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Toshiba 6TB Enterprise 3.5" HDD MG04ACA600E $255.55 Shipped @ Systemax IT

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Toshiba 6TB Enterprise 3.5" HDD MG04ACA600E $255.55 Shipped @ Systemax IT
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rbaggio on 30/08/2016 - 15:26 systemaxit.com (1583 clicks)
Last edited 01/09/2016 - 12:16 by 2 other users

These are an Enterprise HDD, and are great for NAS' such as Synology 1515+/1815+ (and as such, are on their compatibility list).

** Old price ** This price of $262.95 shipped compares very favourably with the 6TB WD Red HDD for $369 (MSY).
** New price ** Direct from business is $255.55 shipped.

In fact it compares favourably with ANY 6TB HDD from a price perspective, let alone Enterprise-grade HDDs.

Seller has stock.

Able to potentially reduce the price further, by picking up from the seller in Melbourne (saving on shipping)

The seller does combine shipping as well.

Mod Edit: eBay listing sold out. Updated link to main website which still lists the hard drive as in stock and price which is lower.

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  • SnoozeAndLose on 30/08/2016 - 15:31
    -4

    I wouldn't buy it if I were you, the picture is not professional and the price is 30% cheaper?

    • O O on 30/08/2016 - 15:34
      +10

      Mate, I'd rather see a photo of an actual product than an stock photo.

      • SnoozeAndLose on 30/08/2016 - 15:35
        -3

        More than 10 items available and you think it will be the one you are buying?

    • plague69 on 30/08/2016 - 18:35
      +1

      I've not herd of any fake HDD's. And referb ones don't have their counters reset. So it's easy to find out if it is genuine. Besides, PayPal payment covers you for fakes and lemons.

      Rather safe gamble, but gamble none the less if you must look at it this way

      • deanylev on 30/08/2016 - 20:20

        Rather safe gamble

        Especially looking at the seller's feedback.

  • t25 on 30/08/2016 - 15:58
    +2

    Only issue I'd have is, how do they ship it? Is it going to get thrown in a box 3x the size bouncing around, or packed properly with foam and actual thought.

    Other than that, good deal!

    • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 16:19
      +3

      At $17.95 delivery you would expect it to be well packed.

      • t25 on 30/08/2016 - 16:26
        +1

        There's expectations, and then there is reality.

        Had a HDD from Amazon shipped beautifully, correct sized box, lots of packing material and lots of care. Basically two thumbs up from me. Next time I ordered a HDD from them, it was thrown into the box, zero stuffs given and just made a mockery of the brand. After sending a photo to Amazon comparing the first and second packages, Amazon decided it was too hard to bother with it and just refunded my money on the drive.

        A real pity I populated my G8 with the HGST drives, otherwise I would give them a go.

    • rbaggio on 31/08/2016 - 10:54
      +1

      Received the drives today, only ordered yesterday!

      Shipped via TNT. Drives were very well packed.

      Drives were each wrapped in bubble wrap/
      Drives were then packed in spongy foam stuff.

      • t25 on 31/08/2016 - 10:57

        That's very good. Will keep that in mind if I need future drives from them.

      • Saiya on 31/08/2016 - 12:05

        We're the drives sealed in the anti static bag?

        • rbaggio on 31/08/2016 - 12:09
          +1

          Yes. Same as in the auction photo.

  • emeraldpiggy on 30/08/2016 - 15:58
    +1

    Thanks OP, Bought one

  • Saiya on 30/08/2016 - 16:04

    Good deal, very tempting!

  • gretathunberg on 30/08/2016 - 16:09

    FAQs
    What warranty do you offer?
    We offer a 30-day warranty on all our products listed on eBay, sometimes an item will have manufacturer’s warranty still applicable in which case the item description will state this.

    • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 16:21

      Makes me wonder how this is legal. Must be a violation of ACCC warranty laws. Surely this is a business operating in Australia.

      "Warranty end is 30 day after delivery of the item. Systemax will not accept any warranty claims after the 30 days NO EXCEPTIONS."

      • Lukian on 30/08/2016 - 16:24

        Yeah I found their ABN easily enough.

        I think that's their warranty for "used" items, not for new items, which is perfectly legal?

        • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 16:25

          Me too. Right here for what i can tell this is it. http://abr.business.gov.au/SearchByAbn.aspx?abn=44119246543

          They are operating as a business in Australia so only honouring 30 days warranty and that's it has to be against ACCC warranty consumer guarantee law?.

        • Lukian on 30/08/2016 - 16:27

          @hollykryten:
          You don't have to offer warranty on "USED" goods. I'd assume it's simply erroneous for their "brand new" goods listings to say "30 days" (it's just a template). They really need to state that the ACL applies regardless.

        • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 16:27

          @Lukian:

          Yeah look again. I corrected it with the right ABN. The other one was the ABN for their trading name.

        • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 16:29

          @Lukian:

          This is although brand new.

        • Vhaluus on 30/08/2016 - 18:04

          30 days for used items is acceptable.

          However the item states new on the ebay page so they'd be in a very bad situation if they tried to enforce it.

          My advice to anyone that is buying one of these is to screenshot the page including the condition:new section just in case.

    • Lukian on 30/08/2016 - 16:23
      +1

      The listing really should state the manufacturer's warranty…

      These should have a 5 year warranty.

    • Rutger on 30/08/2016 - 16:58

      They can say they don't give warranty after 30 days but that would be laughed at either in a small claims court or by the ACCC.

      This item comes with the normal, legally required, statutory warranty so must be fit for purpose, as described and in good condition. Given it's an enterprise drive if it fails after a year no court or arbiter would say it's no longer covered and the seller isn't responsible.

      They can not like it as much as they want but by choosing to sell items to Australians they're also choosing to have the purchase covered under our laws (that also applies to foreign companies, though harder to enforce).

      http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/buy/contextual/return-policy.h…

    • plague69 on 30/08/2016 - 18:39

      MSY asked me to contact Gigabyte after the mobo blew up within 7 days. I imagine it would be the same thing. PayPal covers you for 120 days. But just be careful, VCAT does not play with claims in regards products intended for commercial use.

      • cheesecactus on 31/08/2016 - 01:44

        I've taken gfx cards back to msy after several years and theyve been more than happy to send it off to the manufacturer and call me when its ready.

      • MasterScythe on 31/08/2016 - 08:38
        +1

        Man MSY really differs between states eh.
        In QLD, all the MSY's are super helpful. But ive heard horror stories out of Victoria (no idea where you are though)

        • plague69 on 06/09/2016 - 00:36

          I'm in VIC :) lucky me

  • serrin on 30/08/2016 - 16:32

    There's also these guys for a whole $1 less ($242.95 each + $18.95 shipping, $9.95 for each HDD after the first, more expensive for 2+ HDD though).

    • rbaggio on 30/08/2016 - 16:34

      Thanks, yeah I saw that seller as well.

      Thought I would post the other seller as (a) have bought from them in the past, and (b) has slightly better feedback.

      • serrin on 30/08/2016 - 16:37

        Seems strange that these two stores are selling 6TB drives for such low prices, and enterprise drives at that. Online USA retailers seems to be selling for $230 USD (~$305 AUD), which is quite a bit more than what these two shops are doing them for.
        Tempted to build a new NAS…

  • al8 on 30/08/2016 - 16:41

    I bought 2 printer from them before. There are IT specialist with massive warehouse.
    There are selling mostly second-hand product as their client upgraded them.
    I will assume those HDD have be used in enterprise server. Heavily used.

    • rbaggio on 30/08/2016 - 16:43

      The listing says NEW.

    • Rutger on 30/08/2016 - 16:46

      Condition: Brand New

    • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 16:50

      And the photo shows brand new sealed in anti static bag.

    • qtvinsta on 30/08/2016 - 17:18
      -3

      maybe second hand but brand new unused by previous owner

  • rbaggio on 30/08/2016 - 16:42

    I know Hitachi recently divested themselves of SOME of their Enterprise HDD business to Toshiba. May be something to do with Toshiba not doing as well as they thought, so dumping some stock.

    These drives are very good drives, and are seen in Enterprise SAN/NAS storage arrays. The price point is too good!

    • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 16:52

      Could be over supply stocked of these too and so dumping them cheaper to get rid of them.

