Guys can recommend a reputable shop that sells 12TB HDD for NAS usage... at least 2yrs warranty .. budget below RM900 if possible .. likely refurb unit..

refurb unit life span maybe even shorter than you thought, last time my company bought refurb units, all also got problem when plugging in, endup my boss cancel the deal :X

https://www.sysnapse.com/Seagate-12TB-Exos-...YoaAky2EALw_wcB

found this.

I purchased some stuff from them before.

This post has been edited by anakkk: Mar 20 2025, 03:11 PM

too risky 3 months... i need at least 1 -2 yrs .. (new unit is 5 yrs)

Sysnapse is legit

do avoid most if not all of the ones on lazada/shopee that are cheap, due to them being old drives with smart data wiped to trick you into thinking its new

then when problems show up they're gone

some info

https://www.techspot.com/news/107093-scamme...tricks-try.html

For reference, it seems like roughly 1.4 to 1.5k is the new price for drives of that capacity from Toshiba

Truth is you might just need to eat the costs or get lesser capacity

I already have 2 units 12TB and 1 failed .. yes bought from Shopee and the seller MIA in terms of support... hence looking for other shops.. can be international as long they would honour warranty

just sharing my experience.

i bought used 16TB hdds (HC550) like a year ago for 500 rm each. So far all are still functioning well.
They were used for chia mining by the seller, which to me means they were hardly abused (ontime was like 2 years with low writes).

maybe you can try looking for those rather than refurbished? Used HDDs are actually more reliable, provided they are used properly.
I gotten mine from Carousell and picked them up from the seller (so that there is no chance of postage issue)

refurb unit many con case now.. i just did an onsite for a client who bought bulk 14tb hdd from some refurbish online... they wipe the firmware n data.. no use special software oso cant detect the problem... 90% bad sector.. my client n his fren kena bout 20 units

chia mining unit more reliable. coz use short time until until chia scam exposed

haha... true... the chia price never really went anywhere.
plus from what I understand, for chia at least, the HDD were used to only store the plots...

SSD were the ones being destroyed by chia.

actually 12TB for me way overkill ; and too expensive... but since already bought before.. its a waste going lower capacity..lets see if this MONO DIGITAL truly give me a new unit with 3 yrs warranty.

Mono Digital should be legit (confirm it is them)

They used to be more commonly seen on Shopee back in the before 2020 days, but they kinda sorta faded away

They are around but prices & deals not competitive.

they cancelled my order.. claim out of stock...

i guess its pricing error..

anyway I ended up order from seagate flagship store 2x6TB ironwolf..

effectively I'm getting 18TB storage with redundancy

(2x6TB + 1x12TB) ; the 12tb will act as 2 virtual 6tb under SHR (I hope so)

Sorry. U new to IT??

Single unit 12T HDD???

worse idea

All egg in 1 bag

4x4tb cheaper, much faster, raid 5, even 1 HDD failed, data still preserved

I have 2x12tb .. 1 failed.. the failed replace to 2x6tb

Then, you better buy new ones with a factory warranty.
In general, SSD is more reliable, if it can work for the first couple of months, it should last long enough

Did you deal with them before?
Last year contacting them trying to source original iPad battery from them, from their website they claims is original and it will ship from Singapore warehouse.
Because they do not keep the item in-stock, so they can't provide any "real" photo for verification. The price is higher compare to 3rd party battery.
I'm still skeptical, as far as I'm aware, Apple never sell parts to 3rd party, all the parts from authorized repair shops are tracked.

In the end I didn't buy it from them.

All I bought from them was a Dell Internal Floppy Drive

It took quite some time, probably had to come from an overseas warehouse, but it did eventually show up

Bought EXOS 16TB from this guy.
https://shopee.com.my/-OEM-S-BRAND-EXOS-4TB...772.26473172135

Verified with Seatool and its legit.