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Why create yourself a headache and still get substandard and no-warranty drive. If you want cheaper drives go for reconditioned/refurbished/used drives. Same risks, better product. Old enterprise SAS drives are cheap and many still have plenty of heath in them.
Do keep in mind that you need a SAS controller for that, which can cost between $50-200
Do you have places where you can buy those old business drives? Are there websites for this market?
https://serverpartdeals.com/
And maybe some juicy data to recover 😏 honestly, which enterprise sells its old drives? That is calling for a data leak, isn’t it?
The ones that aren't forced to care by regulators. So basically anyone that isn't finance or defense.
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Many sells, some just wipe them, some just contains encrypted data. If you happy with just used drive eBay is full of surprises.