Seagate ST3000VN000 3TB NAS HDD 3.5" SATA3 NAS Hard Drive
Fine-tuning the needs of small NAS systems, Seagate NAS HDDs provide the best-performing, highest-capacity storage for 1- to 5-bay NAS systems. The NAS HDD has been compatibility tested with the industry's top NAS solution providers. Built and tested to provide industry-leading performance, Seagate NAS HDDs quickly and reliably support home and business applications. With support for multiple HD video streams and user profiles in a multi-drive environment, these NAS drives provide the performance demanded by NAS solutions and incorporates Seagate NASWorks software to reduce common issues. With a 30% capacity improvement over competitive offerings and excellent cost-per-terabyte, choose between 2, 3 and 4TB for up to 20TB of capacity- in 5-bay NAS solutions.
Fine-tuning the needs of small NAS systems, Seagate NAS HDDs provide the best-performing, highest-capacity storage for 1- to 5-bay NAS systems. The NAS HDD has been compatibility tested with the industry's top NAS solution providers. Built and tested to provide industry-leading performance, Seagate NAS HDDs quickly and reliably support home and business applications. With support for multiple HD video streams and user profiles in a multi-drive environment, these NAS drives provide the performance demanded by NAS solutions and incorporates Seagate NASWorks software to reduce common issues. With a 30% capacity improvement over competitive offerings and excellent cost-per-terabyte, choose between 2, 3 and 4TB for up to 20TB of capacity- in 5-bay NAS solutions.
Fine-tuning the needs of small NAS systems, Seagate NAS HDDs provide the best-performing, highest-capacity storage for 1- to 5-bay NAS systems. The NAS HDD has been compatibility tested with the industry's top NAS solution providers. Built and tested to provide industry-leading performance, Seagate NAS HDDs quickly and reliably support home and business applications. With support for multiple HD video streams and user profiles in a multi-drive environment, these NAS drives provide the performance demanded by NAS solutions and incorporates Seagate NASWorks software to reduce common issues. With a 30% capacity improvement over competitive offerings and excellent cost-per-terabyte, choose between 2, 3 and 4TB for up to 20TB of capacity- in 5-bay NAS solutions.
Fine-tuning the needs of small NAS systems, Seagate NAS HDDs provide the best-performing, highest-capacity storage for 1- to 5-bay NAS systems. The NAS HDD has been compatibility tested with the industry's top NAS solution providers. Built and tested to provide industry-leading performance, Seagate NAS HDDs quickly and reliably support home and business applications. With support for multiple HD video streams and user profiles in a multi-drive environment, these NAS drives provide the performance demanded by NAS solutions and incorporates Seagate NASWorks software to reduce common issues. With a 30% capacity improvement over competitive offerings and excellent cost-per-terabyte, choose between 2, 3 and 4TB for up to 20TB of capacity- in 5-bay NAS solutions.
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Have a pair of these running RAID-1, 24/7, in a small file/backup server. Installed the drives, built the array, and that was the last effort 've had to put into them. They have been running quietly and without problems for over 10 months, now. The server is 3 ft from my desk, but noise is not an issue. Some drive noise is audible during large file transfers, but not enough to be annoying. Also running a pair of Constellations (enterprise drives) in the same server, same configuration. The Constellations are quiet too, and have been running without problem, but they run a little hotter. (The ST4000VN000s typically run 37-39C while the Constellations sit around 49C.) Time will tell whether the Constellations (5 yr warranty) outlast the ST4000VN000s (3 yr warranty.) ... MoreHave a pair of these running RAID-1, 24/7, in a small file/backup server. Installed the drives, built the array, and that was the last effort 've had to put into them. They have been running quietly and without problems for over 10 months, now. The server is 3 ft from my desk, but noise is not an issue. Some drive noise is audible during large file transfers, but not enough to be annoying. Also running a pair of Constellations (enterprise drives) in the same server, same configuration. The Constellations are quiet too, and have been running without problem, but they run a little hotter. (The ST4000VN000s typically run 37-39C while the Constellations sit around 49C.) Time will tell whether the Constellations (5 yr warranty) outlast the ST4000VN000s (3 yr warranty.) Server is a Lenovo TS-140 running Ubuntu server and booting from a 120 GB SSD.
