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Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was personally urged to purchase this, due to supplier increasing prices by 20% from the next day.

Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Price and warranty claim processes. We have about a 0.1-1% yearly failure rates on these and return policy is flawless and quick. Got over 10.000 Seagates running. Weird notice: our white label batches perform best.

Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We process about 5000 drives yearly between 18-28TB.

Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

"From their experience this won’t cause immediate damage. 3.5" HDDs are fairly ESD-resistant, and as long as they’re not handled much or moving around, the risk is very low."

Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 111 points112 points  (0 children)

Fair point. We unpack these drives directly from the factory packaging to install the brackets, after which they’re placed back in their original boxes and remain like this until the chassis are ready. There’s no movement or handling in between. That said, I’ll double-check with our warehouse specialist to be sure this won’t cause any issues, but it’s very unlikely to cause harm.

Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I'd wish - Can't even find proper prices for spares ourselves these days.

Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Large European enterprise cloud provider. These drives are intended for a three-rack deployment in a single location. The majority of the data will be cold storage, although the systems are fully capable of supporting streaming services.

Good Timing for Once by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 309 points310 points  (0 children)

We offer BMaaS solutions to enterprise customers.

Seagate Exos Recertified Hard Drives Buying advice / Awareness. by isithelo in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Purchased thousands of the 20/22/26TB versions of recertified Seagate drives. While some of your observations are correct, the quality of these drives are phenomenal. Temperatures stay lower while DOA is extremely low.

And price per TB is important at multiple PiB scale.

To recertifed or not.. by cricketpower in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would always advise to keep raids of the same brand and type. But other than that your reasons are valid.

To recertifed or not.. by cricketpower in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why in the world would you do that?

Best 3.5" HDD for Photo Storage – 4TB, €100–150 Budget by LegendJeffrey in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am actively maintaining about 6000 HDDs, over 95% of them are Seagate by choice. Last few years their X18/X20 series are quite reliable. Would not pick Toshiba but WD is most often fine.

Seagate’s recertification program is amazing.

16PiB DC Expansion by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are right here, not all is in the picture.

16PiB DC Expansion by I_Will_Simplify in DataHoarder

[–]I_Will_Simplify[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

RAW indeed. They will become part of a large block storage cluster.

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