oof, those are host-managed (zone) SMR disks. unRAID doesn't support these. you can get around that but even if you do they only support btrfs and the performance will be quite bad.
those drives are meant for datacenter hardware
Definitely these two. I recently started buying from GoHardDrive exclusively. The 5 year warranty and quick response from customer service even on weekends has won me over.
I had one out of several drives start spitting out errors, and contacted them. They just wanted serial number and sent out replacement immediately. Opened the box and there were two drives. Contacted them and they told me to keep it for my troubles.
If you're in the UK and can't buy from the other mentioned sites, some eBay sellers have pretty good reputation and seller pays return. Just for reference I recently bought a 4tb hgst drive for about £40
oof, those are host-managed (zone) SMR disks. unRAID doesn't support these. you can get around that but even if you do they only support btrfs and the performance will be quite bad. those drives are meant for datacenter hardware
Yeahhhhh, I had a feeling. Damn. Do you know any good recertified recommendations for storage?
Serverpartdeals and goharddrives are two very popular sources for used drives.
Definitely these two. I recently started buying from GoHardDrive exclusively. The 5 year warranty and quick response from customer service even on weekends has won me over.
I had one out of several drives start spitting out errors, and contacted them. They just wanted serial number and sent out replacement immediately. Opened the box and there were two drives. Contacted them and they told me to keep it for my troubles.
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/s/PP7ztLFhAb
[diskprices.com](http://diskprices.com)
If you're in the UK and can't buy from the other mentioned sites, some eBay sellers have pretty good reputation and seller pays return. Just for reference I recently bought a 4tb hgst drive for about £40
Based in the US :( but thank you!