Seagate brings over 20 years of trusted performance and reliability to the Seagate BarraCuda 2.5-inch HDDs - now available in capacities up to 5 TB. Key Advantages Broadest 2.5-inch hard drive portfolio with up to 5 TB capacity and both 7 mm and 15 mm form factors suitable for a variety of compute applications. Thinnest and lightest 2.5-inch hard drive with up to 2 TB storage in a 7 mm z-height, providing seamless upgrades of thin and light laptops and smaller form factor systems. Fast data rates of up to 140 MB/s enables superior PC end-user experience and snappier file transfers. 2.5-inch, 15 mm z-height hard drives provide 3 TB to 5 TB in capacity, offering the highest-capacity 2.5-inch hard drives available for external or all-in-one storage. 15 mm z-height enables slimmer all-in-one desktop PC drives while helping reduce system heat generation and vibration. Low startup current configurations for 3 TB to 5 TB drives enable use in legacy low-current systems like USB-2 external boxes, while simultaneously lowering power consumption. 5 TB drives can store more than 1.25 million songs and 600 hours of HD video.
Seagate brings over 20 years of trusted performance and reliability to the Seagate BarraCuda 2.5-inch HDDs - now available in capacities up to 5 TB. Key Advantages Broadest 2.5-inch hard drive portfolio with up to 5 TB capacity and both 7 mm and 15 mm form factors suitable for a variety of compute applications. Thinnest and lightest 2.5-inch hard drive with up to 2 TB storage in a 7 mm z-height, providing seamless upgrades of thin and light laptops and smaller form factor systems. Fast data rates of up to 140 MB/s enables superior PC end-user experience and snappier file transfers. 2.5-inch, 15 mm z-height hard drives provide 3 TB to 5 TB in capacity, offering the highest-capacity 2.5-inch hard drives available for external or all-in-one storage. 15 mm z-height enables slimmer all-in-one desktop PC drives while helping reduce system heat generation and vibration. Low startup current configurations for 3 TB to 5 TB drives enable use in legacy low-current systems like USB-2 external boxes, while simultaneously lowering power consumption. 5 TB drives can store more than 1.25 million songs and 600 hours of HD video.
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Seagate Barracuda 2.5in 1TB SATA
Seagate brings over 20 years of trusted performance and reliability to the Seagate BarraCuda 2.5-inch HDDs - now available in capacities up to 5 TB. Key Advantages Broadest 2.5-inch hard drive portfolio with up to 5 TB capacity and both 7 mm and 15 mm form factors suitable for a variety of compute applications. Thinnest and lightest 2.5-inch hard drive with up to 2 TB storage in a 7 mm z-height, providing seamless upgrades of thin and light laptops and smaller form factor systems. Fast data rates of up to 140 MB/s enables superior PC end-user experience and snappier file transfers. 2.5-inch, 15 mm z-height hard drives provide 3 TB to 5 TB in capacity, offering the highest-capacity 2.5-inch hard drives available for external or all-in-one storage. 15 mm z-height enables slimmer all-in-one desktop PC drives while helping reduce system heat generation and vibration. Low startup current configurations for 3 TB to 5 TB drives enable use in legacy low-current systems like USB-2 external boxes, while simultaneously lowering power consumption. 5 TB drives can store more than 1.25 million songs and 600 hours of HD video.
Seagate brings over 20 years of trusted performance and reliability to the Seagate BarraCuda 2.5-inch HDDs - now available in capacities up to 5 TB. Key Advantages Broadest 2.5-inch hard drive portfolio with up to 5 TB capacity and both 7 mm and 15 mm form factors suitable for a variety of compute applications. Thinnest and lightest 2.5-inch hard drive with up to 2 TB storage in a 7 mm z-height, providing seamless upgrades of thin and light laptops and smaller form factor systems. Fast data rates of up to 140 MB/s enables superior PC end-user experience and snappier file transfers. 2.5-inch, 15 mm z-height hard drives provide 3 TB to 5 TB in capacity, offering the highest-capacity 2.5-inch hard drives available for external or all-in-one storage. 15 mm z-height enables slimmer all-in-one desktop PC drives while helping reduce system heat generation and vibration. Low startup current configurations for 3 TB to 5 TB drives enable use in legacy low-current systems like USB-2 external boxes, while simultaneously lowering power consumption. 5 TB drives can store more than 1.25 million songs and 600 hours of HD video.
