ServerPartDeals Black Friday in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[-] Dish_Melodic@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I would rather by NEW from Newegg or NEW OEM.

Had some manufacturer recertified drives that lasted a bit over a year. ST6000 and ST8000 something.

Western Digital Begins Volume Shipments of 24TB CMR HDDs; Industry Adoption of SMR Strengthens as 28TB SMR HDD Ramps in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[-] Dish_Melodic@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I thought my 18TB is biggest

Western Digital has the Most Reliable High Capacity HDDs with a Failure Rate of Under 0.35% in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[-] Dish_Melodic@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

HGST SAS here. Installed in 2016 and still running well

RMAing a large HDD that has pirated movies/games on it, is it necessary to completely zero the drive? in c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum
[-] Dish_Melodic@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

If the drive has Instant Secure Erase ISE or something, you can get it done in just few minutes. Data in rendered unreadable.

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