Who are we?
We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.
-- 5-4-3-2-1-bang from this thread
What’s the catch? This is the best deal I can find on the internet by a fair margin. This seller has an amazon store page as well and seems to have a good reputation on both. The seller claims its a new HDD from a reputable brand and offers a 5 year sellers warranty.
Edit: I have had 2 out of 3 ordered drives fail on me from this order. The seller was good about offering a refund. But I wouldn’t use these drives without at the very least some kind of redundancy if not a full backup.
34k customers and a 100% positive approval rating? Not one person in all those customers was even neutral about their purchase? Super fishy. That seems not possible. I'm guessing this is a total scam just from that.
Edit: after scrolling this sellers feedback it all looks legit. That's just so rare to have 100% with that many reviews.
I mean, if I was selling new hardware for that cheap too, I would probably have a high approval rating.
The catch is that they're Seagate drives. Seagate have some of worst reliability in the industry and you're buying it secondhand from eBay.
Personally I'd rather just set my money on fire.
Definitely check the SMART status for uptime when you receive them. Make sure you can return it before you buy it as well
That’s pretty good, but that drive is refurbished.
Oh sorry I didn't realize the ebay post was for a new drive. I just automatically assumed ebay was used/refurbished as well. My bad this doesn't compare as I was expecting.
Can you even fit 18TB on a drive that size?
Sure, we have 22TB in that format already
Old post but they have plans to hit 30-40TB in the next few years.