Seagate IronWolf 8 TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 256 MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage (ST8000VN0022)

I know this is a NAS drive, but I wanted to use it on desktop with heavy hdd usage (video editing). Unfortunately the drive arrived dead, kept beeping upon booting and couldn't be recognised. Have just returned it to Amazon third party supplier. Installation was tricky on Zalman Z3 plus case. I managed to find spare hard disk support rails from 3 years back. But left one didn't fit the hdd as this doesn't have 3 standard holes like other drives. It only has two holes at the ends, which makes it difficult to properly install & support in the hdd cage. I somehow managed to install it, but didn't work as it was never recognized and kept beeping. Changed power connectors & sata cables that were working with other seagate drive (barracuda). Am now looking for a replacement.Update: 7.May.2019: I was searching for a decent alternative and couldn't find one. So decided to order the same hdd from Amazon directly, by selecting the packaged option which was expensive compared to the OEM option. But I think that was worth it. Amazon sent it nicely packaged, and this time the installation went absolutely fine. HDD was recognised without an issue, and no beeping :). It has been working fine for over a couple of months now. No complaints. It is in the machine which is in our bedroom. If I leave the desktop switched on during night, odd read/write is audible. But not loud enough to cause trouble. Read/write speed is adequate for my video editing. I just need to set up a back-up with similar capacity drive so that I don't accidentally lose my content. Perhaps will buy another one & set it up as a mirror.

I bought four of these for a new external NAS caddy and they work well until they fail which in my case has been 7 months after purchase. Having checked the serial number on the Seagate websites the warranties all expired in Sept 2021 despite me only purchasing them in Dec 2023 so be wary of the sellers who are selling old stock or refurbished items. My suggestion would be to check the serial number of each drive against the Seagate website upon purchase and to return any that are out of warranty

If Hard Drive manufacturers would stop with the 1TB = 1,000gb con, I'd be a lot happier, as those 24gbs add up. You get about 7.2TB for your 8TB money, but Seagate aren't the only ones, so that's just a general rant.The drive spins nice and quietly at a comparatively sedate 5,400rpm, which isn't leading edge even for HDD, but it probably contributes to its longevity, and with the data travelling over a 1gbps network at best, it's not really going to be stressed out delivering data.Why four stars? Seagate have only provided four mounting-holes on the side of the chassis, which just happens NOT to include the important middle(ish) ones that most caddies use to stablise the drive. As such, they're supported by only two screws in my new Synology NASs, which doesn't do much for my confidence. Fortunately, they won't be getting thrown about much after I've finished setting them up under my desk, so I think I'll live, and hopefully they will too.

I ordered the Seagate 8 TB IronWolf 3.5 Inch 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive from Box Ltd.The parcel arrived well packaged in a well protected in a tough plastic air bubble wrapper designed for hard drives, not standard bubble wrap.The drive took standard sata cables and is running on a old desktop 2nd gen i5 processor, which I will be using as a storage server (my cheap 'on demand' NAS), but the drive does look a bit thicker than my other drives, but it is 8Tb.The drive is fast (7200 prm) and quite and is working well; but this is just 2nd day of use.My only gripe is the courier delivered the parcel to the wrong address, but I was given information to track down the parcel from Box Ltd.

8TB capacity for a reasonable price. These drives run hotter than my 5k prm nas drives but thats to be expected with them being 7k. I have been running these now for aalmost a year and no issues with SMART reports, no reallocated sectors etc. The onything to note with these disks is that they are definately louder on write than the WD Reds or Hitachie He drives i have them installed with. 2 year warranty - no complaints so far

Excellent drives sustained writes of around 214 Mb/s I bought 4 of these drives to replace 4 4 Tb drives the data transfer was held up by the far slower 4 Tb WD RED 5200 RPM drives all had at least 3 TB transferred across in a single sitting. They did get hot so I would recommend a drive bay cooling fan but seem fast and reliable.I would recommend these above Barracuda 5200 RPM drives but I can't say weather the Barracuda Pro Drives are better as I have not tried them.Overall good purchase so far but as with all Hard Drives Time will tell as RELIABILITY over time is key especially on large HDD's