A few days ago, I noticed someone posted a similar question about a specific hard drive on this subreddit. Sadly, I haven’t received any responses about their experience. So, I’m hoping to get some advice from the community on whether anyone has dealt with the seller I’m interested in. I’m in the market for reliable 18 TB drives to upgrade my media server and NAS backup.

I got some new IronWolf Pro series HDDs when there was a good deal on Newegg for $340 Canadian, as I didn’t want to pay full price. However, I’m looking to save some money here and there, though I understand that some might not agree with that. I’ve already spent most of my budget on setting up a strong system for my storage and services.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, especially if you know of options that work well for Canadians or are available from American companies, with the caveat of dealing with import fees. Thanks in advance!

  • aaron416@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    A classic move for Black Friday is that retailers will mark up to mark down. If you like the price for this, I say go for it.

  • MilkyT92@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    These days the Black Friday sales are just returns to regular prices after pre-BF hikes.

    • Revv23@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Maybe it’s because I’m old, - they don’t seem any worse to me than a typical drive of the 00’s. And certainly nothing like anything we heard in the 90’s.

  • thecal714@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I got some 18TB X20 refurbished drives for $180 recently. They have a warranty from both eBay and my credit card, so gave them a go. Looks like they ship to Canada.

  • PowerTripper@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The idea of putting all of my faith in one drive, with that amount of data on the line, scares the living daylights out of me.

  • zeptillian@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yes. It’s better to wait and get new drives with a full 5 year warranty on sale than to get these refurbs now.

  • kevin75135@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Be careful with EMC drives. A lot of them have firmware that only allows them to work in an EMC system.

  • l8s9@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That’s a big bullet to bite, unless you need the capacity right now right now… I say wait. I need more storage too but my wallet doesn’t like those prices.

  • tjsyl6@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I recently picked up 10, 12TB SAS drives from manufacturered Feb-March of 2022 with 400-600 hours of use for $80.00 each off eBay. Not a single one has any issues. Keep your eyes peeled before dropping that much on a single drive bro.

  • pabut@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Does anyone other than me think large drives (multi terabyte) is to big of an egg basket?

    Or am I just old?