Is it a good idea to buy used hard drives, especially ones that

>>61330100
If you have a solid 3-2-1 backup plan and have some redundancy in your array, sure, why not.

No.. regular hdds are already very cheap it's not worth the risk.

buying used server drives is a great deal for the space, and if you don't buy them someone else will. hgst my nigga.

>>61330100

they really aren't much cheaper than new ones at this point, if you mean desktop drives

nothing wrong with using them though as long as it's redundant

>>61331200

Someone was offering to sell a couple of 1tb hard drives for 15$ a piece used.

Should I take them up on their offer?

>>61331478

I'd test them out with VIVA or something first, but may as well. just set them up as mirrors to each other