Thoughts on MDD drives??

[jbuszkie]

I'm looking to upgrade my 2nd parity drive to max the capacity of my other parity drive.  So in looking for new 14T drives, I came across

MDD (MaxDigitalData?) brand that's pretty inexpensive.  There isn't too much here on MDD drives.  Has anyone had much experience good or bad with them?

This is what I saw on newegg..

https://www.newegg.com/p/1Z4-06MR-00017?Item=9SIA5ADKB31750

[whipdancer]

It's offered by GoHardDrive - I had poor interactions with them years ago and haven't given them another try. They had a horrible reputation for a very long time.  However, I've read relatively recent posts on SlickDeals where some people have said they have had no issues with GoHardDrive. Meh. In the past everything GoHardDrive offered was either reman or refurb. Don't know if that is still true.

I buy my harddrives (mostly enterprise) used from ServerPartsDeals. Outside of the occasional BlackFriday level sale WD sometimes has, I don't buy new drives (generally). I've purchased 10 drives so far (over the last 5 years) from SPD (all used), 1 failure that they promptly replaced (with a fraction of the hassle that I've had with WD or Seagate).

**ETA - 2 failures: 1 drive didn't pass preclear that they replaced without question. 1 drive failed at about 16 months (so still within SPD's warranty period), that SPD replaced promptly.  All without any of the hassle that I've had from WD or Seagate, and much more quickly. Seagate and WD each took almost a year to "close" an RMA (mark the failing drive as received and that the RMA was completed in accordance with their terms). Granted, that's the worst example I've had for either, but even the shortest experience still took probably 100 days to "resolve".
 

Edited September 12 by whipdancer

[jbuszkie]

Well I did end up getting the MDD drive from Amazon..  We'll see so long it lasts.  It passed the preclear test and is currently serving parity

[sunbound]

I just ordered an 18tb drive; got it today. considering the... mistrust... with these drives, I figured I would preclear it. So far, the one thing that strikes out at me is the fact that how the drive identifies itself to unraid does not correlate with ANYTHING on the label. this will be the 3rd 18tb drive in my sever... How do I identify it as the right one when it comes to replacement; besides process of elimination and trial ad error? (and watching the interface to make sure its the right one) Normally, its identified by model and serial in the interface.