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Another question about used hard drives
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this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2024
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what you want are used datacenter drives that still have some manufacturer warranty left. they sell them all over on amazon too. then you dont have to deal with some middleman when you need a replacement
Bingo. I’ve been running refurb 4tb hgst drives for years now, oldest one has 50k power on hours and I’m not sure if that’s how long I’ve run it or if it had a bunch when it came. Either way, I have yet to lose one in years of use while popping several western digital and seagate drives.
I’m moving to 10tb drives (I tend to pick the biggest sub $100 drive option when I need a new standard) since I’m out of drive bays and nearly out of space on the old garbage array. Stick to the 3-2-1 rule and these should be fine.
The 3-2-1 rule can aid in the backup process. It states that there should be at least 3 copies of the data, stored on 2 different types of storage media, and one copy should be kept offsite, in a remote location (this can include cloud storage). 2 or more different media should be used to eliminate data loss due to similar reasons (for example, optical discs may tolerate being underwater while LTO tapes may not, and SSDs cannot fail due to head crashes or damaged spindle motors since they do not have any moving parts, unlike hard drives). An offsite copy protects against fire, theft of physical media (such as tapes or discs) and natural disasters like floods and earthquakes. Physically protected hard drives are an alternative to an offsite copy, but they have limitations like only being able to resist fire for a limited period of time, so an offsite copy still remains as the ideal choice.
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You reassured me thank you. Was straight up looking at 10tb hgst drives but was hesitant. I'll still check out other drives that have manufacturer warranties on them but its nice to know I can fall back on my old plan if I don't find a good deal.
Hey long shot but I did end up buying one with a year of manufacturer warranty still available and was wondering if you went through the process of getting a replacement from WD (the manufacturer of my drive) that was brought from eBay? I made a new post but couldn't get answers and I just got a couple of questions.
its been a minute, but when i did this i took the serial number to WD. their site proved the warranty and had a swap policy, i just sent it back directly to WD.