expired Posted by wordage • Mar 19, 2025
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expired Posted by wordage • Mar 19, 2025
Mar 19, 2025 12:36 AM
Refurb: 22TB MDD 7200RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" SATA Hard Drives w/ 5yr Warranty
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So less than 3 years use maximum.
5 years = 24 x 365 x 5 = 43,800 hours
This is only a fraction of the 2 million so these drives still have a lot to give!
Check over in https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/ if you are concerned about factory-recertified enterprise-class drives.
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5 years = 24 x 365 x 5 = 43,800 hours
This is only a fraction of the 2 million so these drives still have a lot to give!
Check over in https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/ if you are concerned about factory-recertified enterprise-class drives.
I get your point, as I use refurb drives myself, but you clearly don't understand how MTBF works...and it's not as you state...
Oh duh haha. Forgot people do that. 🍻
Do you have a link?
While I'm still a bit wary of those new HAMR drives (even ones with the Exos label), I would still pick them over any of these white label brands.
"Since the [recertified] drives has [sic] been tested twice by the test process we actually see lower return rates that [sic] we do for new drives."
And for whilte label drives, they say:
"The drive goes through the same test sequence as a recertified or new drive."
So how do you conclude that white label brands "are often selling some of the lowest binned drive." The webpage you pointed out does not say this anywhere. In fact, as I mentioned above, it says that white label drives undergo the same test process as recertified drives.
For those thinking that the zero hour on these recertified drives are simply due to wiping out the SMART data, that is not necessarily the case! Read the webpage--they may be true zero hour/usage drives!
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Prime example of our failing education system.
"Since the [recertified] drives has [sic] been tested twice by the test process we actually see lower return rates that [sic] we do for new drives."
And for whilte label drives, they say:
"The drive goes through the same test sequence as a recertified or new drive."
So how do you conclude that white label brands "are often selling some of the lowest binned drive." The webpage you pointed out does not say this anywhere. In fact, as I mentioned above, it says that white label drives undergo the same test process as recertified drives.
For those thinking that the zero hour on these recertified drives are simply due to wiping out the SMART data, that is not necessarily the case! Read the webpage--they may be true zero hour/usage drives!
This is what backup and raid are for. All drives will die, the afr is really unknown. To me the warranty is tops because like I said it is unknown when it will die even brand new so I will take a xyz used one with 5yr warranty over a brand new shucked one with no warranty or 1 year if you try just because duh 5 years or coverage is better than none. If you employ proper backup and protection then you should be good.
these dayacenter drives have 100% duty so when you bring it home if you are not hammering it 24/7 then maybe it lasts longer or not. I have an 8tb shucked one that just became 9 years old. I moved it into my dr server because at some point it will fault. I figure i got lucky but when I bought it had 5 year warranty. they don't do that anymore. and they are also slipping in non datacenter drives so the shucking game is over imho.
these dayacenter drives have 100% duty so when you bring it home if you are not hammering it 24/7 then maybe it lasts longer or not. I have an 8tb shucked one that just became 9 years old. I moved it into my dr server because at some point it will fault. I figure i got lucky but when I bought it had 5 year warranty. they don't do that anymore. and they are also slipping in non datacenter drives so the shucking game is over imho.
I bought the enterprise WD drives from a past slickdeals from the same seller but from newegg last summer. Running them initially for testing in a Ugreen NAS but they've proven themselves so far.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176937559323 (for "Enterprise" model)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176937504669 (for "NAS" model)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176937584725 (for "Surveillance" model)
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