HGST 400GB SAS SSDs at $42 each

[RegularLegs]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/298667207000

I really need an OS drive for 2 servers i feel like this is a good deal? It seems like it is given the outrageous prices everyone else is looking for -- for such small enterprise drives.

 

[luckylinux]

Doesn't look particularly like a good Deal to me. Not a very bad one, but not really a good one IMHO.

Be aware you will need a SAS HBA + Backplane (or somewhat "Special" Cable) to connect it, when you compare to SATA or NVMe Solutions.

Alternatively to the HBA you will need a Motherboard that has an onboard SAS HBA.

 

[RegularLegs]

Doesn't look particularly like a good Deal to me. Not a very bad one, but not really a good one IMHO.

Be aware you will need a SAS HBA + Backplane (or somewhat "Special" Cable) to connect it, when you compare to SATA or NVMe Solutions.

Alternatively to the HBA you will need a Motherboard that has an onboard SAS HBA.

You're probably right, its just I've been looking for high endurance drives and there are crazy people trying to get $160 for these 400GB drives... i think I'm pretty bummed out at how expensive everything has become... Supermicro EPYC motherboards that used to cost $150 a few years ago are now $600 and ssds selling for 3-4x more than they were a few years ago too

 

[nexox]

If you're just looking for high endurance and don't need SAS the Intel s3700 400GB is available for around $70, they're rated to something like 7PB lifetime writes and feature proper PLP. And yes that's quite a price increase from when they were $20 but that's the way it goes.

 

[klui]

The price isn't bad even though they're SAS. In September 2025 I purchased a lot of 10 480GB Intel S4510s for $280.

 

[eduncan911]

I've been looking for high endurance drives

Besides the Intel SSD listed above, there's also the Samsung SM883. 240GB can be had for $30-$40. "SM" is write endurance using MLC NAND and "PM" are for read endurance.

Been using these as mirrored boot drives for many many years across several serves and clusters.

 

[EasyRhino]

Bear in mind they are suuuper old drives. 13 years.

Then again they seem to have absurd write endurance. 10DWPD if I read it right.

I have a couple of even older SAS SSDs. Not fast but tough. I used them for temporary and scratch drives and did some chia plotting on them.

EDIT: price is now showing $200. total ripoff.