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I installed this drive into a custom-built NAS system that I built for my home-based computer consulting business in December of 2012. Most of the parts were purchased from NewEgg. It consists of a Cooler Master Elite 343 mid-tower micro-ATX case, with an AMD Athlon X2-270 (3.4 GHz) 64-bit processor, an Asus model M5A78L-M LX PLUS motherboard w/Bios: 1201, dated 08/20/2012, a Cooler Master GX-450 Bronze power supply, it runs the NAS4Free - BSD Unix operating system. This NAS system replaced an older NAS unit I built that ran NASLite Linux. After many years of dependable use, it suffered a motherboard failure due to bulging capacitors. The NAS4Free impressed me with its modern web-based administrator's interface. The NAS4Free OS boots off of an 8 GB Micro SD ... MoreI installed this drive into a custom-built NAS system that I built for my home-based computer consulting business in December of 2012. Most of the parts were purchased from NewEgg. It consists of a Cooler Master Elite 343 mid-tower micro-ATX case, with an AMD Athlon X2-270 (3.4 GHz) 64-bit processor, an Asus model M5A78L-M LX PLUS motherboard w/Bios: 1201, dated 08/20/2012, a Cooler Master GX-450 Bronze power supply, it runs the NAS4Free - BSD Unix operating system. This NAS system replaced an older NAS unit I built that ran NASLite Linux. After many years of dependable use, it suffered a motherboard failure due to bulging capacitors. The NAS4Free impressed me with its modern web-based administrator's interface. The NAS4Free OS boots off of an 8 GB Micro SD Flashcard, installed in a Rosewill USB 2.0 model RCR-IC001 card reader. The system has 4 GB of G. Skill DDR3 RAM memory installed. Currently it has three hard drives. In addition to this Seagate drive, it has a WDC WD5003ABYX-01WERA1 500 GB Enterprise drive and a WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 green series 2.0 TB drive. No RAID is in use at this time. NAS4Free supports SMART monitoring of hard drives, so it's interesting to note that the Seagate ST4000VN000, is the coolest drive of the group at 23°C. The hottest drive is the WD Enterprise drive, which operates at 28°C. The reason it runs hotter is that its the only drive that is spinning at 7200 RPM. My WD green drive, which BTW also operates at a reduced RPM, runs at a modest 25°C. I highly recommend NAS4Free, if you are interested in building your own NAS system like I did. Like its name implies the cost is free. Although the developers would appreciate a donation for their efforts. It's based on BSD Unix, which is also used by Apple for their MAC OS 10.x. The NAS4Free operating system has been extremely stable. I have never had to reboot it, except for routine maintenance. Once the initial OS installation setup is completed, all other configuration settings are handled via a modern web interface, using your favorite web browser. I would not recommend NAS4Free for newbies. I had to get help from a friend who is a Unix programmer, on setting up the drive mount points and the SAMBA protocol share settings. SAMBA is important, because it enables Windows computers to access the Unix formatted hard drives. The hard drives were all formatted with the standard BSD Unix UFS file system. The 64-bit NAS4Free had no problems formatting this 4.0 TB hard drive. The formatted drive provided 3.5 TB of usable disk storage space. One other advantage of using BSD Unix, is that it is unaffected by most Windows viruses. At the current cost on NewEgg of $190.00 for the 4.0 TB hard drive model I reviewed, these Seagate NAS drives are priced very competitive. They also come with a 3-year manufacturers warranty. You could probably sneak one of these into a desktop computer for use as a data drive, mated with an SSD boot drive, without any issues. Highly recommended!
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This is perfectly marketed as a home or small business server drive, meant for large amounts of storage, backup, lots and lots of photos, videos, or music. This is not really intended for a drive in your normal, every day desktop computer, although it can technically be used as such. This is intended for long term, 24/7 operation along with multiple drives, being accessed from multiple users all at once. It's really more of a workhorse than your average desktop drive. I can't say that I've had this drive running 24/7 for a long period of time, it's kind of hard when I've only had it for a week, but I can say that Seagate drives have served me well in the past. I even have one that's over 10 years old now and still works, although I wouldn't trust any precious files ... MoreThis is perfectly marketed as a home or small business server drive, meant for large amounts of storage, backup, lots and lots of photos, videos, or music. This is not really intended for a drive in your normal, every day desktop computer, although it can technically be used as such. This is intended for long term, 24/7 operation along with multiple drives, being accessed from multiple users all at once. It's really more of a workhorse than your average desktop drive. I can't say that I've had this drive running 24/7 for a long period of time, it's kind of hard when I've only had it for a week, but I can say that Seagate drives have served me well in the past. I even have one that's over 10 years old now and still works, although I wouldn't trust any precious files to it. I would, however, feel very secure storing any important files on this drive knowing that Seagate paid particular attention to it's long-term reliability, even in RAID. For those who may be curious, there are 3 platters in the 3TB and 4TB versions of this drive, and 2 platters in the 2TB version. I benchmarked this drive using CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 with my main desktop (gaming) computer. Here's the results compared to my relatively average 7200 RPM drive for a reference: Results will be written in MB/s with the ST3000VN000 first, and my 7200RPM drive second in parenthesis. Sequential Read: 140.2 (108.2) Sequential Write: 138.8 (106.3) Random Read 512K: 47.78 (31.06) Random Write 512K: 77.58 (45.03) Random Read 4K: 0.544 (0.362) Random Write 4K: 1.391 (0.864) Random Read 4K QD32: 1.323 (0.807) Random Write 4K QD32: 1.375 (0.967) So, in conclusion, this drive is a pretty solid performer that would easily be able to handle 2 or 3 simultaneous users streaming data on a single drive without any issues. I imagine running even just two of these in RAID would provide plenty of performance and storage capacity for a larger, more demanding household or an average small business, and they wouldn't hurt the wallet too much.
