detailedReviews: detailedReviews 1: content: I've been avoiding Seagate HDD products since the late 90s-early '00s because the QC on them was so bad they'd fail just sitting in a room with a running computer. One good experience with an internal Firecuda SD drive made me think that perhaps something had changed, so I got four of these IronWolf drives to us in my WD PR4100 in RAID 10 as a media drive.
These were the least used drives in my system, with the majority of their use being in short write operations for media files and read operations for streaming music. The most intensely they are ever used is during a full backup every Sunday. Yet sure enough, drive 3 and then 2 go within 24 hours of each other, wrecking the second mirror in my RAID array with drive 0 in the primary mirror signaling failure minutes after that. Fortunately I back this NAS up to the MyCloud Mirror I once thought to replace with it or my stuff would be hosed.
I'm not going to bother trying to set up a new array because the cause of the issue was detected drive faults, not actual RAID software config faults. This is just too typical of what Seagate HDD always were, and since I already happen to have two Western Digital Red Plus 8TB drives brand new just sitting nearby, I'm going to return these Seagates, get two more of the WDs, and profit from WDs legendary reliability and speed. Hell, the WD drives whose content I moved to this NAS are from 2013 and they're still going strong. As for the performance of these Seagates otherwise? Sure, they're about as fast as anything else while they work. But they do everything fast - including die. So I can't recommend. I just wonder how Seagate stays in business with lack of durability in their products like this.
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starRating: 1
title: Seagate drives failed within 24 hours
detailedReviews 2: content: Bought 3 of these in 2023. 11 Months with no troubles then one failed SMART tests and developed bad sectors. Transferred the data to the second drive so I could return this under warranty - as the drive filled up, it uncovered bad sectors on that drive too... which then failed SMART after that. Returned the first drive and was issued a credit, used the credit to purchase an Ironwolf 12TB disk... Drive was dead on arrival, wouldn't spin up and wouldn't detect. Tried the drive in every socket of the NAS, made no difference so that's heading back now as well. I've noticed all of the drives, including the DOA drive that just arrived were made in 2023? Maybe a bad year? Either way, three strikes and it's no more for me - far too much hassle. Service from PB Tech has been good, easy enough to return under Warranty, hoping I just got a bad batch.
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starRating: 1
title: Two drives failed, DOA replacement
detailedReviews 3: content: These drives are very noisy, and good luck using them in a Synology NAS. It's hit and miss on these in terms of using in a NAS. The box they come in, doesn't show any difference in a bulk of them, (we purchased 8). The errors only show after they're in the NAS and you attempt to create a storage array. 3 out of the 8 would not work at all, and 2 of them make a lot of noise. We're returning all 8 and replacing with Synology brand or WD Red Label. Buyer beware...
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starRating: 2
title: Noisy drives, 3 out of 8 failed
detailedReviews 4: content: Bought 2 drives from seller New Egg through Walmart. Arrived packaged on the flimsy side. One of them made HORRIBLE sounds like an old drive about to give up the ghost. It would spin up but wouldn't show up. Tried it on 4 different systems. The other drive worked but was already partitioned- so it was already used :(
Not gonna buy from them ever again!
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starRating: 1
title: Flimsy packaging, one drive DOA
detailedReviews 5: content: First of all I must say that the one star rating applies to the HD and NOT to NewEgg.com. All to the contrary, NewEgg deserves five stars for their quick, no hassle, replacement service. Now, about the drive: 1. It failed less than a month after purchase. 2. I used it as a secondary drive and thus not often. 3. It had less than 43 Gb’s of software and data when it failed and while I was using an application on it. 4. The failure was sudden and catastrophic. The computer froze and would not even respond to a cold booth by switch. I had to physically cut power by holding the power switch for three seconds. After re powering the PC it would not boot, not even to a BIOS post. I had to physically remove the drive to be able to reboot but Win 10/64 had sustained some damage and had to go into recuperation mode. 5. Most of the lost data were research type info that, luckily, I had listed elsewhere (In an application I wrote for this purpose) but it still took me a good two weeks to rebuild most of it but not all. So, in conclusion, I have absolutely no confidence in the Seagate Ironwolf 6TB hard drive. I now use it strictly for storage but as an external drive powered off until I need it and the off again. Not recommended for a drive that price.