  • videoman on 30/08/2016 - 17:20
    +2

    The seller has accepted many lower offers already so you might be able to get it even cheaper (although they might not now it's been posted on ozbargain and selling like hot cakes). http://offer.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item…

  • hamwhisperer on 30/08/2016 - 17:24
    -1

    I've been through more of the 5TBs than you can poke a stick at, these don't compare to Reds at all, the 7200rpm makes them hot, power hungry, noisy.
    If you're using such huge disks you probably have a NAS which is fine with 5400 drives once you start getting the combined speed of multiple drives.

    • serrin on 30/08/2016 - 18:09

      True, but $245 for 6TB HDD is pretty cheap. Would I prefer a more power efficient 5400RPM drive for the same or slightly higher price? Yes. Would I pay $300 for a 5400RPM non-enterprise drive? No.

      • hamwhisperer on 30/08/2016 - 18:15

        I bought 6 2.5 years ago and I've replaced 6 or 7 of them……………… I also have to have a fan on my NAS 24/7, winter and summer to keep the disks under 48c

      • xuqi on 30/08/2016 - 20:54

        No warranty though for OEM drives.

  • XeSSiV on 30/08/2016 - 17:36
    +3

    So I called up and asked about these drives. They're OEM drives and as such don't qualify for factory warranty. The rep said that Systemax offers a 6month warranty on the drives. No deal from me unfortunately.

    • hollykryten on 30/08/2016 - 17:41
      +1

      As far as i'm aware all OEM hard drives qualify for warranty even statutory warranty. OEM hard drives are the ones that come as a bare drive in an anti static bag just the same as this one is.

      • klownz on 31/08/2016 - 13:12

        Don't all drives come this way?

        I've never bought a HDD which was sold in a box (other than those USB hard drives).

        • FiveDarrah on 01/09/2016 - 12:13

          Not all drives. HGST deskstar NAS drives come in very sturdy boxes with moulded plastic support pieces inside.

        • hollykryten on 02/09/2016 - 21:52

          I did just recently. A Toshiba P300 2TB 3.5" HDD from Amazon came in a retail boxed packaging with a styrofoam support piece inside surrounding it for protection.

    • Vhaluus on 30/08/2016 - 18:30
      +1

      Too bad for them they're legally required to offer a 12 month warranty on them as they're selling as new.

  • Danthemanz on 30/08/2016 - 18:29
    +1

    Bought 2, good deal.

  • NoComment on 30/08/2016 - 19:07

    Sorry guys, cleaned up the last 2, deal is over :(

  • Stphen on 30/08/2016 - 20:59

    I am sure these drives will be fine, but here are the nuts and bolts of a fake hard drive:

    when we finally opened it up, we found nothing but a USB flash memory drive, a chip that bypasses file writing errors and two sets of heavy nuts and bolts to increase the weight

    The forgers modify the file table of the fake portable drives to make it look like a large size disk like 2 TB while it is only a few megabytes flash disk. To reveal the real size of the drive, you can format the disk drive in Windows using the FAT32 file system and it will reset the file table to reveal the true disk size of the portable drive. In my case, the 2 TB drive turned into a 128 MB drive.

    http://www.trishtech.com/2014/08/spot-fake-external-hard-dis…

  • garetz on 31/08/2016 - 01:33
    -2

    These look recertified, that would explain the warranty.

  • jkim on 31/08/2016 - 12:21

    Did anyone get theirs?
    I looked up the seller to try call them and see if they have any to sell to me, and it seems the business is closed.

    • rbaggio on 31/08/2016 - 12:26

      Yes my drives turned up today, well-packed.

    • NoComment on 31/08/2016 - 18:20

      They just dispatched mine today so hopefully I'll get it Friday or early next week.

    • AssociatedSystemax @ SystemaxIT.com on 02/09/2016 - 12:55

      Hi jkim,

      what number did you try to call, our number is (03) 9357 6414

      Thanks,
      SystemaxIT.com

  • rbaggio on 31/08/2016 - 18:52

    Installed them in the NAS today. These are the real deal.

    Interestingly they appear as "Generic S600 Hard Drive", firmware FS2B.

  • rbaggio on 01/09/2016 - 10:01

    Deal back on again at direct website. $255.55 shipped.

    • smoke87 on 01/09/2016 - 14:18

      Thanks, ordered 5.

  • klownz on 01/09/2016 - 11:53

    MTTF = 1,400,000 hours….