Last updated at 23/07/2024 12:53:18
originally posted on sub-zero-store.myshopify.com
Product arrived well packaged, and as described. The price was lower than I could find elsewhere, and more or less reasonable for the amount of storage space provided (2TB). I've been using it for almost a month now. I know that it's not the fastest HDD available, but it is more than suitable for my needs. I'm using it primarily as storage, in order to free up space on my PCIe SSD. At the moment it contains around 1.2TB of pdfs, videos, and a couple of games. It is also the default location for my Google Drive and Dropbox folders. I've had no issues with read/write speeds (they're not going to be PCIe SSD speeds anyway), and there isn't too much difference between this and the PCIe SSD in terms of load times for either of the games that I have tried -- although that ... MoreProduct arrived well packaged, and as described. The price was lower than I could find elsewhere, and more or less reasonable for the amount of storage space provided (2TB). I've been using it for almost a month now. I know that it's not the fastest HDD available, but it is more than suitable for my needs. I'm using it primarily as storage, in order to free up space on my PCIe SSD. At the moment it contains around 1.2TB of pdfs, videos, and a couple of games. It is also the default location for my Google Drive and Dropbox folders. I've had no issues with read/write speeds (they're not going to be PCIe SSD speeds anyway), and there isn't too much difference between this and the PCIe SSD in terms of load times for either of the games that I have tried -- although that may be because they are not recent releases (The Witcher 3, and Rome 2: Total War). I have read that these current Seagate BarraCuda drives may not have the longevity of previous iterations (2-3 years before you'll need to replace them), but I cannot realistically comment on that at the moment. If true it would be disappointing, but the drive would have had a lot of use. Overall, I am pleased with the HDD. It is still early days though.
originally posted on pbtech.co.nz
Before you buy this drive, be aware that it uses SMR technology and performance will be highly degraded if used in a RAID environment. They are cheap for a reason. It can take up to 16 days (yes, 16 days) to rebuild a RAID array using an SMR technology drive. 17 hours using CMR technology drives. The manufacturer does not appear to advertise SMR in the description and, under NZ law, they should. Check the product code against known SMR brand drives before you buy any drives. If you are not using an SMR technology drive in a RAID array then you will be okay.
originally posted on pbtech.co.nz
While the product listed here is the 1TB variant, I actually purchased two of the identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda internal hard disks for my new pc build. 1TB disks just don't cut it on an enthusiast build anymore. My purchase was a week ago and so far no issues. I am getting motherboard SATA to SATA copy speeds between two identical drives of 200MB/s burst tapering to 50MB/s at the tail end of the copy. A 1Gb avi video file taking 15 seconds to copy disk to disk. Coincidentally I also have an identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5 drive purchased at the same time and in the same machine. This recorded identical stats with the initial burst copy differing only at a lower 150MB/s in the initial boost copy. I can definitely recommend these disks. I have been purchasing ... MoreWhile the product listed here is the 1TB variant, I actually purchased two of the identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda internal hard disks for my new pc build. 1TB disks just don't cut it on an enthusiast build anymore. My purchase was a week ago and so far no issues. I am getting motherboard SATA to SATA copy speeds between two identical drives of 200MB/s burst tapering to 50MB/s at the tail end of the copy. A 1Gb avi video file taking 15 seconds to copy disk to disk. Coincidentally I also have an identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5 drive purchased at the same time and in the same machine. This recorded identical stats with the initial burst copy differing only at a lower 150MB/s in the initial boost copy. I can definitely recommend these disks. I have been purchasing Seagate Barracudas since the old IDE days and they rarely disappoint.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 1 TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
Product arrived well packaged, and as described. The price was lower than I could find elsewhere, and more or less reasonable for the amount of storage space provided (2TB). I've been using it for almost a month now. I know that it's not the fastest HDD available, but it is more than suitable for my needs. I'm using it primarily as storage, in order to free up space on my PCIe SSD. At the moment it contains around 1.2TB of pdfs, videos, and a couple of games. It is also the default location for my Google Drive and Dropbox folders. I've had no issues with read/write speeds (they're not going to be PCIe SSD speeds anyway), and there isn't too much difference between this and the PCIe SSD in terms of load times for either of the games that I have tried -- although that ... MoreProduct arrived well packaged, and as described. The price was lower than I could find elsewhere, and more or less reasonable for the amount of storage space provided (2TB). I've been using it for almost a month now. I know that it's not the fastest HDD available, but it is more than suitable for my needs. I'm using it primarily as storage, in order to free up space on my PCIe SSD. At the moment it contains around 1.2TB of pdfs, videos, and a couple of games. It is also the default location for my Google Drive and Dropbox folders. I've had no issues with read/write speeds (they're not going to be PCIe SSD speeds anyway), and there isn't too much difference between this and the PCIe SSD in terms of load times for either of the games that I have tried -- although that may be because they are not recent releases (The Witcher 3, and Rome 2: Total War). I have read that these current Seagate BarraCuda drives may not have the longevity of previous iterations (2-3 years before you'll need to replace them), but I cannot realistically comment on that at the moment. If true it would be disappointing, but the drive would have had a lot of use. Overall, I am pleased with the HDD. It is still early days though.
Before you buy this drive, be aware that it uses SMR technology and performance will be highly degraded if used in a RAID environment. They are cheap for a reason. It can take up to 16 days (yes, 16 days) to rebuild a RAID array using an SMR technology drive. 17 hours using CMR technology drives. The manufacturer does not appear to advertise SMR in the description and, under NZ law, they should. Check the product code against known SMR brand drives before you buy any drives. If you are not using an SMR technology drive in a RAID array then you will be okay.
While the product listed here is the 1TB variant, I actually purchased two of the identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda internal hard disks for my new pc build. 1TB disks just don't cut it on an enthusiast build anymore. My purchase was a week ago and so far no issues. I am getting motherboard SATA to SATA copy speeds between two identical drives of 200MB/s burst tapering to 50MB/s at the tail end of the copy. A 1Gb avi video file taking 15 seconds to copy disk to disk. Coincidentally I also have an identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5 drive purchased at the same time and in the same machine. This recorded identical stats with the initial burst copy differing only at a lower 150MB/s in the initial boost copy. I can definitely recommend these disks. I have been purchasing ... MoreWhile the product listed here is the 1TB variant, I actually purchased two of the identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda internal hard disks for my new pc build. 1TB disks just don't cut it on an enthusiast build anymore. My purchase was a week ago and so far no issues. I am getting motherboard SATA to SATA copy speeds between two identical drives of 200MB/s burst tapering to 50MB/s at the tail end of the copy. A 1Gb avi video file taking 15 seconds to copy disk to disk. Coincidentally I also have an identical 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3.5 drive purchased at the same time and in the same machine. This recorded identical stats with the initial burst copy differing only at a lower 150MB/s in the initial boost copy. I can definitely recommend these disks. I have been purchasing Seagate Barracudas since the old IDE days and they rarely disappoint.
Same as a previous reviewer, I bought 14 of them for a RAID JBOD. Had two fail on me which I returned under warranty. Now a year later, I've got another one saying errors, device failed, rebuilding RAID array, rebuild failed, recovered, rebuilding RAID array. Full rebuild takes a week! Luckily I bought two spares so if this one keeps failing I have something to replace it with. Please let the other drives survive until the rebuild completes! (crosses fingers, hands and legs)
I purchased the 4TB model of this HD to replace my PS4 500GB hard drive which was constantly running out of space. Anyone who has enough games or DLC downloaded will know that 500GB doesn't add up to much. Some of the PS4 games are 75GB or more... JUST FOR ONE GAME! So anything less than a 4TB just seemed silly to me! SO HERE ARE THE IMPORTANT DETAILS: -The 4TB model of this hard drive will NOT FIT your PS4 without modification! - YES! It is possible to use the 4TB version with your PS4 if you're willing to do a very simple modification. - If you choose to do this modification the responsibility of the system falls complete on you, I do not advise anyone to do this if you're not capable of doing things to this degree and I will not be held responsible if you mess up ... MoreI purchased the 4TB model of this HD to replace my PS4 500GB hard drive which was constantly running out of space. Anyone who has enough games or DLC downloaded will know that 500GB doesn't add up to much. Some of the PS4 games are 75GB or more... JUST FOR ONE GAME! So anything less than a 4TB just seemed silly to me! SO HERE ARE THE IMPORTANT DETAILS: -The 4TB model of this hard drive will NOT FIT your PS4 without modification! - YES! It is possible to use the 4TB version with your PS4 if you're willing to do a very simple modification. - If you choose to do this modification the responsibility of the system falls complete on you, I do not advise anyone to do this if you're not capable of doing things to this degree and I will not be held responsible if you mess up or destroy your system. HERE IS HOW TO DO THE MODIFICATION: After you've saved all your data and you're now ready to pull the old hard drive out; 1-Remove the try holding the old HD and just place it away somewhere, YOU WILL NOT BE USING THE TRAY AGAIN! 