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starRating: 1
title: Drive failed catastrophically, data loss
detailedReviews 6: content: I bought this hoping that it would be a good way to go for an 8TB drive. However, after reading or writing to/from it for over 30 minutes, it gets so hot and the performance drops dramatically. For the first 10 - 15 minutes, it will write small files around 150 MB/s, which I find very impressive. After getting very warm, it slows down to about 10 MB/s. I've tested this more than once, and the drive has plenty of circulation. In fact it wasn't even in a case, but on a mount outside of a case, in a room at about 73 degrees and a ceiling fan that moves air pretty well around the entire room. The mount allows air to move completely around the drive, and it has rubber on it to eliminate any external vibration. On top of that, this drive has a little, not a lot, of vibration. Maybe that's what leads to it getting hot. The vibration itself though isn't causing the slow performance, because if it did, the drive wouldn't perform well when it's first powered on. This isn't a buffering issue either, because when you write 400 GB of files, the beneficial effect of buffering is gone after about the first minute. This is supposed to be a 24/7 drive with an incredible amount of write cycles per year, according to Seagate's spec sheet. Maybe, but not with the one I got. I would be afraid to put it in an enclosure because I don't think fans blowing air through the drive bays would be enough for the one I got, and it would heat up the enclosure too much. I wouldn't want a drive above or below it. The way it performs, it's about useless, and it's the worst drive I've ever bought. I've never had a drive be this bad when new.
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starRating: 1
title: Drive overheats and performance drops
detailedReviews 7: content: I bought 3 of these after my Drobo passed away and moved to Synology. I'm only giving thoughts on the sound. These things won't stop making noise. It's absurd; comical if it didn't end up sorta stressful.
With my Drobo, it sat in the TV agenda. The fan was obnoxious, but never heard the drives.
With the Synology, the drives are constantly making noise. It's non-stop. I thought it was just because such a big backup was happening. (due to having to back everything back up). Nope. they won't stop.
Went over it with Synology and it's definitely the drives and their inherent noise.
I don't know if I can move it to another room due to our home. I wish I knew of a hard drive that was quieter for my situation (Synology 1522+).
It's only been a month, and I deeply regret buying these.
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starRating: 1
title: Drives are excessively noisy, non-stop noise
detailedReviews 8: content: I wanted to upgrade a two-bay Synology NAS system with larger drives and decided to try these. I removed one of the old drives and inserted one of the new ones with the goal of rebuilding the RAID1 array with the new drive, and after powering up the system, Diskstation Manager took several minutes to respond when entering both the login and password. Eventually all LEDs turned off and the Diskstation rebooted by itself. After going through that three times (which took about an hour due to the sluggish response time), I gave up and reconnected the original drive. I took the new drive and connected it to a PC, and the drive wasn't recognized by Windows Disk Management even though it was powered up and spinning. The second new drive had no issues. I hope that when the replacement drive arrives, the Ironwolves will give me dependable service -- every manufacturer has a dud occasionally. But I wish I had stuck with WD Red Pro drives for the upgrade.
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starRating: 2
title: One drive not recognized, sluggish response
detailedReviews 9: content: Purchased this drive in September 2020. It has already failed. From the date if install the drive was emitting a constant "chirp" non stop. I did some research and found that this is a common issue and it is related to the drive being idle. However, the noise is concerning. it had gone for 6 months doing this chirping before finally failing. These drives should last more than 6 months. To be fair Seagate is replacing the drive but their RMA process, or just trying to get the RMA from their website, is a test in patience. Not user friendly at all. Luckily i had the presence of mind to do a backup prior to the failure but don't want to think about what i could have lost. I now have to send my drive back to them with all my data on it and im pretty uncomfortable doing so as i could not access the drive to erase it and im now sending my private information back to a hard drive company without the ability to erase. Bottom line, i will not be purchasing another Seagate unit.
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starRating: 2
title: Drive failed after 6 months, RMA difficult
detailedReviews 10: content: After being a victim of the WD Red SMR scandal, I swore off WD and bought my first Seagate IronWolf for my Synology DS418. I bought it a year ago and had it as a hot spare in a btrfs/SHR1 config. Needing more space, I removed the smallest drive to prompt a SHR rebuild using the IronWolf 6TB hot spare. 5 minutes into the rebuild, the NAS notifies me of a catastrophic drive failure on the IronWolf. Weekly quick SMART, monthly full SMART, and IronWolf Health Management checks all failed to identify the drive as defective or even problematic. The first time in a year of owning it I try to use it for storage, it goes from "healthy" to completely failed. Thankfully, Seagate support is making me pay shipping to RMA a year-long sleeper DOA drive. Maybe Toshiba is interested in a customer.
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starRating: 1
title: Drive failed during rebuild, support issues
