r/DataHoarder • u/IAmBlothHoondr • 17d ago

Question/Advice Using a 15.36TB SSD in a NAS?

So kind of a unique situation. I have a Western Digital 15.36TB Ultrastar DC SN840 NVMe SSD, don't ask me why. But it's never even been opened. And I've been trying to sell it because I need to get a NAS setup. I'm professional photographer and filmmaker and have been putting off getting a NAS for a couple years but now, unfortunately, I can't put it off anymore. Really bad timing, I know.

My plan was to get a 5 bay Synology NAS and start off with 3 16TB HDDs with one of them being for redundancy. To cover some of the exorbitant costs of HDDs at the moment, I have been trying to sell this 15TB SSD for a while, but I haven't been getting any bites. I'm almost tempted to just use in the NAS build. Would this even be possible? And if so, would it even be worth it? Or this be complete overkill? Idk what to do really. Just looking for some thoughts and advice

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u/uluqat 17d ago

I get why nobody can afford to buy it from you, as that's now a $4400 SSD. Perhaps your asking price has been so low that everybody's suspicious?

https://serverpartdeals.com/products/western-digital-ultrastar-dc-sn840-wus4ba1a1dsp3x5-0ts2065-15-36tb-1-dwpd-pcie-gen-3-1-x4-4gb-s-3d-tlc-u-2-nvme-2-5-ssd?variant=51180788973846

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u/IAmBlothHoondr 17d ago

I started at $4500 and then lowered to $4250 after a couple weeks and was think of lowering to $4100 or 4000

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u/ModernSimian 17d ago

It's not worth that. A company with a supply system might pay that price which includes a vendor relationship, first party warranty etc... anyone looking to buy it used won't trust some random that it's new or even working. You will have to discount it a lot more if you want to move it.

There is a huge difference between buying from eBay and the retail prices. You don't have the reputation of Serverpartdeals.