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Refurbished: 18TB WD Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise Hard Drive

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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 18TB WD Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise Internal Hard Disk Drive (Refurbished, 0 Bad Sector, Grade A, 5 Years Warranty) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.
  • Condition Note from Seller: These HDD are fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test with 0 Bad Sectors & about 3 Year Usage.
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goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has 18TB WD Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise Internal Hard Disk Drive (Refurbished, 0 Bad Sector, Grade A, 5 Years Warranty) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.
  • Condition Note from Seller: These HDD are fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test with 0 Bad Sectors & about 3 Year Usage.
Thanks to Deal Hunter tDames for sharing this deal.

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  • About this Store:
    • goHardDrive Wholesale and Retail via eBay has a 99.8% positive feedback with over 569K items sold.
    • 30 days returns. Seller pays for return shipping.
  • Additional Information:
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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CMarshall85
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I saw somebody else mention that servers/drives generally get decommissioned around the same time of year. If true, the higher prices right now are possibly just because supply is low and price will go down again soon when there's an influx of "new" drives.

EDIT:
It appears the last deals on 12tb's started June/July of last year and then got even lower in Aug/Sept/Oct
TonmoyDas
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$11.11 per TB. The last frontpage deal for 10TB was $8.99 per TB.
t99
387 Posts
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Server parts deals is more reliable because they actually test each drive extensively before shipping (they show their process on YouTube), but they are also more expensive. Goharddrive I guess decided on a different business model, they don't bother testing their drives properly but instead offer a longer 5 year warranty with a painless return process.

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Jun 30, 2025
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Deal_Hunter_X
Jun 30, 2025
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Quote from Rumzie :
I love these drives and have used them exclusively in my servers for years without issue, but the combination of being refurbs AND from eBay is a dealbreaker (unless they are run in mirrored pairs, or aren't holding crucial data).
It's no random seller, it's goharddrive.
Jun 30, 2025
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ScubaDo
Jun 30, 2025
31 Posts
In for one and thanks for sharing this
Jun 30, 2025
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bubbajoe56
Jun 30, 2025
15 Posts
Any coupons available that will work on this deal? Thanks
Jun 30, 2025
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ArtThouFeelingItNow
Jun 30, 2025
188 Posts
Quote from bjamm :
Just had a drive die. any deals on a 16 or lower? 18 is too big as it would be my parity and gives me no point in adding it lol
Just format the drive to xfs, then 18tb is not too big. If you're talking about snapraid at least, it's not a problem mixing file systems.
Jun 30, 2025
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alen129
Jun 30, 2025
91 Posts
Quote from LuisG9065 :
I should have bought more of the 14tb for 110 last year. You can't go wrong with goharddrive though.
Came to say this. However I feel the prices are getting a little better lately. Hoping its a sign of better prices to come.
Jun 30, 2025
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garycecs
Jun 30, 2025
160 Posts
hmmm, I'm bout to create an UNRAID server. Two of these would be great to start it off with...
Jun 30, 2025
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apap
Jun 30, 2025
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I would like to drop four of these in my QNAPTS-453Be, but this drive is not listed in the compatibility list. Is there a good chance these drives will work?

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kpb321
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Quote from apap :
I would like to drop four of these in my QNAPTS-453Be, but this drive is not listed in the compatibility list. Is there a good chance these drives will work?
They should work. QNAP hasn't done anything to force you towards using certified drives yet. I've got 3 of the 12TB drives in my QNAP NAS. I didn't check but I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't listed as compatible there either. They can only test so many drives and I don't necessarily expect them to keep testing newer and newer drives with older NAS hardware. My biggest complaint was having to rebuild my array 3 times.

I wouldn't want to go for a host managed SMR drive but otherwise I'd expect pretty much any drive to work.
Jun 30, 2025
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PredatorRanger
Jun 30, 2025
81 Posts
I recently picked up the 14TB WD external, I had planned to shuck it and put it in my desktop. Wondering if I should return that and go with this instead.
Jun 30, 2025
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I3lackI3ox
Jun 30, 2025
131 Posts
Quote from odie5533 :
These server drives run loud and hot. Recommend you not be in the same room as one since they're loud. Need a fan if run in an external enclosure.

I run one in my basement inside this enclosure https://www.amazon.com/FIDECO-Ext...0BXDRJV7R/
I have 14, 12tb drives in an enterprise disk shelf and it's really not that loud, it's in basement where my home theater is and the only thing separating my server and disks is a door and drywall. They run 24/7 and never hear them in quiet scenes. I think most people mention the loudness of the clicking and seeking upon first power up, which can be loud.
Jun 30, 2025
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odie5533
Jun 30, 2025
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Quote from I3lackI3ox :
I have 14, 12tb drives in an enterprise disk shelf and it's really not that loud, it's in basement where my home theater is and the only thing separating my server and disks is a door and drywall. They run 24/7 and never hear them in quiet scenes. I think most people mention the loudness of the clicking and seeking upon first power up, which can be loud.
I'm warning people against putting them in a desktop tower or near their work desk.

You have them in another room. That's fine.
Jun 30, 2025
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back2basics
Jun 30, 2025
229 Posts
Quote from t99 :
Server parts deals is more reliable because they actually test each drive extensively before shipping (they show their process on YouTube), but they are also more expensive. Goharddrive I guess decided on a different business model, they don't bother testing their drives properly but instead offer a longer 5 year warranty with a painless return process.
I prefer Goharddrive for the longer warranty. ServerPartsDeal only has a 30 day return period and no warranty after. I bought 12 drives from them and did extensive testing right when I got them (2 weeks in from purchase date to finish). Then 4 drives proceeded to fail within the next 3 months with light usage (iso storage for a backup server, not an in-use server). I understand that drives fail, but still, having 1/3 of my investment wasted in a few months sucks. I'm just glad I didn't lose anything critical.
Jun 30, 2025
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jacob2012
Jun 30, 2025
720 Posts
Bought a few 12, 14TB last year before price jumped, they were just impulsive purchases back then, but now I am happy about my impulsive purchases
Jun 30, 2025
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Pinako
Jun 30, 2025
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Quote from charlesp2000 :
who do you use to encrypt? open source stuff or what?

Yup, open source, dm-crypt the whole disk. It just looks like random bytes without the key. So, when it fails, it could be discarded or returned with impunity.

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msheikh25
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Quote from zba :
This is not true. Bought 12 TB from them. Just died after 4 m of light use. I am not going to send it back with all my personal data. I thought that they are more reliable.Frankly it looks it is not a bargain
Damn, just setup my first NAS (ds224+) with 2 of the 10TB drives from last week. The 5 year warranty makes these drives very low risk but did not think of this scenario. I setup the drives without encryption too since the tutorial I was following made me think encryption was mainly for business need only. Gotta see if I can encrypt without having to format and start over now.

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