Ars Technica NewsSeagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy https://arstechni.ca/XJHb #harddrives #Seagate #Tech #HAMR
GarethBought 10TB drives for my NAS 2 years ago, and keep checking the prices of them, and they’ve not got down in price, in fact they’ve gone up in price. #PC #harddrives #computers #NAS
Victor Nava
N-gated Hacker News🚨 403 Forbidden! 🚨 Looks like Seagate's "green" spin on ancient tech is soooo convincing even the internet itself said, "Nope, can't let you see this trash." 🌍💾 Seriously, who knew hard drives could crash the web with their eco-friendliness? 🙄
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/04/16/seagate-decarbonizing-data-report/ #Seagate #403Forbidden #greenTech #ecoFriendly #hardDrives #techNews #HackerNews #ngated
https://blocksandfiles.com/2025/04/16/seagate-decarbonizing-data-report/ #Seagate #403Forbidden #greenTech #ecoFriendly #hardDrives #techNews #HackerNews #ngated
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESYoungster don't know this, but back in the day we had to defrog our hard drives regularly. That's because frogs would be naturally attracted to the drives and would nest in there. There's nothing slower than a hard drive full of frogs.
GabeMoralesVR#Plex sending out emails saying they're going to start charging people to watch videos on their own fucking #harddrives is sure a bold move when #kodi exists. Hell, throw Kodi onto #Steam as a non-steam game, and voila: you can stream kodi over the internet to any device even *easier* than you can with plex. I literally do this with my phone and home library of media.
LanceBeen looking at external hard drives for backup. Prices have barely moved in the past 8 years.
In 2017, I paid $105 for a 4TB WD My Passport. In 2025, a 5TB My Passport costs US $125.
You can get more bang for the buck with a 5.25" SATA HD and an external USB 3.x enclosure:
Seagate Barracuda 8 TB ($132) + Sabrent docking station ($32). The docking station also affords more flexibility. It's a bit less portable but that's a non issue for me. #HardDrives
Jonathan Kamens 86 47Why buying refurbished drives for your NAS is a good idea
An article I read recently claimed it's dumb to buy refurbished hard drives for your NAS because "refurbished drives were returned because they weren't working, so why would you want your precious data stored on them." This is dumb. Let's talk about why.
#NAS #hardDrives #storage
https://blog.kamens.us/2025/04/29/why-buying-refurbished-drives-for-your-nas-is-a-good-idea/
jikWhy buying refurbished drives for your NAS is a good idea
An article I read recently claimed it’s dumb to buy refurbished hard drives for your NAS because “refurbished drives were returned because they weren’t working, so why would you want your precious data stored on them.” This is dumb. Let’s talk about why.
It’s simply not true that refurbished drives were returned because they were broken. It’s much more likely that a refurbished drive is being sold because it was rotated out because the company using it had a policy of replacing drives on a schedule, or because they needed to upgrade a NAS to bigger drives, or because they went bankrupt and the drives were bought at auction, or because it turns out they needed less storage than they thought they did.
Obviously, before buying a refurbished drive or any other refurbished hardware you should check the reputation of the company selling it and make sure they’ve been around for a while and have a good reputation. If you do that, the odds are excellent that any refurbished drive you buy will work just fine.
Now, let’s talk about the precautions against data loss you should always be following regardless of whether you choose new or refurbished drives:
- Your NAS should be configured to survive a single drive failure and allow you to replace the failed drive and recover the array automatically.
- Drives fail whether they’re refurbished or not, so you should always have a cold spare on hand to replace a failed drive so the array can recover.
- You should be backing up the precious data on your NAS to somewhere else other than the NAS (the 3-2-1 rule applies).
With these essential precautions in place, your data is safe whether you use new or refurbished drives.
Finally, let’s talk about price, by way of an example…
The cheapest new 8TB drive on Newegg currently costs $160. The cheapest refurbished 8TB drive there costs $110. If you have a four-bay NAS like I do, five new drives (remember, you should always have a cold spare!) cost $800; five refurbished drives cost $550. Even if you decide that new drives are less likely to fail and therefore you can get away without a cold spare, four new drives cost $640, which is still 16% higher than five refurbished drives. When you buy refurbished drives you can get more storage space for less money.
In short, using refurbished drives from a reputable vendor in your NAS is not only a reasonable idea, it’s a good one that will save you money.
WinbuzzerWD Partners with Microsoft For US-Based Hard Drive Recycling, Reclaims Rare Earths Amid China Curbs
#Recycling #RareEarths #EWaste #Sustainability #SupplyChain #HardDrives #DataCenter #WesternDigital #Microsoft #USMfg #Tech #China #Trade #Environment #CircularEconomy
