Given how hard AI is on I/O, while restarting if hardware might go second hand. I dont see hard drives go second hand. Most hardware that we get might be used beyond redeeming even at free price.
Actually used hard disks have gotten pretty popular in the past few years, with sellers like ServerPartDeals building up a reputation by selling drives that are properly tested and recertified. As long as you have redundancy and backups by all accounts they hold up pretty well.
SPD is out of stock as well for all their high capacity, manufacturer recertified drives.
Got the 20TB Seagate recert in May 2025 for $239. Now it's $500 and out of stock [1].
Got another 28TB Seagate recert in Sep 2025 for $398. Now it's $482 and out of stock [2]. Same drive, but seller refurbished is also OOS, but at $700.
I sure hope everything in my homelab NAS outlives the AI bubble. Otherwise, I'll have to shut it down, as getting a replacement for ANY part inside it is going to be stupid expensive. I'm at least thankful I went for DDR4 motherboard instead of DDR5.
I don't think the HDDs are being used for any intensive loads. They have too much latency for most of that. It's probably just archival storage for their scraped content and generated slop.
kalleboo|13 days ago
gck1|11 days ago
Got the 20TB Seagate recert in May 2025 for $239. Now it's $500 and out of stock [1].
Got another 28TB Seagate recert in Sep 2025 for $398. Now it's $482 and out of stock [2]. Same drive, but seller refurbished is also OOS, but at $700.
I sure hope everything in my homelab NAS outlives the AI bubble. Otherwise, I'll have to shut it down, as getting a replacement for ANY part inside it is going to be stupid expensive. I'm at least thankful I went for DDR4 motherboard instead of DDR5.
[1] https://serverpartdeals.com/products/seagate-exos-x20-st2000...
[2] https://serverpartdeals.com/products/seagate-exos-st28000nm0...
digiown|13 days ago
zozbot234|13 days ago