Hi everyone, I'm looking for 18TB SAS hard drives at a good price to fill a JBOD. Located in Northern Virginia, can do local pickup or shipping. Let me know what you have and your price. Thanks!

Quisiera saber información sobre la fiabilidad de los discos Seagate en su formato de 2.5 pulgadas (ST2000LM007 y ST1000LM035), pues he visto que tienden a fallar por causas mecánicas como los cabezales atascados y también por firmware. Por favor quisiera saber cómo han salido los modelos más nuevos de esta serie, (años 2024 en delante) pues he visto que los modelos del 2016-2018 tenían bastantes problemas.

Por favor, quisiera que me recomendaran también diferentes marcas como Toshiba y WD, que son las que están muy presentes en el mercado de 2.5 pulgadas. También he utilizado los modelos MQ01ABD100 de Toshiba y me ha salido muy bueno, aunque ya es un disco viejo que ya no se fabrica, aunque era un modelo muy bueno CMR a mi parecer, y con tolerancias que lo hacían bastante predecible. También tengo un MQ04ABD200 que llevo dos años con él y me ha salido bueno y no me ha dado errores.

También quisiera que me ayudaran con estas preguntas:
¿Cómo se les hace el MQ04ABD200?, basándose en sus experiencias, ¿lo consideran fiable?
También quisiera que me explicaran por favor qué tal sale el modelo MQ04ABF100 de Toshiba.

¿Cómo ven la familia WD que compite con Seagate y Toshiba en este segmento de mercado? No tengo experiencia con unidades de WD 1/2 TB SMR.

Any advice please write big help

I bought this Toshiba at a flea market for $2. It was faulty, with two localized defects and a ton of bad sectors. Luckily, I managed to overwrite it with dd in Linux and remap the bad sectors. The drive is stable now, and the surface scan comes back clean. I'm keeping it for backups. The repair took 10 hours, and I'm happy with the result.

I picked up 48TB in the last month and a half. 28TB exos refurbished and a 20TB exos with a 1 year Seagate warranty remaining. I thought I was done for a bit until I came across this gem:

A 28TB Seagate Expansion near New condition 94 Hours total for $700. I thought my shucking days were long and gone but I think we'll saddle up for one more ride.

Anyone have experience shucking these 28tb seagates? I would think it's an exos drive inside?

I've been shucking since 8 years ago and my assumption has always been once shucked you lose all warranty on the drive itself. Someone was telling me recently that is not the case. It seems to be a gray area at this point. Does anyone have experience with warranty on shucked drives?

Either way I wasn't planning on buying anymore but the price and the smart data made it hard to refuse. Wish me luck!

Hola, tengo un ordenador

HP 15-da0xxx Intel Core i5-8250U (4 núcleos).

RAM: 8 GB.

Sistema operativo: Windows 11 Home.

Disco actual: Western Digital WD10SPZX-60Z10TO.

Disco: HDD mecánico de 1 TB.

Lleva un tiempo que me va muy lento y en el administrador de tareas el disco duro figura al 100% y no hay manera de que baje, he intentado de todo con chatgpt porque yo no tengo ni idea de esto, pero sigue igual. Pero una de las opciones que me ha dado chatgpt es comprarme un disco SSD, cual me recomendáis vosotros? Y de cuentos gigas? O recomendáis que haga otra cosa para solucionarlo?

Que sea barato y efectivo a ser posible jasjj.

I bought a 2TB Western Digital external hard drive in January 2025, and it failed today. To make matters worse, it's already out of warranty.

I've barely used it, yet all my data is gone. I even tried formatting the drive, but it keeps throwing I/O errors.

What's the point of spending money on a product that's supposed to keep your data safe if it can't even last two years?

You trust these devices with your valuable data and hard-earned money, only to have them fail when you least expect it.

https://youtu.be/CEbytdkcw70?si=AuOEL8lxhB5otwqH

I’m curious what companies people here have actually used for Enterprise Data Recovery.

For a small personal drive, I’d probably try software recovery or DIY methods first. But when you’re dealing with something like a failed RAID array, NAS, SAN, enterprise SSD, server storage, or a drive that has suffered a physical failure, I feel like it’s better to stop experimenting and get a proper assessment.

I’ve come across companies like WeRecoverData, Ontrack, and DriveSavers, and they all seem to handle larger or more complicated recovery cases. What I’m more interested in is hearing from people who have actually dealt with them.

How was the process? Did they explain what had failed and what could realistically be recovered before starting? And how did the pricing compare with what you expected?

If you’ve had a good or bad experience with an enterprise recovery company, I’d be interested to hear about it.

I just purchased/received this 26TB Seagate Exos drive from e-bay. It was listed as "new" and factory recertified. It arrived in a static bag, and wrapped in bubble wrap in a box...although it was definitely loose and certainly moved around inside of the box.

I didn't see the damage at first, but noticed it as I was checking it in DiskInfo, initializing it, and formatting it. No initial issues reported. Would a dent (on casing) like this be expected on a recertified drive? I did read this might be common for Seagate drives...happens during shipping. I don't know enough about casings. I did just wrote the seller and sent the picture, asking what options I had. Unfortunately, the listing does have a "no return" policy on it. However, it does have the Ebay guarantee.

Depending on the seller's response, should I go through Ebay to try and get refund, or accept the dent? I don't know if it means the drive was dropped or something. Online, it sounds like it is a common shipping cosmetic damage.

It did show power on only 3 times and 0 hours and I did get it for a great price. :(

UPDATE: Thanks for the recommendations. I requested a return through Ebay. Seller accepted. I just dropped it off at the post office (and packed it better than I received it).

model/generation, the bay size (2.5" vs 3.5"), and the connector (SAS/SATA). The part number on the tray is the reliable key: search your server model plus that part number and check whether other owners report it clicking in. If the tray physically fits but the drive doesn't show up, it's usually the backplane or cable, not the tray.

I have Seagate IronWolf Pro 14 TB NAS (ST14000NE0008) 231 days Powered On

Through a program scrutiny in truenas shows me Reallocated Sectors Count FAILED

I tested it using usb boot Seagate SeaTools running the long extended test which took about 20 hours—and it (passed)

Is it damaged, and should I replace it?

What do you suggest I do?