avidamoeba , 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago)

My second machine uses such disks. They work fine. They’re a bit more expensive than recertified datacenter WDs from SPD though. I can run a 48TB array with 4-disk redundancy with such disks from SPD for the price of the equivalent 48TB array made of shucked external WDs with 2-disk redundancy. The 4-disk redundant system will be more performant. I’m going to use my shucked WD array till it croaks but I’d be buying recertified replacements as the disks die.