Seagate 6 TB Enterprise Capacity HDD SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST6000NM0024)

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Performance

Customers generally have positive opinions about the performance of this Seagate Enterprise Capacity HDD, with some noting its impressive speed and large cache size. However, a few users mention that the drive runs hotter than expected and require additional cooling measures.

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Storage Capacity

Customers generally have positive opinions about the storage capacity of the Seagate 6 TB Enterprise Capacity HDD SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST6000NM0024). They appreciate its large capacity, fast read and write speeds, and reliability for data storage. However, some customers mention that it takes a significant amount of time to format the drive and that desktop-class 6TB drives can now be had for half the price.

Compatibility

Customers have mixed opinions regarding the compatibility of Seagate 6 TB Enterprise Capacity HDD SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST6000NM0024). While most customers reported successful installation and use on various systems, some encountered issues with mounting holes not matching their existing drives or additional setup steps required.

Durability

Customers generally express positive sentiment towards the drive's durability, citing its long warranty and reliability as reasons for their satisfaction. However, some customers have had concerns about the actual length of the warranty and the possibility of mechanical failures.

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Quality

Seems to be a very well built, fast hard drive.

This drive has a substantial feel to its build.

Through a plugable usb-3 dock, the drive sustained write speeds of 133mb/s averaged from overwriting the whole drive.

Backed by 5 year warranty, when most 7200 rpm drives only give 1 - 2 year warranties.

Price

I got this drive on sale at amazon for $419 and am very pleased with it.

Desktop-class 6tb drives can now be had for half the price of this drive.

Packaging/appearance

They've send books in better packaging than this.

I had an issue with the packaging.

For those curious, this is how the drive shows in dmesg in my freebsd test environment:5723166mb <st6000nm0024 1ht17z sn02&g... Read More

Competitiveness

Specifically, the predicted error rate ("nonrecoverable read errors per bits read") goes from 1 per 10e14 (for consumer seagate... Read More

I bought the seagate enterprise version because the longer life should more than make up for the higher price.

Magnetic hard drives are having a hard time being competitive with ssds in that realm, considering you can now obtain a 1tb ssd... Read More

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This product had a total of 92 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 18 2024.