What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
They run a bit smoother. Drive performs as expected. A bonus is the'very respectable' price.
They are fast. Hopefully lasts a long time. No problem with the seller at all on this. Both still works great! Awesome price.
The 16tb x18 exos are capable of 284mbs write speeds from my server to my nas. Streaming 16 transcoded streams of hevc with jellyfin from a single drive without even a stutter. Around 14tb formatted.
Enterprise-class hdds are noticeably much louder than consumer disks. The point of the x is to rate how many drives can be used inside an enclosure before the vibrations start affecting the performance.
Highlights
Quality
Easy to set-up, incredible quality, i use this on my plex nas server, it's a fantastic drive.
I used this in my synology server and so far it is holding up
They processed the return very well - and refunded with in a few weeks (time for the drive to be returned to them).
Running it hard through parity calculations and writes now as part of my pre-fail testing, but expect no issues.
Price
I would recommend these drives - good value for money.
My advice is to wait for it to go on sale.
It’s pricey but it’s more than worth it instead of the 5 tb one - once it fills up it’s annoying to fiddle with your desktop to... Read More
Shipping
Need to contact the seagate customer service to get the warranty information.
Drive was properly packaged and promptly shipped (though purolator sucks and sent the drive on a tour of canada before making a... Read More
Packaging/appearance
The hard-drive arrived anti-static bagged, bubble wrapped, and boxed individually.
The hard-drive boxe was then packaged in a larger box with paper packing material.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, packaged and fast. - Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 1954.
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 70.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 1,116 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 18 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My advice is to wait for it to go on sale
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had there 5 tb hard drive but i am not filling up on storage
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It’s pricey but it’s more than worth it instead of the 5 tb one once it fills up it’s annoying to fiddle with your desktop to get another in
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Seller was prompt and resolved the issue without any hassle but it makes me wary of the build quality from seagate
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Other than that it does what it says on the tin
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They processed the return very well and refunded with in a few weeks time for the drive to be returned to them
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The harddrive arrived antistatic bagged bubble wrapped and boxed individually
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The harddrive boxe was then packaged in a larger box with paper packing material
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