A few days ago, I noticed someone posted a similar question about a specific hard drive on this subreddit. Sadly, I haven’t received any responses about their experience. So, I’m hoping to get some advice from the community on whether anyone has dealt with the seller I’m interested in. I’m in the market for reliable 18 TB drives to upgrade my media server and NAS backup.

I got some new IronWolf Pro series HDDs when there was a good deal on Newegg for $340 Canadian, as I didn’t want to pay full price. However, I’m looking to save some money here and there, though I understand that some might not agree with that. I’ve already spent most of my budget on setting up a strong system for my storage and services.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, especially if you know of options that work well for Canadians or are available from American companies, with the caveat of dealing with import fees. Thanks in advance!

  • aaron416@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    A classic move for Black Friday is that retailers will mark up to mark down. If you like the price for this, I say go for it.

  • MilkyT92@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    These days the Black Friday sales are just returns to regular prices after pre-BF hikes.

    • Revv23@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Maybe it’s because I’m old, - they don’t seem any worse to me than a typical drive of the 00’s. And certainly nothing like anything we heard in the 90’s.

  • teeweehoo@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I would avoid vendor branded drives like this, they may be running custom firmware. They’ll probably work, but may not - it’s a gamble.

  • zeptillian@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yes. It’s better to wait and get new drives with a full 5 year warranty on sale than to get these refurbs now.

  • PowerTripper@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The idea of putting all of my faith in one drive, with that amount of data on the line, scares the living daylights out of me.

  • Nicklordzero@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Hey everyone, since I can’t edit the post. I’m noticing some people commenting with the server parts deal website and as much as I’ve already looked on that website multiple times I’ve had a lot of friends comment that the shipping and duties fee are a little high for what I’m comfortable with paying.

    To paint a picture I’m just simply looking for a Canadian dollar friendly option as I’m pretty much on a small budget as I’ve already spent close to $1000 on just two brand new pro series drives.

    I’m used to seeing a lot of people say that I can buy this drive for “$80 - 150 cad” at (website here) or (website there) but after doing a lot of research, I haven’t really had much luck finding anything close to what I’m looking for. You either have to shift through a lot of sketchy sellers hard drive Chia miner drives or occasional as is conditioned drives.

    Where is case scenario? If I don’t find any good deals in Canada? I’ll probably just take the duties fees and buy From server part deal

  • thecal714@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I got some 18TB X20 refurbished drives for $180 recently. They have a warranty from both eBay and my credit card, so gave them a go. Looks like they ship to Canada.

  • pabut@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Does anyone other than me think large drives (multi terabyte) is to big of an egg basket?

    Or am I just old?