Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST8000VN004) (ST8000VNZ04/N004)

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Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB Cache for...

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Compatibility With Nas Systems

Customers have generally positive feedback regarding the compatibility of Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive with various NAS systems such as Synology and Open Media Vault (OMV). They report excellent performance, easy plug-and-play setup, and seamless data transfer. However, a small group of customers have encountered issues with initialization and drive failure within the first year.

Testing Performance

Some customers reported issues with the testing performance of the Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive, expressing concerns about the need for thorough testing before use and encountering problems such as drives not spinning up or heads fighting to reach the right track. Others had positive experiences with their drives functioning properly after testing.

Reliability

Customers have mixed opinions regarding the reliability of the Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD. While some report smooth data transfer, consistent performance, and no issues, others have experienced multiple drive failures within a short period.

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Quality

Best use for something that is cold-storage, not constantly in use.

Used for synology ds723 plus, and well done.

These are extreme durable drives and amazon put this on my doorstep within 3 hours of my order.

Seagate drive software for setup/formatting (not included) is horrendous.

Price

The capacity was in the perfect range for me between price to capacity.

And will just use samsung ssds in my raids as the price point will be perfect for my use .

Good price for the amount of storage (12 tb) - but the drive is noisy.

I would buy locally if it’s available for the same price.

Shipping

Received exactly what we needed in a timely manner

Thanks, the drive arrived fast and in perfect condition

Sent the bad one back and immediately after being turned in to the ups store, i had a message that the replacement was on the way.

Packaging/appearance

It was came in a box and good quality

The drives came well packaged in anti-static bags and with good shock protection.

I'd suggest ordering at least 4 of these together (and only these drives without any other products for a compact fit) as the p... Read More

Competitiveness

I've yet to deal with seagates rma system .

But i stopped using western digital as they would replace a 5 year warranty drive with a 90 day warranty drive and had that who... Read More

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This product had a total of 10,009 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 4 2024.