    Hang on, thats 58,333 days, or 159 years…

  • AssociatedSystemax @ SystemaxIT.com on 02/09/2016 - 12:47
    +1

    Hi Guys,

    We are the seller of these drives, just want to confirm that these drives are brand new OEM Toshiba Enterprise drives, they have never been used and sealed in static bag. They come in a box of 20 drives but obviously they will not be shipped in that box unless someone purchases 20 drives. But all drives are packaged properly before being shipped.

    Normally all items are shipped same day unless the order is placed after 3pm which then it will be shipped the following day.

    if you guys have any questions please don't hesitate to ask :)

    Thanks,
    SystemaxIT.com

    • smoke87 on 02/09/2016 - 20:55

      Can confirm they overnight air delivered mine!

      • AssociatedSystemax @ SystemaxIT.com on 03/09/2016 - 21:24

        Hi smoke87,

        Can you send me your order number and I will let you know.
        Also you can log into SystemaxIT.com and go to my account, there you will be able to see the status of your order and tracking number.

        Thanks,
        SystemaxIT.com

        • smoke87 on 04/09/2016 - 09:26

          Sorry i meant to say, I am confirming for ithers that your business works very quickly and overnighted the drives to me :-) very impressed. Now I just have to rangle with TNT, next time they can deliver to my office.

    • OptimisticPessimist on 03/09/2016 - 09:44

      Can you confirm the warranty period for these drives?

      • AssociatedSystemax @ SystemaxIT.com on 03/09/2016 - 21:26

        The drives have 1 year warranty.

        Thanks,
        SystemaxIT.com

  • id on 05/09/2016 - 15:27

    started to stress test a few drives (5) before I put them into production. Some of u might be interested to know that these are the same drives that dell uses on some of their enterprise poweredge servers. With the difference being, dell having their label plonked and firmware revision are higher and actively released (dell toshiba hdd firmware are not compatible with Toshiba OEMS HDD). You might have to request Toshiba for firmware for these as I haven't found them yet. These OEM drives comes with a limited generic labeling with only the model, partno,serialno. The only risky part is u have no idea of the story behind these batches / where they have been obtained. So might want to stress test them before settling with them. So far 15% within tests and no probs.

  • smoke87 on 05/09/2016 - 18:43

    How are you stress testing yours? I just discovered these wont initilaise on my Oroco 1088… having to do this on SATA was a mild inconenience I am happy to bear for the $500 in savings on 5 disks

    • id on 05/09/2016 - 21:09

      just doing a single pass Write Test using Victoria 4.3 for win. Simultaneously running on all 5 drives. 60% now from 5 hrs ago. So far no probs. HDD avg temp 29C. A handful 224ms blocks. Nothing to be alarmed about.

      • smoke87 on 06/09/2016 - 08:42

        Thank you I will look into it.

        How many did you buy? I got 5 and still wondering what I should do with 5x6tb and 6x4tb drives when I have 10 bays in my USB hub (Orico 1088) attached to my 24/7 machine. I apprentlt limited to Windows storage spaces and they dont appear to support anything better than Raid-5 and they dont support increasing the size (allocating more drives) of an already allocated space.

        Incredibly frustrating as I currently have those 6x4tb drives about 75% utilised… meaning I dont have the space to copy all my stuff and attempt building one large array with storage spaces.

        • id on 06/09/2016 - 11:40

          My req are a little diff. I have the need to mirror a pair of hdd. Total i ended buying 8.

          Its a great buy. Solid performance. Ran 41C max on a poorly ventilated microserver going at full load. Pretty silent for an enterprise hdd. Hopefully the 5yr wrty confidence by toshiba will outlast the 1yr given by systemaxit.

  • Poseidon on 05/09/2016 - 21:26

    Thanks OP, ordered a couple. I will make sure to stress test before putting them in active duty.

  • Storm on 08/09/2016 - 20:28

    Went to linked site and only choices are free pickup or nearly $26 to ship via dhl. What happened to the free shipping?

    • hollykryten on 08/09/2016 - 20:47

      You didn't notice that the thread was expired 2 days ago meaning that deal ended.

      • Storm on 09/09/2016 - 01:52

        Mod Edit: eBay listing(ebay.com.au) sold out. Updated link to main website which still lists the hard drive as in stock and price which is lower.

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