Around $10/TB for used stuff which is what I run in everything.
Drives are going to fail at some point, regardless if new or used. So I'm not worried about used drives, I test them with a full write/read run initially, and have backups in place.
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Sounds like good practice. If you’re depending directly on the reliability of the drive, you’re doing backups wrong.
Yup, data loss happens at some point, either hardware failure, software bugs, or just plain old user error.
I got an 18tb HDD certified refurbished from usedserverparts for like 170.
That's a good price. I'm considering buying an exos x20 18tb for 189 from serverpartdeals so just about as good of a deal depending on which hdd you got.
Hard drive stocks are currently a mess. I don't get it, even Amazon has low stocks on everything be it small or large drives.
Local supplier increased prices to ridiculous values and still doesn't have the numbers. Anyone knows what's going on?
Check serverpartdeals, they have tons of stock. I'm currently looking at buying several of these over the next year or two.