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Have a pair of these running RAID-1, 24/7, in a small file/backup server. Installed the drives, built the array, and that was the last effort 've had to put into them. They have been running quietly and without problems for over 10 months, now. The server is 3 ft from my desk, but noise is not an issue. Some drive noise is audible during large file transfers, but not enough to be annoying. Also running a pair of Constellations (enterprise drives) in the same server, same configuration. The Constellations are quiet too, and have been running without problem, but they run a little hotter. (The ST4000VN000s typically run 37-39C while the Constellations sit around 49C.) Time will tell whether the Constellations (5 yr warranty) outlast the ST4000VN000s (3 yr warranty.) ... MoreHave a pair of these running RAID-1, 24/7, in a small file/backup server. Installed the drives, built the array, and that was the last effort 've had to put into them. They have been running quietly and without problems for over 10 months, now. The server is 3 ft from my desk, but noise is not an issue. Some drive noise is audible during large file transfers, but not enough to be annoying. Also running a pair of Constellations (enterprise drives) in the same server, same configuration. The Constellations are quiet too, and have been running without problem, but they run a little hotter. (The ST4000VN000s typically run 37-39C while the Constellations sit around 49C.) Time will tell whether the Constellations (5 yr warranty) outlast the ST4000VN000s (3 yr warranty.) Server is a Lenovo TS-140 running Ubuntu server and booting from a 120 GB SSD.
I installed this drive into a custom-built NAS system that I built for my home-based computer consulting business in December of 2012. Most of the parts were purchased from NewEgg. It consists of a Cooler Master Elite 343 mid-tower micro-ATX case, with an AMD Athlon X2-270 (3.4 GHz) 64-bit processor, an Asus model M5A78L-M LX PLUS motherboard w/Bios: 1201, dated 08/20/2012, a Cooler Master GX-450 Bronze power supply, it runs the NAS4Free - BSD Unix operating system. This NAS system replaced an older NAS unit I built that ran NASLite Linux. After many years of dependable use, it suffered a motherboard failure due to bulging capacitors. The NAS4Free impressed me with its modern web-based administrator's interface. The NAS4Free OS boots off of an 8 GB Micro SD ... MoreI installed this drive into a custom-built NAS system that I built for my home-based computer consulting business in December of 2012. Most of the parts were purchased from NewEgg. It consists of a Cooler Master Elite 343 mid-tower micro-ATX case, with an AMD Athlon X2-270 (3.4 GHz) 64-bit processor, an Asus model M5A78L-M LX PLUS motherboard w/Bios: 1201, dated 08/20/2012, a Cooler Master GX-450 Bronze power supply, it runs the NAS4Free - BSD Unix operating system. This NAS system replaced an older NAS unit I built that ran NASLite Linux. After many years of dependable use, it suffered a motherboard failure due to bulging capacitors. The NAS4Free impressed me with its modern web-based administrator's interface. The NAS4Free OS boots off of an 8 GB Micro SD Flashcard, installed in a Rosewill USB 2.0 model RCR-IC001 card reader. The system has 4 GB of G. Skill DDR3 RAM memory installed. Currently it has three hard drives. In addition to this Seagate drive, it has a WDC WD5003ABYX-01WERA1 500 GB Enterprise drive and a WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 green series 2.0 TB drive. No RAID is in use at this time. NAS4Free supports SMART monitoring of hard drives, so it's interesting to note that the Seagate ST4000VN000, is the coolest drive of the group at 23°C. The hottest drive is the WD Enterprise drive, which operates at 28°C. The reason it runs hotter is that its the only drive that is spinning at 7200 RPM. My WD green drive, which BTW also operates at a reduced RPM, runs at a modest 25°C. I highly recommend NAS4Free, if you are interested in building your own NAS system like I did. Like its name implies the cost is free. Although the developers would appreciate a donation for their efforts. It's based on BSD Unix, which is also used by Apple for their MAC OS 10.x. The NAS4Free operating system has been extremely stable. I have never had to reboot it, except for routine maintenance. Once the initial OS installation setup is completed, all other configuration settings are handled via a modern web interface, using your favorite web browser. I would not recommend NAS4Free for newbies. I had to get help from a friend who is a Unix programmer, on setting up the drive mount points and the SAMBA protocol share settings. SAMBA is important, because it enables Windows computers to access the Unix formatted hard drives. The hard drives were all formatted with the standard BSD Unix UFS file system. The 64-bit NAS4Free had no problems formatting this 4.0 TB hard drive. The formatted drive provided 3.5 TB of usable disk storage space. One other advantage of using BSD Unix, is that it is unaffected by most Windows viruses. At the current cost on NewEgg of $190.00 for the 4.0 TB hard drive model I reviewed, these Seagate NAS drives are priced very competitive. They also come with a 3-year manufacturers warranty. You could probably sneak one of these into a desktop computer for use as a data drive, mated with an SSD boot drive, without any issues. Highly recommended!
