I’ve been convinced to build my own NAS again instead of going with a Synology and I’m thinking there are probably parts that don’t matter if you buy used vs new but I’m curious what your thoughts are?
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The only thing I buy new are the HDD’s for the bulk storage.
I’ll buy used enterprise SSD’s for flash storage.
Oh wow, that’s awesome. No concerns buying used CPU, RAM, or MOBO? I’m assuming you buy a new power supply though right?
No concerns here.
I buy used server chassis and power supplies for my NASes.
The only new items in my primary, backup, and offsite NASes are the 500TB of HDD’s and a couple of fan splitters.
The only new items in my 3 Proxmox nodes are…nothing actually. All SSD’s, HDD’s and everything else is used enterprise hardware.
Not OP but, CPU and RAM have incredible low failure rates. Mobos are pretty rare too. A PSU Id but new, and make sure it’s the highest efficiency.
I get used everything. Even drives. Where you buy it and how used it is matters.
My whole setup is used,
Paid 40 euro for a optiplex with 32gb ram and chucked in a 10tb HDD and a 2tb nvme Paid 55 euro for a Nuc with 24gb ram and it has a 500gb SSD and a 2tb nvme Paid 80 euro for a 730xd without disk’s ram and CPUs
Paid 19 euro for two 2630Ls Paid 35 euro for 26 2’5 caddies Paid 11 euro per used 1tb micron ssds (got 24 of them ) Paid 140 euro for 256gb ram lol
Ive had good luck with used enterprise hdds. They are loud but have always worked fine. I like buying them all at once from the same seller, but I’ve mixed and matched as well.
I personally don’t think smart errors are the end of the world either. A few of them on something large like 14tb isn’t the end of the world. I’ve had more issues with brand new seagate 8tb than anything I’ve gotten used.
I’d be willing to go used on everything except the drives