Do you happen to live in zuid holland?
I have 2 unopened Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006 that I'll be happy selling.
No idea what a fair price or your budget would be. That is if you are interested in these drives to begin with.
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| DNS | Domain Name Service/System |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| NVR | Network Video Recorder (generally for CCTV) |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks for mass storage |
| SATA | Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage |
| SMB | Server Message Block protocol for file and printer sharing; Windows-native |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
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Enterprise decommissions, workplace, stuff ehere they just want to get rid of it quick
Vinted has some nice deals every so often.
But look at German sites for better HDD deals then NL.
Any recommendations?
Have you tried Tweakers Vraag & Aanbod yet?
Yeah, I have it opening every morning to see if there are any new ads
I picked up enough used SAS drives to build an 11 drive RaidZ3 pool. 100 USD each shipped. DIF formatted so had to low level format to native 4k sectors, then run a full run of badblocks, and finally a long smart test to verify no errors. Had a couple bad drives that the seller replaced no questions asked when I provided the smart logs.
SAS controller and backplane opens up a lot of drives that SATA controllers can't touch.
My old pool drives will be repurposed for a FrigateNVR storage point and a storage point for some other stuff as well as spares for other pools.
There was someone here not too long ago who purchases HDD with bad sectors. I think the idea was to instruct Linux to not use the bad sectors. I am unclear about the mechanics of how it's done, but the concept has been rolling around in my head ever since. The drives in question were purchased knowingly with bad sectors and came with a warranty.
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Depends on the size you are looking for, but I saw some good deals for ~4TB on Vinted
It takes time to build out capacity to increase HDD production, but when operating margins are approaching 30%, somebody is going to want cash in. If the new reality is that every company wants to harvest and retain as much data as possible at all times in case it has potential as training data at some point in the future, then additional capacity will eventually be built to tap into that.
I know it sucks if you need storage now, but I think the smart decision is to hold off until the market stabilizes. You might even get lucky; the bubble might burst and the market will be flooded with cheap excess HDDs.
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I've got a 12tb sitting with a dead control board. looking for parts to fix it with tbh.
I'm sure there are folks selling drives like that online.
Might keep an eye on sales at best buy/Amazon or any other tech part store for shuckable drives.