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What are the rules of buying used storage? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am currently expanding my Homelab setup, and want to buy a 10TB drive, for media storage. It's a Seagate Ironwolf disk, so perfect for the job. But, it's second hand. It was originally bought in 2019, but stopped being used after 2022. Only used for static storage, it's been booted less than 50 times. I can get it for 1/3 of the original price.

What do you think? Are there any rules about buying used storage I should know about before buying it?

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[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Original price doesn't matter, you need to compare it against current new offerings. A drive like that, I'd buy for 8-10€/TB at max. because current new HDD pricing is 15€/TB at the low end.

What you also need is SMART output. Watch out for high uncorrectable errors, writes and whatever. I'd never buy a drive without having seen its SMART data.

[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok nice, I'll ask for that before buying at least 👍 Thank you

[–] mhz@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

Compare the SN number in the SMART output with the SN on the drive, they should be the same or else theseller showed you uncorrect SMART output or uncorrect drive.

[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Remember that S.M.A.R.T. can be overwritten with any data 🙃