HDD's from AliExpress

General Discussions
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Ok… this might being a expensive lesson…

How many have ordered HDD’s from AliExpress and had success or disaster… ?

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Not Aliexpress but have bought decommissioned enterprise drives from Amazon and they great.

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Might just have a bad supplier, now sitting at 3 drives thats gone, out of 5…

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Amazon.co.za? Links please!

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No. Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hdd&i=specialty-aps&srs=12653393011&crid=2W5QTEA25J3OD&sprefix=h%2Cspecialty-aps%2C300&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

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Thank you! Those look like great deals. Been able to find them locally at those prices though

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What prices for what sizes…

And we talking Seagate Ironwolf Pro NAS drives here…

doing R2850 / 12TB

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Maybe not the same category. I got Seagate Exos 16TB for about R 3400 though they went as low as R 3000. So unless the application is NAS 24/7 - maybe not so bad?

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Another example of local:

Item: ST10000VN0004 Seagate IronWolf NAS 10TB (7 untis)
Age: March/June 2018
Price: R2250 each
Payment Method Accepted: EFT/Cash
Warranty: None
Packaging: AS
Condition: All 100% health. 2010-2313 days run-time
Location: Krugersdorp/Featherbrooke Estate
Reason: Resell
Shipping: C&R on buyer
Collection: Preferred
Link: https://www.seagate.com/www-content/datasheets/pdfs/ironwolf-12tbDS1904-9-1707-GB-en_GB.pdf