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How reliable are refurbished HDDs?

shayser · 2008-04-11 09:32:38

I need to replace a degraded drive in a RAID 5 system. The drives are no longer manufactured. The only one I can get is a refurbished drive from a UK company. They say they are "tested to manufacturer's standard" and come with a 90 day warranty. This is gong into our PDC and I don't want it failing again in a few months.…

11-04-2008 9:32am

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shayser

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I need to replace a degraded drive in a RAID 5 system. The drives are no longer manufactured. The only one I can get is a refurbished drive from a UK company. They say they are "tested to manufacturer's standard" and come with a 90 day warranty. This is gong into our PDC and I don't want it failing again in a few months. Anyone ever used one a refurbished drive before?

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#2 11-04-2008 11:07am

zod

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no .. I'm trying to imagine how a HDD can be refurbished with tolerances the way they are .. are you sure they are not just second hand , formatted and then tested?

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#3 11-04-2008 11:35am

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I've bought a few from Komplett over the years and never had a problem with them. They were refurbed by the manufacturer and even had a new sticker stating they were refurbed. As long as they're done by the manufacturer they should be fine but I wouldn't use them for anything critical.

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