bought a used drive would you use it

[robti]

Hi i bought a used drive of the bay as it had zero hours on it, looking at the photo would you use it in the array, sorry i cant read the results

[JorgeB]

Yes, looks healthy, but you can run an extended SMART test to confirm.

[robti]

thanks checked warranty and just under 4 years left so will give it a try.

Thanks

[Ellis34771]

I buy used drives all the time.  (Someones with many hours on them).  The amount I save is insane over a new drive.  (Enough to justify if one fails, I'd have to replace it.). Thus far I've only had one drive failure, and that was ironically one of the rare brand new drives I purchased. 

[Lolight]

11 hours ago, Ellis34771 said:

Thus far I've only had one drive failure, and that was ironically one of the rare brand new drives I purchased. 

Sounds like a real good experience in your particular case.

 

To everyone else - YMMV.