2- Use small, but very sharp and very strong metal shears to cut away the caging that is covering the area that houses the HD. 3- After you have complete opened the HD area by removing the caging covering it, you will need to place 2 strips of double stick foam tape for the HD to rest on so that it is at the correct height to mate with the plug, this tape will also be what now holds your HD in place. TAKE NOTE; ONLY USE 2 strips of the tape and allow half an inch to one inch in between them! You DO NOT want your HD to over heat and you need the ventilation that only using the 2 small strips will give you. It will also be more than enough to secure the HD so DO NOT use more! If you completely cover the HD slot in double stick foam tape do not be surprised if your system freezes and fails/shuts down/reboots/or fries out. 4-Once you have the 2 strips of tape in place remove the backside of the sticky tape and start to insert the HD at an angle and move it down and you plug it in until the HD comes in contact with the tape (swooping motion) and now your new 4TB HD is installed. 5 - Replace the top of the PS4 unit, I was able to get mine to fit back on with a little bit of play and force. There is a very very very slight bulge, but you would NEVER EVER be able to tell. I will try to add pictures of the HD and my modification, again if you choose to do this all responsibility falls upon you! But it does work and it is VERY easy and simple to do! ***UPDATE*** 12/2018 Ive been running this HD in my PS4 for a few months now. There is a slight lag/sluggishness at times when multitasking and in the menu. Otherwise its been great! Tons of space for what I need! Only way it could be better is if I put a 4tb solid state drive in. Maybe in a future system! PS5?
I'm running five of these in my virtual storage pool (Windows Server 2016 storage pool) for my home server, four months so far. One drive developed two bad sectors, a reformat mapped them out. Maybe in another six months I'll trust them as much as the WD Red drives they replaced - until then all my volumes are three-way mirror, and I have offsite backups. Temperatures are low, of course - a main advantage of going to 2.5" drives. And these are pretty much silent. Not the fastest kid on the block - no surprise there. Still, I see less impact from SMR than I expected. It's interesting to note that the external version of this 5TB drive contains the exact same drive. Everything except drive serial number is exactly the same externally, as well as firmware and any other ... MoreI'm running five of these in my virtual storage pool (Windows Server 2016 storage pool) for my home server, four months so far. One drive developed two bad sectors, a reformat mapped them out. Maybe in another six months I'll trust them as much as the WD Red drives they replaced - until then all my volumes are three-way mirror, and I have offsite backups. Temperatures are low, of course - a main advantage of going to 2.5" drives. And these are pretty much silent. Not the fastest kid on the block - no surprise there. Still, I see less impact from SMR than I expected. It's interesting to note that the external version of this 5TB drive contains the exact same drive. Everything except drive serial number is exactly the same externally, as well as firmware and any other params I could inspect with HD Tune. At the time of writing the price for an external drive is 119 vs 189 for this internal version. Of course, pulling out the drive from the external enclosure voids any warranty, so it's really a question of how much the warranty is worth. Will more than one out of three drives fail during the warranty period? UPDATE 8/17/2018: All five drives have been running well since January. I wiped and reformatted them back then before redeploying. I have a spare drive but am not bothering with hot swap as uptime is not critical for my home server - I can accept a day's downtime if a drive fails hard. These little drives are performing as well as can be expected. Raising to five stars. UPDATE 12/16/2018: It's been a year now for most of my drives. Still running well. One drive has disconnected from my SAS card twice, hard to tell if it's the drive, card or cabling. In the process I got to see how well double redundancy works - the storage pool didn't even flinch, no downtime, no readonly mode, just rebuilt redundancy using free space on other drives while on single redundancy for a few hours. I ejected and reinserted the disconnected drive, and everything was back to normal again (albeit a bit unbalanced free space).
The drives work well enough but they have a tendency for the head to stick to the platter when shut down, making the drive unusable. I managed to open one and unstick the head to recover my data, but when it happened a second time I wasn't so lucky and the drive would not spin up again. So these work but make sure you get warranty on them and keep regular backups as they don't seem to be too reliable.
Given how long these drives last they are value for money. The only issue with these drives is that they are a bit far too sensitive to vibration compared to the other brands, all of our Seagate drives report significant seek errors and are performing very slowly, where there was any vibration. Removing just the small vibration caused by a chassis fan increased performance by reducing the seek error rate.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 1 TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
