taken out of service at about 3 years.
which program did you use to test?
Oct 12, 2024 12:48 AM
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rcheung07Oct 12, 2024 12:48 AM
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What is a free Mac app or software to test these drives?
Oct 12, 2024 12:56 AM
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backforwardbackOct 12, 2024 12:56 AM
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Quote from tdcrone :
I bought 4, one was DoA, replacement via customer service was easy, quick, and even came with a new power disable cable so now I have an extra. If I had use for more I wouldn't hesitate.
That is enough for me to say no. populating a 12 tb drive is no fun. fine for dvr or survelliance. Not to store your home photos
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Oct 12, 2024 1:00 AM
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seiromemOct 12, 2024 1:00 AM
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Quote from backforwardback :
That is enough for me to say no. populating a 12 tb drive is no fun. fine for dvr or survelliance. Not to store your home photos
Can you please explain why you don't recommend it for photo storage? I was planning to buy one just for that.
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Oct 12, 2024 2:14 AM
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reedealerOct 12, 2024 2:14 AM
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I randomly searched for drives and had this in my cart for weeks now. Wonder how/why specifically this one was posted on Slickdeals… I'm still waiting for the random 10-20% off refurb coupon so I can buy it then.
Oct 12, 2024 2:34 AM
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monkeypetOct 12, 2024 2:34 AM
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I bought two for my Synology NAS. It worked fine. I was worried about having to mask the 3.3v disabled pins but didn't have to. Also comes with the special cable in case your SATA is older and needs the 3.3v disabled workaround.
Oct 12, 2024 2:35 AM
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powerslave12rOct 12, 2024 2:35 AM
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Quote from E_M__ :
Bought one, stuck in a cheap usb bay, plugged into a series X. 7TB of games and zero problems the last month.
What kinda transfer speeds were you seeing from HDD to the internal storage?

Is there an option to download games directly for storage to the external drive?

Thanks
Oct 12, 2024 2:37 AM
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kpb321Oct 12, 2024 2:37 AM
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Quote from backforwardback :
Ok, you have made an excellent post.

If you bought a 12tb drive for storage you must buy a 2nd 12tb in case the first one fails.

That way you can transfer all the good 12tb to another drive.

Always have a backup of a backup.

The 2nd point is that are your photos that important to you?

Yes a new drive is bucks. I perfer external large drive for backup. Then large for internal.

5 years of constant all the time when your home computer is probably not even on that much.
This always comes up in these threads. If you are afraid of loosing stuff because this refurbished drive might die then the problem is not the refurbished drive. It's your lack of a proper back up system. Any single drive failure should not put any important information at risk. Spending "Bucks" on a new drive instead of one of these refurbs hoping it means it is more reliable for you is a mistake. Instead buy two of these and an external enclosure so you can have one in your computer for your photos and the second in an enclosure for a backup. That's at least a start at actually protecting your photos. One drive in your computer backed up to another drive in a NAS or an external enclosure and a cloud backup to backblaze would be a decent minimum option. Two of these in a mirror in the NAS would be an improvement because a single drive failure there doesn't take out your NAS.

Personally, I've got 3 of these in my QNAP NAS now. Got them recently and all 3 tested fine. Finished getting them installed in the NAS a couple days ago. My important pictures are backed up to the NAS from our phones with the NAS's back up app and then the NAS directly backs up the photos to OneDrive.
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Quote from egkr :
i returned it just today . It was too heavy . Thought I could use it like a portable drive .
It's not meant for portable drive
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Oct 12, 2024 3:27 AM
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zv300Oct 12, 2024 3:27 AM
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I have one and its been good, and quiet in my opinion. I like it. I dont think a new drive is anymore reliable per se.

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