heffe2001 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Out of curiosity, anybody here used any of these Water Panther drives in an unraid setup, or even heard of them before? https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=Water+Panther Looking to replace my existing parity drive with a 12tb 7200rpm SAS drive, and was looking at what was available out there.. Quote Link to comment
ijuarez Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Never heard of them, also with no reviews I be a little weary.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 According to their website, the drives are all from the big 3 OEMs (ie: Seagate, WD, ?) Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, Squid said: According to their website, the drives are all from the big 3 OEMs (ie: Seagate, WD, ?) Toshiba Quote Link to comment
heffe2001 Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 So basically (according to their page), white label brand name drives. I'll probably just go with an Seagate Exos ST12000NM0007 instead. Just though with the price difference, someone here may have tried them out. Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 The kicker with companies like these is that so long as the specs on the drives match, they can sell you a drive from whatever manufacturer they choose Whether that is Seagate, Toshiba, or if you're really I lucky, WDSent from my NSA monitored device Quote Link to comment
heffe2001 Posted July 23, 2019 Author Share Posted July 23, 2019 That was what I was kind of worried about, not knowing who actually made them. Could be anybody really. Quote Link to comment
Jlf1977 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 I bought one to find out. Got a Seagate. They are refurb sold as new. Stay away. Quote Link to comment
Chico Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 I bought few of their SSDs. They are refurbished but sold as new. The SMART table is cleared. They can't sell them under original brand as the reputable brand will track it down right away and they would risk a big legal trouble. That's why they sell under private label and much cheaper. The one I got were Toshiba beneath their label. Quote Link to comment
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