Pros & Cons
Pros
As they’re nas drives they are noisier than some others but not too loud, fine for nas. Yes it is a tiny bit slower but as the processor is only an i7-4790 it's hardly noticeable.
Seagate ironwolf 4tb drives offer exceptional value for money along with excellent performance. They boast an impressive cache size for such a relatively low capacity drive at 256mb. However, this characteristic is shared with my external 14tb wd elem... Read More
Used this to replace a failing drive. It's fit for purpose as a caddyless drive. Taking it to 7 disks in total. Great drive - typo in the listing this is model st4000vn006.
Works, does as it says on the tin. Great nas drives. It sits behind me in a small office. Works brilliantly in a nas system.
Arrived well packaged and installed easily. It's soul-destroying thinking of the hdd falling from letterbox height protected by a mere envelope, or a crushed box. The drives were packaged well.
Cons
This hard drive produces a rhythmic, pulsing, humming noise like a heartbeat. Its doubtful any of the data is even retrievable at this point.
Highlights
Quality
Great product easy to install and the space is refreshing in my pc build
Great storage disc , easy to install
Haven't noticed any increase in noise, and it's still showing 0 smart errors after heavy use.
The device made a continuous hunting noise and was shown as bad by the nas.
Price
These drives were reasonably priced for the size and storage capacity and easily swapped into my nas replacing the unbranded no... Read More
Good value and does everything i need them to do (and look nice before they disappear into my terramaster nas).
Shipping
The good news was that a call to amazon product support resulted in a free replacement being sent for next morning delivery and... Read More
The new disk arrived as promised and works perfectly - albeit after another lengthy volume rebuild.
Packaging/appearance
I give the product 5 stars but as a word of warning but to also compliment customer services on how they handled this:i bought ... Read More
Competitiveness
I've had trouble with another brand that i will never buy again.
As such, i chose these 6tb seagate iron wolf nas drives.
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These disks are part of a raid array in my nas
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Ive had trouble with another brand that i will never buy again
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I had to replace a 2 faulty with few running hours wd red drive
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Will have to see how long these last
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Why they need 2gb for formatting is a scandal its just theft
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Apart from not receiving what i bought its an ok drive
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Lost a drive in a laboratory network area storage nas device and bought a few of these to replace the raid array before i lost any of the data