FS: Western Digital RE3 500GB RAID edition drives - less than 400 hrs

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BLinux

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I have a box full of these WD RE3 500GB drives that were from a large project a few years ago. These drives were basically "spares" that were left sitting in a box to immediately replace failed drives in the storage arrays, but they were never used. They were put through the usual battery of tests for burn-in, and if they passed, then stored away in anti-static bags in a foam lined box. So, these drives have about 300+ hours of use from the burn-in, I'm going to just say less than 400 hrs.

Here's a sample SMART output from one of the drives as a sample:

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 238 238 021 Pre-fail Always - 1058
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 73
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 336
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 71
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 68
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 73
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 121 099 000 Old_age Always - 26
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0


Although smaller in capacity, they should be very reliable drives for anyone who can use them. I'd like to ask for $20/each + shipping for whatever quantity you might want.

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