I’ve been doing this for at least a decade now and the drives are just as reliable as if you bought them normally. The only downside is having to block one of the pins on the SATA connector with kapton tape for it to work.
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 months ago
Best buy wd elements. On sale every couple of weeks. Crack open the shell and you have a wd red or white.
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 months ago
Sometimes yes, but I haven’t seen that lately. 5 years ago I had several of those, but I haven’t seen it recently
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I think it also depends on the host. I’m running some power-disable disks in my boxes and they didn’t require adapters or tape.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
My second machine uses such disks. They work fine. They’re a bit more expensive though. I can run a 48TB array with 4-disk redundancy with recertified datacenter WD disks from SPD for less than the equivalent 48TB array from external WDs with 2-disk redundancy. The 4-disk redundant system will be more performant.