I just browsed eBay a bit and saw that older, used SAS drives can be had pretty cheap - 30β¬ for 4TB, but of course rather old drives, sometimes 10 years old.
Now, I wouldnβt expect ultra reliable, ultra fast, super cheap drives here. But this offer seems compelling, even buying a spare drive for higher redundancy would still be pretty cheap.
Question is: am I too optimistic here? Are these drives bound to fail within 3 months?
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