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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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[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

I strongly recommend not putting 5x 10tbs in raid 5 if you value data integrity of the set. Chance of failure during a rebuild following a dead disk is disproportionately high.

Consider instead: Raid 1+0, Raid 6 or ZFS. I use 1+0 in my 4x4tb set as a reasonable compromise for usable space and speed.

One of thousands of such articles; https://www.askdbmgt.com/why-raid5-should-be-avoided-at-all-costs.html