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Where do UK people buy their HDDs from? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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I got a server recently and now I need storage and I’m a little upset seeing the prices of HDDs.

My aim is for 4x10TB to run on RAID 5.

I saw other people linking serverpartdeals and they do ship to the uk but the shipping is insane particularly as I want to buy them one at a time to spread the cost.

So what would you guys suggest? New ones are hella expensive, but I can’t seem to find any decent places selling manufacturer recertified ones.

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[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I buy refurbished, buy extra for immediate swap, and rely on raid and multiple forms of backups

Was awhile back but I got multiple 10tb drives for like $70 ea while new ones would cost like 3x to 4x more

[–] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Thanks. I went for a used Grade A from the site the other person recommended, Robert’s Electronics, the reviews seemed decent it they give 5 years warranty. £118

I just need to get 4 for my initial goal but heard it’s better to spread them out for failures. Plus it’s easier on the wallet to spread them out 😂

[–] Zanz@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

When you buy refurbished drives, you don't want to buy them at different times since they should already be different batches. You want to get them all at once so you can make sure they're all the same model of the same specs.

[–] Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

That is why I bought spares, it sucks when a drive dies and you can't use NAS till new one comes it for raid rebuild, but funny enough that was when I used brand new 2tb drives