Hi, I'm goin to build a NAS and was looking for hard drives, but the prices for new one are quite high here in Europe (specifically Italy).
I was looking for Ironwolfs or Ironwolf pros and a new 12TB is around 320€ for the standard and 350€ for the Pro, higher capacities are even worse so I was searching for recertified drives.
Looking both on Amazon and ebay I found many recertified drives, but it's not specified if they are manufacturer recertified or not, so I'm assuming they are not and thus I don't trust them.
Searching on reddit i found that while in the use there are a lot of places where you can find manufacturer recertified drives, here in Europe there doesn't seem to be many choices. I found:
Are there really no other sites that sell manufacturer recertified drive in Europe?
I'm mainly look for Ironwolfs or Ironwolf pros, but if there's a good deal I'll buy an Exos (the NAS would be in a storage room, so it's not a problem if the drives are loud). I'm accepting suggestions for other drives though.
I'm buying a Synology 423+ (if I can find it for a decent price), so I would need 4 drives