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!
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What even is a renewed hard drive though…
What do you store that needs that amount of data?
My guess would be Linux ISOs ^ _ ^
I will warn you… Exos drives are LOUD.
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.
I agree. Not one drive alone. Need to have a RAID array.
Hey everyone, since I can’t edit the post. I’m noticing some people commenting with the server parts deal website and as much as I’ve already looked on that website multiple times I’ve had a lot of friends comment that the shipping and duties fee are a little high for what I’m comfortable with paying.
To paint a picture I’m just simply looking for a Canadian dollar friendly option as I’m pretty much on a small budget as I’ve already spent close to $1000 on just two brand new pro series drives.
I’m used to seeing a lot of people say that I can buy this drive for “$80 - 150 cad” at (website here) or (website there) but after doing a lot of research, I haven’t really had much luck finding anything close to what I’m looking for. You either have to shift through a lot of sketchy sellers hard drive Chia miner drives or occasional as is conditioned drives.
Where is case scenario? If I don’t find any good deals in Canada? I’ll probably just take the duties fees and buy From server part deal
“Amazon renewed”
Considering Amazon’s spotty track record when it comes to hardware, I wouldn’t be eager to jump on that one.
If you didn’t already buy, I HIGHLY recommend you go to serverpartdeals.com and get a manufacturer refurbished drive from them. Not only do they have the best most secure packaging for hard drives, but often the best deals and a truly excellent track record.
i paid 194 usd each for 6 recertified seagate exos last black friday from server parts deals. they run fine raid z2 no doa almost a year later i was told to avoid the dell or off brands. looking at getting another 6 drives this year may not be seagate could be wd have to see pricing but seems at least on server parts deals prices are creepingup
Just buy brand new or use ServerPartsDeal. I hate having to deal with the shitty import fee’s but at least it’s a competent business that will give you a legit decent warranty! Unlike Retail Era who’s owner became a low life scammer. Canada sucks for most home lab equipment, so I feel your pain…
