I have a Dell Poweredge r720xd in RAID10. I’ve had a couple of drives fail since I’ve bought it and was able to buy cheap replacements on ebay.
I had another drive fail recently and one of the spare ebay drives came up as “blocked”. It put me out a few days while I waited for a new one to arrive; also from ebay.
I’d like to avoid getting another dud drive. Are there any reputable resellers of these old drives so I can stock up on some spares?
Flash the raid controller and don’t worry about oem drives.
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/guide-flashing-h310-h710-h810-mini-full-size-to-it-mode.27459/page-5