WTB: 3TB or larger drives

[briandm81]

Looking for 12 or so drives for a new FreeNAS pool. Trying to spend less than $1000.

 

[kenney]

Looking for 12 or so drives for a new FreeNAS pool. Trying to spend less than $1000.

If interested, I posted two lots of 12 Drives earlier today in a FS thread, as I am cleaning out my basement (moving to new servers),

$900 - 12 3TB Drives (All Toshiba MG03ACA3 Enterprise Drives)
- All pass smart tests with between 3500 and 17000 hours

$800 - 12 3TB Drives (ST3000DM001/ST3000VN00/WD30EFRX)
- All pass smart tests with between 8500 and 27000 hours

(Actually both lots have an additional drive (same specs) as a back up, for a total of 13 )

 

[Aestr]

Also there's this sale on Hitachi refurbs at newegg which comes out to $720 for 12 Ultrastars

HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724030ALE641 (0F17731) 3TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM SATA III 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Internal Hard Drive-Newegg.com

 

[briandm81]

Hmm...Newegg deal is interesting indeed. $720 shipped for a dozen. May go that route, but I'm open to other options.

 

[kenney]

I just updated my drive prices in the other thread, apparently I was looking for to much.

$650 - 12 3TB Drives (All Toshiba MG03ACA3 Enterprise Drives)
- All pass smart tests with between 3500 and 17000 hours
- Note: I will throw in a 13th 3TB drive as a spare.

$600 - 12 3TB Drives (ST3000DM001/ST3000VN00/WD30EFRX)
- All pass smart tests with between 8500 and 27000 hours
- Note: I will throw in a 13th 3TB drive as a spare.

 

[briandm81]

That's much more attractive. Let me check with the finance committee.

 

[asintado08]

That's much more attractive. Let me check with the finance committee.

You mean your wife?

 

[briandm81]

Exactly...

 

[briandm81]

How are those Toshiba drives compared to Hitachi 7K4000? Newegg reviews were mixed with a lot of failures.

 

[Snakewka]

I have 12 Western Digital 5400rpm drives for $525 shipped, never used. They're no labeled / no warranty. I will include 2 extra drives for warranty purposes.

 

[kenney]

How are those Toshiba drives compared to Hitachi 7K4000? Newegg reviews were mixed with a lot of failures.

I've had good success with the Toshiba Enterprise drives, only 1 failure on any smart test, and that was with a drive that had < 400 hours when it failed.

 

[briandm81]

I should be all set! Thanks everyone!