Comment on used hard drive retailers
immobile7801@piefed.social 3 weeks agoI would agree from random sellers. However serverpartdeals is a pretty known reseller and typically offers a warranty. They also list their testing methods on their website.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Would you be satisfied if all your refurb drives live only for the duration of this warranty?
I wouldn’t. Especially as a private buyer (or a small business) I would expect that most of them must live much longer than that.
Cyber@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
SMART data will show the data you mentioned; age of the drive, max temperatire, etc.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
For refurbished drives, the SMART values are reset to “new”.