3TB NL SAS $50 BO Ebay

[vvu]

Hi,

I've been lurking for a while and ran across a deal today and wanted to share with everyone.

This seller just accepted my $50 offer on 6 drives 3TB NL SAS drives.
HP 3TB 6G SAS 3.5" DRIVE 638521-002 677355-001 625031-B21 652766-B21 *NO TRAY* | eBay

He has another set of these drives also on sale.
HITACHI / HP 0B26320 HUS723030ALS640 -3TB -SAS -6G- 7200-RPM-3-5-Internal-HDD

Good luck! and happy hunting!

 

[techtoys]

My offer of 5 for $275 was also accepted last month. $50 is better.
I got a lot of 12 for $500 from another seller this month.
3TB SAS have been dropping

 

[Flintstone]

I like the 7K4000 better so I skip on the older drives. Both 7K3000 and 7K4000 3TB SATA drives are often sold for $40 or so. Are the SAS drives really worth a premium?

 

[Cybertron]

Something about 3TB in general has me turned off about these drives. I blame the backblaze reports i guess.

 

[Kaishi]

I like the 7K4000 better so I skip on the older drives. Both 7K3000 and 7K4000 3TB SATA drives are often sold for $40 or so. Are the SAS drives really worth a premium?

That depends on the amount of data you transfer. For most home users it makes very little difference. Technically the SAS data channel is much better (like 10x) at detecting and correct errors (note I mean the protocol / electrical errors, but not the mechanical / on-platter errors).

If you're buying just a few disks and not moving much data, then it's a waste to go for SAS. If you are using 20+ disks and moving a few TB a day, then yeah, you might actually benefit from SAS.