Recertified Refurbished White Label Drives Seagate Exos X22 22TB OS OOS HDD
Unboxing Recertified Whitelabel OOS or OS Seagate Exos X22 22TB HDD 2 pieces bought from datablocks.dev in Netherlands.
I paid full price and shipping – not a sponsored video.
Unboxing
Installation
Speed tests S.M.A.R.T. information
Extended full disk surface write tests
Swap old and new drive letters in Windows 11
Starting with the negatives
The seller had the shipping address a bit different than what I send.
Placed the street number too far away from the street name but got in contact and he was very helpful and changed it. But if I didn’t notice, it would probably be lost or delayed.
The drives have some big dents on them.
The positives
The drives work after full write+read verify test. The drives are silent and keep cool with proper ventilation.
The shipping was very fast compared to the usual here.The Shipping box was very well packed with fragile warning labels outside and lots of bubble wrap inside.
The seller doesn’t know anything about this video being made.In the series with these drives I will review the risks of buying OS or OOS Out Of Spec Drives HDD refurbished to recycle and reuse.
These drives were probably used in a datacenter or were defective, returned to Seagate and rebuilt or just inspected.Sealed and recertified but this OS or OOS type of drive is not good enough to put the branding Seagate Exos on it even as recertified and that’s a bit worrying.
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After unboxing I installed the drives in my PC and compared the noise with the exising WD 5400 RPM Helium filled drive.
Was thinking that the Whitelabel Refurbished Exos X22 22TB might have more vibrations or noise just from being a 7200RPM spinning rust drive.
They not noisy! Both really quiet and only when seeking they make a louder head seek noise but nothing annoying in a PC.
Doing speed tests with Crystal Disk Mark shows great speed or approximately 280MB/S write speed which is expected as a 7200 RPM HDD should be like that especially when empty.Did Self test with Sea Tools and all ok.
Was going to do the extended test with Sea Tools but decided to use the H2testw tool I usually use that will write the while drive full then read the files to verify.It takes 20-24 hours to write but can be done at the same time on both.Then another 20 hours to verify.
Temperature is pretty stable as seen in the test video at around 48 Celsius. One of the drive is in a HDD cage and not well ventilated so it reaching 50 degrees Celsius.The serial number and model number don’t match Seagate Exos X22 22TB but I believe this is normal as Seagate is removing any references to it’s brand from these white label hard disks.I don’t know how bad these OS or OOS drives can be but for now they work perfectly.There is no warranty from Seagate for these drives.
Only a 1 year warranty from the seller / shop so there are risks taken with these.The price I bought them at is 279 EURO each + shipping.279 / 22 TB is 12.68 EUR per TB of storage.It would have been a much better deal at 11 EUR / Terabyte but these are high density and 20TB drives tend to be cheaper.Still a great deal unless they fail after 12 months.
The usable storage is actually 20TB.What’s a bit worrying is the Read Error Rate S.M.A.R.T. attribute going up and down but still not showing any Windows 11 Drive failure errors and it’s above the threshold value so maybe it’s a Seagate thing.
Usually I buy WD drives but took the bait for these cheaper manufacturer refurbished or recertified drives.They won’t be used a lot but mostly storing data. Still have to do a burn-in stress test to make sure it’s not a DOA situation.
So far everything seems ok but will update after a while of use.
h2testwErrors at the last file written on the drives
Probably it’s a bug in the testing tool hopefully.Verification takes another 20+ hours
O:Media has filled up earlier than expected!In the beginning there were 20981318 MByte free, but only20981293 MByte could be written.Warning: Only 20981318 of 20981741 MByte tested.Writing speed: 205 MByte/sH2testw v1.4
R:Media has filled up earlier than expected!In the beginning there were 20979780 MByte free, but only20979755 MByte could be written.Warning: Only 20979780 of 20981741 MByte tested.Writing speed: 202 MByte/sH2testw v1.4
After tests finished got the results, all OK!
O:Warning: Only 20981293 of 20981741 MByte tested.Test finished without errors.Reading speed: 116 MByte/sH2testw v1.4
R:Warning: Only 20979755 of 20981741 MByte tested.Test finished without errors.Reading speed: 115 MByte/sH2testw v1.4
Drive specifications from Crystal Disk Info
(05) OOS22000G
O:
Model : OOS22000G
Firmware : OOS1
Serial Number : 00003J2X
Disk Size : 22000.9 GB (8.4/137.4/22000.9/22000.9)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 42970644480
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-4
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 28 hours
Power On Count : 8 count
Temperature : 47 C (116 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., NCQ, Streaming, GPL
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : O:
(06) OOS22000G
R:
Model : OOS22000G
Firmware : OOS1
Serial Number : 00004ANV
Disk Size : 22000.9 GB (8.4/137.4/22000.9/22000.9)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 42970644480
Rotation Rate : 7200 RPM
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-4
Minor Version : ----
Transfer Mode : SATA/600 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 28 hours
Power On Count : 7 count
Temperature : 49 C (120 F)
Health Status : Good
Features : S.M.A.R.T., NCQ, Streaming, GPL
APM Level : ----
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : R:
So far after doing the write and read tests the drives are ok and the read error rate is usually above 80 so that looks ok to me.The drive that is cooler usually get a lot warmer when the GPU is working and producing more heat.
I have a PC cooler fan nearby but seems like it’s not enough so I will try to move both drives in the drive cage and put a cooling fan to blow directly on the drive as close as possible.That should keep them happy.
At some point the drive next to the gpu was at 55 degrees Celsius while the GPU was working hard so I had to cancel the GPU tasks until the hard drives finish the Write/Read tests.
Info taken from the seller
This leading Seagate Exos X22 22TB SATA hard drive with model number ST22000NM001E offers high-capacity storage, is highly reliable with an MTBF rating of 2.5 million hours, and delivers high performance. Ideal for use in a computer, server, or NAS.
Explanation White Label Hard DrivesA White Label hard drive is a disk that has been returned to Seagate, for example by a hyperscaler (e.g., HP Enterprise), and typically has zero operating hours and is 100% error-free.
White Label drives can contain scratches or small dents. Seagate White Label hard drives undergo thorough checks at the Seagate factory, come without Seagate branding, and are sealed. Model: ST22000NM001E
Exos X22 Enterprise
Capacity: 22 TB
SATA White Label Seagate.
