I use them for O/S distros. Data, no.

As a deal addict I can confirm that, generally, if you haven’t found a deal on something by Thanksgiving, it’s unlikely anything good will surface on BF or CM. Many vendors try to get the jump on BF buy starting their discounts in early November. BF is so called because it’s a big profit day for sellers, while it’s really Red Friday for buyers.

If these were in a RAID array, what can happen is that when one drive goes bad, the other drives get pushed into overdrive during recovery, which can then tip those over the edge.