goHardDrive via eBay[ebay.com] has (Refurbished - Excellent) 18TB WD Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.
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goHardDrive via eBay[ebay.com] has (Refurbished - Excellent) 18TB WD Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA 3.5" 7200RPM Enterprise HDD on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free.
I'd like to go back to buying $80 12tb drives from them too, but sadly the past is the past.
I saw somebody else mention that servers/drives generally get decommissioned around the same time of year. If true, the higher prices right now are possibly just because supply is low and price will go down again soon when there's an influx of "new" drives.
EDIT:
It appears the last deals on 12tb's started June/July of last year and then got even lower in Aug/Sept/Oct
Last edited by CMarshall85 June 29, 2025 at 04:31 PM.
I saw somebody else mention that servers/drives generally get decommissioned around the same time of year. If true, the higher prices right now are possibly just because supply is low and price will go down again soon when there's an influx of "new" drives.
I haven't seen HDD deals for a while until the 10TB last week and then this one.
I saw somebody else mention that servers/drives generally get decommissioned around the same time of year. If true, the higher prices right now are possibly just because supply is low and price will go down again soon when there's an influx of "new" drives.
EDIT:
It appears the last deals on 12tb's started June/July of last year and then got even lower in Aug/Sept/Oct
Also some brands were getting YouTube or other advertising mentions in videos
I mean then you use your existing parity as the added data drive right?
correct but my exisiting parity is a 16tb so it uses the 18tb as the parity and 16 would be added to the array. I'm still losing the 2tb difference in drives
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It sure is. These still a good deal. I need more hard drives for my isos
I saw somebody else mention that servers/drives generally get decommissioned around the same time of year. If true, the higher prices right now are possibly just because supply is low and price will go down again soon when there's an influx of "new" drives.
EDIT:
It appears the last deals on 12tb's started June/July of last year and then got even lower in Aug/Sept/Oct
I haven't seen HDD deals for a while until the 10TB last week and then this one.
Is the carnival coming?
Is the carnival coming?
See the edit in my previous reply.
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EDIT:
It appears the last deals on 12tb's started June/July of last year and then got even lower in Aug/Sept/Oct
Also some brands were getting YouTube or other advertising mentions in videos
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Yes it would
Thank you. I was pretty confident it is and realize it is kind of overkill but wasn't sure if there was something I wasn't thinking of.
I mean then you use your existing parity as the added data drive right?
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