ovrspec 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2017 I have just taken delivery of two 4TB HGST UltraStar 7K4000 drives that I purchased this week, all good except when I cut them out of their anti static bags I was shocked to see that the sticker on the drives says "JAN-2014". If I'm not mistaken (?) that's the month/year of manufacture. Every other drive I've purchased in the past was made at least in the same year, this is the first time I've had 3+ year old drives delivered, should I be concerned about the reliability of these drives? The model comes with a 5 year warranty, but still... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian 157 Report post Posted April 6, 2017 You can run SMART tools to ensure they're new, but I'd not worry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katy 2 Report post Posted April 6, 2017 I wouldn't worry either, especially when it involves HGST. These are exceptionally good drives, hence the 5 year warranty. In February 2016 I bought 2 3TB HGST drives, both of them produced also in 2014. They're running non-stop ever since, in a small business server, and are in perfectly good condition SMART wise. For your peace of mind, have a look at the Blackblaze's stats: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/ HGST drives have extremely low failure rates, around 1%, some models way bellow 1%. Their price and the 5 year warranty are well justified. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
continuum 18 Report post Posted April 6, 2017 Out of curiosity, which retailer were they from? I generally don't worry much about manufacturer date on drives, but "new" "old" stock that old is unusual. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ovrspec 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2017 Thanks for the responses, the disks are definitely brand new and unused (power on hours = 0). I got them from Scan, a well respected supplier in the uk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SgtSixpack 0 Report post Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) Scan are out of stock of HGST drives now. I bought a https://www.hgst.com/sites/default/files/resources/DS_NAS_ds.pdf OSO4005 which is in the post, but its the newer version of OSO3665, one of which I have already. I was looking for an identical drive to the one I have but amazon suggested a similar drive and it was a no brainer, newer version + double the 64Mb cache of older one. Edited August 17, 2017 by SgtSixpack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
larrymoencurly 0 Report post Posted December 16, 2017 In 2016 Fry's offered Toshiba MK2002TSKB enterprise drives for $59 with 5-year warranty, only the warranty started at the date of manufacture, and these drives had been manufactured 4 years earlier. They were not advertised as refurbished, and the SMART data indicated they were new (although SMART can be erased), but they didn't come in metallic anti-static bags, only hard plastic clamshells, many which were dented and cracked. Toshiba's own product manual said they had to be operated every 6 months and shipped in anti-static bags. Some Fry's customers exchanged them for brand-new WD Black drives, but I got HGST Ultrastars instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
continuum 18 Report post Posted December 19, 2017 With proof of purchase, the manufacturer warranty should be from date of purchase. However... 2012 to 2016 is extremely abnormal, and I would wonder what the hell happened there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian 157 Report post Posted December 19, 2017 Agreed, that gap is bizarre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtsn 5 Report post Posted December 21, 2017 There was a HDD price hike in 2011 and following years with some people/companies starting to hoard HDDs. Looks like these "futures" reappear on the market now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites