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Should I bite the bullet or wait until Black Friday? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

RemindMe! 3 Years

Can’t wait to see these $30.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Me too…!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

18 tb 😟

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Never buy things on capitalist id107 Black Friday, overpriced end of line crap that'll be cheaper a month later and even cheaper in January sales.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Bought the exact same drives on October 1st.

Two drives for 250CAD each + tax/import fees.

Came out to 574 CAD and then I had the pleasant surprise of getting an email about 2 weeks later saying there was an error with the import fees, and they reimbursed me 48$.

They work great. If I remember correctly one had like 8h of power on time and the other one was a bit more, like 30h or so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I don't have suggestions for you, but for some reason I'm doubting that this would be part of a Black Friday sale. While you, I, and a bunch of the responders may be interested, it's still pretty limited. A smaller, more main stream drive, probably SSD, is much more likely to be on sale. That said, I know the feeling of "I want it now" but it's only 15 days until Black Friday or 18 until cyber Monday. I'd check the historical exchange rate for end of fall-start of winter and wait if it looks steady or better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

i cant afford a 300 dollar harddisk xD you guys are super rich

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I know it sounds crazy but used can be the best… I got a hgst after seeing 1000s at my job still spinning at 100 after 5-7 years , some longer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Having no experience with buying used drives, what does "Amazon renewed" really mean? I find it difficult to believe amazon has tooling and machinery to do any real repairs/refurbishments of drives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Today: $319
BF: ~~$399~~ $319

[–] Grass 1 points 10 months ago

What even is a renewed hard drive though...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

pricey for 18tb i seen similar pricing for 20tb

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Just got those basically brand new (20 hours per disk) on ebay for 2/3 the price):
Dell 18TB SATA 6Gb/s 512e 7.2RPM DP/N 0KPVDN New pull brack 8 170,00 0 % 1.360,00 EUR

Would suggest to just search on other places if you are willing to buy renewed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Get a refurbed 20TB for $200.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You could always take a vacation in the USA and pick up your drives but I guess you still have to convert dollars. But you could make up for the difference by bringing down some of those Canadian drugs all those Americans vacation in Canada for.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Nothing quite like losing 18TB worth of shit in one go

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I agree. Not one drive alone. Need to have a RAID array.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

What do you store that needs that amount of data?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

30% APR ?? Gee thanks Amazon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah it’s funny. Amazon stopped doing their 0% apr plans and stuck with a company that does payment plans. I guess a lot of folks have been taking advantage of it so now they use a secondary company … pretty scummy tho

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I will warn you... Exos drives are LOUD.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.