What does the condition "new pull" mean?

I'm looking for a hard drive, and some of the conditions are listed as "New Pull" or "System Pull". I figure the System Pull means "taken from a computer and now sold separately" but what does New Pull mean? Does this mean it was assembled and never used? Or maybe it has been freshly pulled from a used machine?

System pull means it has been taken out of a previously used system, but was tested and working. New pull means it was taken out of a system that was never used.

For anyone trying to figure out what the terms new pull and new bulk mean in terms of disk drives (and other computer components), please see this link: http://www.istoragenetworks.com/avoid-bulk.php

Disk drive manufacturers (and system builders such as HP, IBM, SUN/Oracle) do not sell equipment as bulk. “Bulk pack” and “ new pull” merchandise are either factory rejected units or plain old used units that ended up in the hands of a broker that does not have the tools to properly test the equipment.

"Gnoupi" hit the nail right on when he said "new pull" is "shiesty term created by the industry." How often do you think users buy servers / workstations / SANs ,yank out all the components without using them, and post them for sale?

Users should use tools like Seagate SeaTools(http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/) to read the number of power on hours on any drive they purchase that is not factory sealed. Shamefully, we have found that just about every disk drive we have purchased (advertised as a new pull or new bulk) had thousands of power on hours recorded in the log pages.

Just about all U320 and U160 SCSI drives are out of production as of 2012. Production on the Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 U320 line of drives ended in December of 2011. Production of the Cheetah 10K.7 line of drives ended in 2007.

(Side note: I work for iStorage Networks, and the majority of products we sell are end of life disk drives.)

"New pull means it was taken out of a system that was never used."

That statement is not true. It was taken out of a system for what ever reason, upgrade perhaps, but shows no signs of problems. It has been used, but no problems has been detected after a thorough check.

It's a shiesty term created by the industry.

For people looking for new and have new in their heads when new isn't available and never will be.

New Pull is a drive that is pulled from a system, that is clean and can pass for new with no failures at all. In football terms, a reliable veteran.