While I am not 100% sure, it seems 10TB drives for about €100 is a pretty neat deal. The seller appears on multiple Amazon websites around the EU.
There are some 8TB drives with ~5 year warranties, some of it is also marked as 'fulfilled by Amazon' which probably means you get a bit more protection.
Example listings:
(DE) https://www.amazon.de/-/en/HGST-Ult...KMFR9&qid=1701556399&s=merchant-items&sr=1-11
(NL) WD HGST Ultrastar He10 10TB Internal Hard Drive HUH721010ALE601 / 0F27468 3.5in HDD SATA 6Gb/s (Refurbished)
I'm about to buy a bunch myself, just to see if they are any good.
Browsing around in Amazon's awful UI it seems there are multiple variations available, and as usual both listed as 'by Amazon' and directly from the seller.
The specs at https://documents.westerndigital.co...c500-series/data-sheet-ultrastar-dc-hc510.pdf suggest the difference between the models so far is the HUH721010ALE601 drives have SED and the HUH721010ALE604 drives only do Secure Erase. The might also have the power disable pin, so not all backplanes are happy with them, on the other hand some listings suggest a SATA-power-to-SATA-power cable is provided with the drive which at least allows you to use them with power cables.
Edit: It appears I'm just late to the party. The address on the EU pages is from a German company that is at the same address as 'bell-it', and the images (after a reverse image search) appear on the Canadian Amazon as well as on eBay. But reviews indicate the drives are always fine and just the power disable pin is sometimes an issue (because the adapters aren't always included).
There are some 8TB drives with ~5 year warranties, some of it is also marked as 'fulfilled by Amazon' which probably means you get a bit more protection.
Example listings:
(DE) https://www.amazon.de/-/en/HGST-Ult...KMFR9&qid=1701556399&s=merchant-items&sr=1-11
(NL) WD HGST Ultrastar He10 10TB Internal Hard Drive HUH721010ALE601 / 0F27468 3.5in HDD SATA 6Gb/s (Refurbished)
I'm about to buy a bunch myself, just to see if they are any good.
Browsing around in Amazon's awful UI it seems there are multiple variations available, and as usual both listed as 'by Amazon' and directly from the seller.
The specs at https://documents.westerndigital.co...c500-series/data-sheet-ultrastar-dc-hc510.pdf suggest the difference between the models so far is the HUH721010ALE601 drives have SED and the HUH721010ALE604 drives only do Secure Erase. The might also have the power disable pin, so not all backplanes are happy with them, on the other hand some listings suggest a SATA-power-to-SATA-power cable is provided with the drive which at least allows you to use them with power cables.
Edit: It appears I'm just late to the party. The address on the EU pages is from a German company that is at the same address as 'bell-it', and the images (after a reverse image search) appear on the Canadian Amazon as well as on eBay. But reviews indicate the drives are always fine and just the power disable pin is sometimes an issue (because the adapters aren't always included).
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