> Are you buying bare drives, or shucking them from enclosures? We haven't had to shuck drives since 2012. And we only started doing that because regular drive

> Are you buying bare drives, or shucking them from enclosures? We haven't had to shuck drives since 2012. And we only started doing that because regular drive prices went up so much due to the Thailand flooding. I believe all those drives have now been replaced as well. If you want a good write-up (along with links to past posts) this is a good "Hard Drive Farming" write-up -> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/farming-hard-drives-2-years-and-1m-later/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/farming-hard-drives-2-years-a...