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 (ST8000VNZ04/N004)

I bought a 4TB Seagate Ironwolf drive to replace a WD drive I had that was giving errors in my UNRAID server. I have not bought a Seagate drive in a very long time. There was a period of time when Seagate was great, then a period of time when they were not so great. Anyway, I figured I would give Seagate a try again, especially since their drive was $15 cheaper than the same WD drive at the time. I received my drive and it was well packaged in protective packaging and inside a box. The drive had the same familiar footprint dimensions but was a shorter height which was interesting. Anyway, it didn't make a difference really. I removed my failing WD drive from the server, and then slotted this seagate drive in. I then started the server and once booted I assigned the drive to the correct slot in the menu and the server immediately began rebuilding the data on the new seagate drive. The drive had zero issues and zero errors on it from testing and rebuilding. It delivers good read/write speeds, but read/write speeds are really dependent upon many factors and what the server is doing at the time and so forth, so no detailed reports on that. The Seagate drive has been running 24/7 on my server for about a month now and not a single issue with it so far. The shorter height is interesting as it lets more air from the front facing fans pass between it and the drive above it, so that is a plus I suppose. If this drive holds up for 6+ months I will probably replace more of my server drives with Seagate drives. I have 2 other server drives coming on replacement time in near while, so I will be purchasing at least a couple more of these as they go on sale from time to time.I will need to compare the longevity of the Seagate drives with the WD drives. I've had good luck with WD up until about a year ago. Now, their drives do not seem to be of the quality that they once were. I get a lot of errors on some WD drives sooner than expected. Hopefully these Seagate drives fair better.Anyhow, so far so good.

This is my third Seagate IronWolf internal NAS hard drive and the largest drive I've purchased to date. It was very easy to set up, connected immediately and has worked flawlessly since I installed it. The read/write times are quite decent as far as HDD drives go, especially at this size of storage. I am able to transfer large batches of files reliably in a reasonable amount of time without any issues.I have two of these drives installed in my studio workstation and one in an external dock. All of them have worked equally well, regardless of how they're connected. They are well designed and reliable, so they have become my go-to drives for file storage and backups. I trust them for short term storage, as well as backing up and archiving all of artwork, photos, videos, and studio documents long term. I also really appreciate the large storage space at this price point.I'm very pleased with my Seagate IronWolf internal NAS hard drives and plan to purchase another of these 12 GB drives in the near future for additional backups. I definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a large, reliable HDD drive at a reasonable price point!

I bought two 8 TB Seagate Iron Wolf NAS HDDs to mount in a new Synology DS224+. The drives were well packed, easy to prep for installation, and went into the DS224+ with no trouble. An hour after I opened the box the DS224+ was on our network loading installation data. The drives have never hiccupped, lost a bit or a byte, made excessive noise, or been the source of any problem. I see and read the reviews by other users who had different experiences. Those unhappy experiences are very different than mine. Our Synology NAS devices with Iron Wolf 8 TB HDDs store and stream music and videos, and maintain photos and important correspondence. They've been trouble-free for 14 months of usage. They run at 91 and 95 degrees F, connected to our home LAN.I would recommend these Iron Wolf HDDs to anyone building or acquiring a home NAS.

It is a mechanical hard drive; not much else to say. It works as a mechanical drive should and has been doing its job in my computer for several years without any problems. Speed is fine for a mechanical drive. It has remained silent and fully operational.