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Is this offer on Ebay about Exos valid? Why their label white and not Green? (alien.top)

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

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It has a white label than usual green.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115866495063?epid=5025898777&hash=item1afa2e6857:g:GV0AAOSwGzRkudlZ

They also sell green version with 10$ more. https://www.ebay.com/itm/115963753087?epid=5025898777&hash=item1afffa727f:g:LLEAAOSw6IZlRalg

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

I missed that the first drive states New. Then it can't be refurbished/recertified. What's strange is that it says 0 bad sectors, which couldn't be determined unless the drive is used and tested. A strange thing for the seller to state. The manufacturers test the drives before they're sold, so in theory, every new drive has 0 bad sectors.

Thinking about it, I think I've seen reports of some new Exos (as reported in SMART) are labeled Seagate Enterprise Capacity and with the white label. Since the seller doesn't state they're OEM, I suspect they're binned drives.

There's no such thing as truly good or truly bad manufacturers (of which there's only Seagate, WD/HGST and Toshiba today). Nor are there any truly good or truly bad drives either. Seagate did have a truly bad 3TB drive 2013-16, but the drives and design have been long discontinued.

ServerPartDeals is highly recommended here for deals. They sell both new and used drives and provide a warranty on the used drives themselves. And are likely to be around in the next five years.

The drive you linked to seems to be sold by the same seller on eBay, though I'm not sure why they have several different names depending on where they're selling.

It's your call whether the price is worth getting only a 90 day warranty. Which brings us to what you determine is a more important. Price or warranty. A longer warranty at a higher price is essentially insurance to make you whole in product. Data integrity is always your responsibility, which is why you have backups!