Dell 15.36TB ruler $625 https://www.ebay.com/itm/136308827319
Enterprise SSD "small deals"
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The definition of a good deal depends on the size. Very few 15.36TB drives at the same price per TB than 3.84TB which are super common. 7.68TB are a bit more common but still rare.
Well I still [have to] use it at work (regrettably)Name checks out
.At least HyperV on Windows 11 is quite Decent so you can run Linux VM quite well (provided you format them with
mkfs.ext4 -G 4096 so that it doesn't result in a 200% Space utilization Overhead on the Host ). But yeah, I don't really like Powershell Scripting .As someone living in an area with expensive electricity prices, running a system with a relatively limited number of SATA ports, I've been holding out for a good price on some 7.68TB Samsung PM893 or similarly efficient drives, naturally without much luck: They're ~2.3k AUD new, and with the few listings I've seen (for a low enough price to be worth the gamble on buying a used drive), either the seller isn't interested in posting things internationally and/or the shipping cost undermines the potential saving. Still, I'm gonna keep on keeping on keeping my eyes peeled
There is someone even faster than me snipping great deals on 7.68TB SATA on ebay, at least in the US.
Using 16x 3.84 rather than 4x 15.36 also comes with additional cost from cables/adapters to potentialy needing to replace your platform for more lanes.Besides that it's like 50% more expensive / TB than some of the other Deals, WHERE and HOW would you even install it ?
Judging from the Picture it's like 4x longer than a Normal 2.5'' SSD Drive
Saving 15$/tb comes back to bite you if you are spending 18$/tb on a new platform and to connect them.
You can also be looking at 16x 18-25w vs 4x 16-20w
(Im usualy looking at a build for my lab with 2-3year runtime in mind)
But servers with E1.L bays is the one thing id really like to see drop in price on the used market for sure.
Sure i can connect them with a adapter to U.2 and just cable from there, but id like to slot them in a bay rather than some DIY mounting sideways behind a fan row.
(That is what ive been considering to stick 2 E1.L drives in each of my whitebox storage nodes)
How's the oracle firmware? Did you manage to get it, or maybe is it possible to flash it with intel firmware?
FRAUD, but because it's funny: Kioxia CD6-R 15.36TB KCD6XLUL15T3 PCIe 4.0 X4 8GB/s TLC 1 DWPD U.3 NVMe 2.5" SSD 672042409648| eBay
Auto-Rejected at 70 USD and 80 USDSamsung PM1633a 3.84TB SAS $145
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I think you can basically assume that any eBay seller with a username that fits the pattern of:
englishword-[0-9][0-9]
is likely fraudulent.
At the very least, a seller with that name pattern is in China, regardless of their listed location.
Again
? I think I saw 98% Lifetime at 179 USD for the same/similar Drive yesterday.Damn so many NVMe U.2 Drives
. I am considering upgrading my Supermicro SC826 to a 4x NVMe Backplane. Same story with the SC216 although that's much more expensive (and I will need 6 x 4-Port PCIe NVMe Controllers ).
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Oh, they're impersonating server part deals in that listing.
Is it worth letting them know?
I hate that some people, even if they know it's a scam, try to buy it anyway, knowing that they can get their money back, and hoping to receive the item.
@luckylinux - Just for you...it does fit.I guess I would end up with Split Systems for HDD and NVMe.
But IF (do NOT tempt me
I don't want to hijack the Thread.
Nice Build though
If somebody wants SATA there is this. Not as a good deal as SAS and lately NVMe, but still good (I guess) and open to Offers.
60 Pieces available at this Date.
Note that it's CISCO Branded so do your own Diligence in Terms of what you can expect as FW Updates etc.
SAMSUNG 3.84TB 2.5 6GB SATA SSD PM883 MZ-7LH3T80 3.8TB SATA SSD MZ7LH3T8HMLT - 190 USD open to Offers
60 Pieces available at this Date.
Note that it's CISCO Branded so do your own Diligence in Terms of what you can expect as FW Updates etc.
SAMSUNG 3.84TB 2.5 6GB SATA SSD PM883 MZ-7LH3T80 3.8TB SATA SSD MZ7LH3T8HMLT - 190 USD open to Offers
SAMSUNG 3.84TB 2.5 6GB SATA SSD PM883 MZ-7LH3T80 3.8TB SATA SSD MZ7LH3T8HMLT | eBay
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I reported it to ebay and they decided it was perfectly fine and closed the ticket. 10 sales already. Can't say I am impressed with ebay's handling of fraud. You could argue it comes out of their own pocket but it is not, it's like an insurance company, they charge you a fee on every sale for other people's fraud. And they seem to do close to nothing to reduce fraud. In fact I stopped selling with auctions when I realised half of my auction winners don't ever pay.
