I just grabbed a pair of 18TB Seagate Exos SATA drives - surprisingly quiet for what they are.
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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I would get a recertified enterprise drive from Server Part Deals. Drives in the 12-18TB range currently have the best price per TB. Be sure to get a SATA drive if it’s going in a desktop.
shadow@lemmy.sdf.org 1 week ago
nicgentile@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Thanks for this.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Last time someone mentioned these on Lemmy I got one.
It “crashed” according to Synology in about a week.
ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Was the drive scanned for errors before installing it? I’ve been running 2x8TB drives for about 1.5 years. If a drive fails, it is better to find out earlier while they are within warranty.
dmention7@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Fully agree.
I’ve purchased refurb drives from both them and GoHardDrive.com. So far I’m 5/5 for a mix of Exos and HGST Ultrastar drives working perfectly out of the box.
Anytime these drives pop up on Slickdeals, the thread is full of 3 types of people: People who have never bought a refurb/recert drive but insist they are all going to burn your house down, people who have bought several with no issue, and people who have received a failing drive that the seller promptly replaced.