28TB hard disk

[Hardcore Games]

Searching for bigger disks I discovered a vendor offering 28TB ex server hard disks.

https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/28tb

I figure one of these can get a handle on a bunch of games. SSD capacity is better but hard disks can gobble up games galore.
Steam can move games from disk to disk or even a NAS

 

[theFOoL]

I'd buy it for sure man *If I had the money but if I didn't have too many HDDs

 

[LabRat 891]

Probably fine deal. Paid the same 2 months ago. Came looking brand new, factory-marked as refurbished, both passed 5days of testing w/ 0 errors whatsoever.
Been running 24x7 in a RAID1 for the last month or so.

From what I've heard, 'Big Data' companies will have literal PALLETS of these drives (new) sitting around as spares. Then, when they retire/upgrade their hardware, the unused spares get sent back to the manufacturer for some kind of credit, and get 'refurbished'.

So, there's supposedly a pretty good chance that these drives are actually "New oldstock, recertified".

 

[A Computer Guy]

Searching for bigger disks I discovered a vendor offering 28TB ex server hard disks.

https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/28tb

I figure one of these can get a handle on a bunch of games. SSD capacity is better but hard disks can gobble up games galore.
Steam can move games from disk to disk or even a NAS

NewEgg has recertified one for a bit less I was eyeballing for a few days now.

https://www.newegg.com/seagate-exos-st28000nm000c-28tb-enterprise-nas-hard-drives-7200-rpm/p/1Z4-002P-02M61