EXPIRED WD DC HC520 12TB $75

[Whaaat]

WD HDD Ultrastar DC HC520 HUH721212AL4205 12TB 3.5" SAS Server Hard Disk Drive | eBay

Less than $75 including P&P, it will not last for long, show them the power of STH, lol

 

[blindingled]

Short end of the stick as always here

Thank goodness for reshipping. Bought 4

 

[89giop]

Short end of the stick as always here
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Thank goodness for reshipping. Bought 4

I wanted some as well. Are you in Sydney by any chance? Wouldn't mind splitting shipping with you if you are

 

[blindingled]

I wanted some as well. Are you in Sydney by any chance? Wouldn't mind splitting shipping with you if you are

Nope, Perth

 

[89giop]

All good, was worth a shot. Who did you use for forwarding?

 

[blindingled]

All good, was worth a shot. Who did you use for forwarding?

Planet Express. I used to use Shipito but they've set my account to inactive and I don't know how to get it back.

 

[89giop]

I've got ship it to, I'll see what they quote. I just hate that they collect GST

 

[Damo]

Looks like they have 330+ drives

 

[redeamon]

Any idea on power on hours? if it's anything like the picture it seems they're no older than a year or so. If so, great find!

 

[servape]

How risky is using a drive like this? (Used, not knowing the condition)

 

[Whaaat]

How risky is using a drive like this? (Used, not knowing the condition)

Very risky. You can lose a whopping amount of 12TB data in a blink of an eye. Remember, in storage there is no other god but Backup and Acronis is his messenger

 

[chrgrose]

Looks like they have 330+ drives

Less than 240 now.

Can anyone report on the condition of these drives when you receive them?

 

[Samir]

$6.25/TB for those doing the math. 434 sold and 130 sold in last 24hrs as of this post.

 

[Walt]

Very risky. You can lose a whopping amount of 12TB data in a blink of an eye. Remember, in storage there is no other god but Backup and Acronis is his messenger

You could say that about new drives too. I'd use drives like this on unRaid and sparingly. I would not build an entire new array with them. They are like a box of chocolates you know

 

[ano]

I grabbed 30, will use for misc stuff, and will slap them in a WD102 for testing for a month or so at 100% with fio + monitoring

Im guesssing they.. came as pulls from WD102

 

[tjk]

I grabbed 30, will use for misc stuff, and will slap them in a WD102 for testing for a month or so at 100% with fio + monitoring

Im guesssing they.. came as pulls from WD102

The $240 in shipping made me click X.

 

[Samir]

You could say that about new drives too. I'd use drives like this on unRaid and sparingly. I would not build an entire new array with them. They are like a box of chocolates you know

For the statement above about losing data in a blink of an eye and backups, totally. But the risk factor in drive failure is higher with unknown state drives than new for sure.

 

[EasyRhino]

yep this is a good price on a 12TB.
they have pretty low prices on 8tb and 10tb drives also. Too bad tax and shipping become a significant chunk of the end cost.

 

[Whaaat]

they have pretty low prices on 8tb and 10tb drives also

10TB has cisco p/n and firmware, latest version of which is dated 2020 if you're lucky to find it. It is much cheaper indeed in terms of $/TB, but I decided not to gamble

 

[Samir]

10TB has cisco p/n and firmware, latest version of which is dated 2020 if you're lucky to find it. It is much cheaper indeed in terms of $/TB, but I decided not to gamble

fwiw, drive firmware updates are more for fixing major issues than some sort of upgrade or update that's needed every 2 minutes on every other device. I've never updated firmware, but I've never pushed anything with specific enclosure or controller requirements either (where firmwares will probably make a big difference).