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Recertified Hard Drives - What does this mean? (serverpartdeals.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all. I've seen a few drives described as recertified like the one I have linked. Can anyone tell me what this means? Is it the same as used/refurbished? They all seem to be much cheaper than new so are catching the eye but I'm not sure if it would be a good idea.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Buy from a reputable reseller. Serverpartdeals has gained respect in this community.

Refurbished = used = recertified. They don't do anything to them except maybe scan for bad sectors and sometimes reset the SMART attributes. But Serverpartdeals provides a 2 year warranty for most of their drives as far as I'm aware. Warranty is through them though not direct from the drive manufacturer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the info 👍 Would you know of any reputable sellers in Europe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

While I personally haven't had the best luck with recertified drives, Serverpartdeals has always taken care of me.

Last week a 16tb Exo recertified died on me and was literally three weeks away from falling out of their 2 year warranty and they RMA'd it no questions asked.