Looking for the world's largest hard drive that you can buy? Seagate just released a monster 36TB HDD for $800, but it's tough to find.
  • solrize@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Well, largest this week. And

    Yeah, $800 isn’t a small chunk of change, but for a hard drive of this capacity, it’s monumentally cheap.

    Nah, a 24TB is $300 and some 20TB’s are even lower $ per TB.

    • Armand1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I got some 16TB drives recently for around $200 each, though they were manufacturer recertified. Usually a recertified drive will save you 20-40%. Shipping can be a fortune though.

      EDIT: I used manufacturer recertified, not refurbished drives.

        • pulsewidth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I would absolutely not use refurbs personally. As part of the refurb process they wipe the SMART data which means you have zero power-on hours listed, zero errors, rewrite-count, etc - absolutely no idea what their previous life was.

          • Glitchvid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            If you’ve got a RAID array with 1 or 2 parity then manufacturer recertified drives are fine; those are typically drives that just aged out before being deployed, or were traded in when a large array upgraded.

            If you’re really paranoid you should be mixing mfg dates anyway, so keep some factory new and then add the recerts so the drive pools have a healthy split.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I paid $600+ for a 24 TB drive, tax free. I feel robbed. Although I’m glad not to shop at Newegg.

      • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Yes, fuck Newegg (and amazon too). I’ve been using B&H for disks and I have no complaints about them. They have the Seagate Ironwolf Pro 24TB at $479 currently, but last week it was on sale for $419. (I only look at 5yr warranty disks.)

        I was not in a position to take advantage as I’ve already made my disk purchase this go around, so I’ll wait for the next deep discount to hit if it is timely.

        • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Christ, remember when NewEgg was an actual store? Now they’re just a listing service for the scum-level of retailer and drop shippers. What a shame.

        • solrize@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I hate amazon but haven’t been following stuff about newegg and have been buying from them now and then. No probs so far but yeah, B&H is also good. Also centralcomputer.com if you are in the SF bay area. Actual stores.

          • PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Newegg was the nerd’s paradise 10+ years ago. I would spend thousands each year on my homelab back then. They had great customer service and bent over backwards for them. Then they got bought out and squeezed and passed that squeeze right down to the customers. Accusing customers of damaging parts, etc. Lots of slimeball stuff. They also wanted to be like amazon, so they started selling beads, blenders and other assorted garbage alongside tech gear.

            After a couple of minor incidents with them I saw the writing on the wall and went to amazon who were somewhat okay then. Once amazon started getting bad, I turned to B&H and fleaBay. I don’t buy as much electronic stuff as I used to, but when I do these two are working…so far.