I’ve recently converted an old 2013 office PC into an Ubuntu file and media server and used the only hard drive I had laying aound, which was a ~13 year old, 500GB 2.5" laptop hdd.

I live in Australia where drives are really expensive. Is it worth getting a sas card and buying these drives for $20 each? Seller says they’re from 2013-2014, all drives tested and working with not SMART issues found.

Thanks

  • hodak2@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have used a bunch of these types of drives without issue. Usually I get ultra star or the hgst ones. I have them in several servers and a NAS. You can’t beat the price. And for me. I would not have any big concerns with using these. If you get one with some type of problem just make sure to return it within the window.