Auto-decline isn't dependent on Quantity. And for SATA I think you won't find a Deal below say 140-150 USD.
I re-iterate though what I said before: it's CISCO branded, so Firmware Updates could be challenging.
Id expect the sun X7-2L to be a good starting point to DIY a full height build out of also.
If you are in the US they start round 200$ with free shipping like this one, 2 generations newer with 11 pci-e slots + 2x m.2 slots in the rear.
(i belive there is a dual m.2 flash riser option also, to get 4x m.2 slots rather than 2)
For sure. But I don't need too much (ha!) horsepower for these nodes. They're doing SAN duties, and for now pcie 3.0 is fine. That said, now that I've modded the chassis for this sized motherboard, in the future it'll be easier to upgrade to a newer motherboard with similar layout and newer pcie versions.
It should/will. It may leave only a few mm spacing between the edge of the motherboard and the fans, but should work. Will know in a day or two (waiting for a few small parts to come in).Nice
Didn't you say you had to do a few Mods in order for it to fit ?
What about the "front" (left Side of your Picture), does it still fit the other "Part" of the Chassis ?
this one is either the deal of the century, or a mispricing, or a bad label:
10pcs SK 7.68TB HFS7T6GDUFEH-A430A VK007680KWWFQ hynix SSD HPK2 U.2 PCIE PE6011
the seller is a reputable chinese seller, this is advertised as 10x 7.68TB U.2 SSD (though a bit old) for $660, so $66 each. It is showing photos of what seems to be multiple boxes of 10 drives. However the quantity is 10 (so 10 boxes of 10, or does the seller meant to sell 10 one by one?), and the seller is also selling them individually for the same price (7.68TB SSD SK hynix PE6011 U2 PCIe VK007860KWWFQ HPK2 PE6011U2STD HFS7T6GDUFEH), so I think this seller clearly didn't mean this discount (and I almost never find great SSD deals from these reputable chinese sellers)
So I'd say a bit of a gamble. You may get the deal of the century (or at least of the year), or a cancelled order, or a bad surprise (only one drive instead of 10) with a seller you can't really return to.
So I decided not to bite myself (and I also wouldn't know what to do of those drives), though you are welcome to prove me wrong and make me hate myself!
10pcs SK 7.68TB HFS7T6GDUFEH-A430A VK007680KWWFQ hynix SSD HPK2 U.2 PCIE PE6011
the seller is a reputable chinese seller, this is advertised as 10x 7.68TB U.2 SSD (though a bit old) for $660, so $66 each. It is showing photos of what seems to be multiple boxes of 10 drives. However the quantity is 10 (so 10 boxes of 10, or does the seller meant to sell 10 one by one?), and the seller is also selling them individually for the same price (7.68TB SSD SK hynix PE6011 U2 PCIe VK007860KWWFQ HPK2 PE6011U2STD HFS7T6GDUFEH), so I think this seller clearly didn't mean this discount (and I almost never find great SSD deals from these reputable chinese sellers)
So I'd say a bit of a gamble. You may get the deal of the century (or at least of the year), or a cancelled order, or a bad surprise (only one drive instead of 10) with a seller you can't really return to.
So I decided not to bite myself (and I also wouldn't know what to do of those drives), though you are welcome to prove me wrong and make me hate myself!
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I got P4500 4TB for 100 USD plus Shipping plus VAT to Denmark.
You can give Jetcarrier a try
.To me 185 USD seems a lot for this Drive ...
10pcs normally means it's a lot of 10. I don't think these sellers would make that mistake because of bad english. My money is on mispricing (and therefore if you ask, they will likely correct it, and the remote chance they may honour their original price goes to zero).
I think this is for one unit. One thing I've learned. You do not get deals from chinese sellers, just fair price. The chinese, doesnt value their time efficiency like they do in the US.
No Worries
. It's not a bad Deal, but it's not a Great Deal either .If you look at this Post from @ca3y6 General Rule of Thumb is:
- < 45 USD / TB = Cheap
- < 35 USD / TB = Great
So according to that Rule the Listing is indeed Cheap (45 USD / TB x 4 TB = 180 USD for a 4TB Drive), but Personally I saw a lot lower than that
.Lowest I think for SAS Drive was 80 USD for 3.84 TB. NVMe 100 USD for 3.2 - 4 TB with a few Exceptions (60 EUR for 3.2TB and 142 EUR for 6.4 TB).
EDIT 1: Main Issue is that Seller is NOT Open for Offers on this one
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