This is perfectly marketed as a home or small business server drive, meant for large amounts of storage, backup, lots and lots of photos, videos, or music. This is not really intended for a drive in your normal, every day desktop computer, although it can technically be used as such. This is intended for long term, 24/7 operation along with multiple drives, being accessed from multiple users all at once. It's really more of a workhorse than your average desktop drive. I can't say that I've had this drive running 24/7 for a long period of time, it's kind of hard when I've only had it for a week, but I can say that Seagate drives have served me well in the past. I even have one that's over 10 years old now and still works, although I wouldn't trust any precious files ... MoreThis is perfectly marketed as a home or small business server drive, meant for large amounts of storage, backup, lots and lots of photos, videos, or music. This is not really intended for a drive in your normal, every day desktop computer, although it can technically be used as such. This is intended for long term, 24/7 operation along with multiple drives, being accessed from multiple users all at once. It's really more of a workhorse than your average desktop drive. I can't say that I've had this drive running 24/7 for a long period of time, it's kind of hard when I've only had it for a week, but I can say that Seagate drives have served me well in the past. I even have one that's over 10 years old now and still works, although I wouldn't trust any precious files to it. I would, however, feel very secure storing any important files on this drive knowing that Seagate paid particular attention to it's long-term reliability, even in RAID. For those who may be curious, there are 3 platters in the 3TB and 4TB versions of this drive, and 2 platters in the 2TB version. I benchmarked this drive using CrystalDiskMark 3.0.2 x64 with my main desktop (gaming) computer. Here's the results compared to my relatively average 7200 RPM drive for a reference: Results will be written in MB/s with the ST3000VN000 first, and my 7200RPM drive second in parenthesis. Sequential Read: 140.2 (108.2) Sequential Write: 138.8 (106.3) Random Read 512K: 47.78 (31.06) Random Write 512K: 77.58 (45.03) Random Read 4K: 0.544 (0.362) Random Write 4K: 1.391 (0.864) Random Read 4K QD32: 1.323 (0.807) Random Write 4K QD32: 1.375 (0.967) So, in conclusion, this drive is a pretty solid performer that would easily be able to handle 2 or 3 simultaneous users streaming data on a single drive without any issues. I imagine running even just two of these in RAID would provide plenty of performance and storage capacity for a larger, more demanding household or an average small business, and they wouldn't hurt the wallet too much.
Bought 2 of these to populate a NAS enclosure, also purchase from CEX. First one was not the correct model number and was found to be faulty. No problems getting this refunded at the store and ordered another. 2nd one arrived perfectly. The 24 month warranty is an absolute bonus. Very happy with the purchase and their customer service was exemplary.
I was looking forward to swapping out my 1TB drive in my 4 camera surveillance system with this huge drive, however after I was not able to get it working I realized that the surveillance system I have is limited to 2TB only!!! No stars off for Seagate because of this. I put this drive in to my NAS for now and will see if I can update the firmware on the surveillance system to accept 4TB drives. This might be good advice for anyone looking at using a drive larger than 2TB for surveillance. It now sits next to another 4TB drive, this one specifically aimed at NAS usage, so I decided to run some comparative tests. The other 4TB drive I have runs at 5400rpm, so I assumed that the 5900rpm Seagate would be faster. I tested with PC Mark and the Seagate drive gave me a ... MoreI was looking forward to swapping out my 1TB drive in my 4 camera surveillance system with this huge drive, however after I was not able to get it working I realized that the surveillance system I have is limited to 2TB only!!! No stars off for Seagate because of this. I put this drive in to my NAS for now and will see if I can update the firmware on the surveillance system to accept 4TB drives. This might be good advice for anyone looking at using a drive larger than 2TB for surveillance. It now sits next to another 4TB drive, this one specifically aimed at NAS usage, so I decided to run some comparative tests. The other 4TB drive I have runs at 5400rpm, so I assumed that the 5900rpm Seagate would be faster. I tested with PC Mark and the Seagate drive gave me a storage score of 2011 with the other drive trailing behind at 2002. I also ran a few tests with AIDA64 and again the Seagate drive was the faster drive, however not by much. Both HDD's streamed HD video content perfectly without stutter across my network. Both drives were quite and cool and did not appear to have issues running close to each other (vibration). These drives are designed to record video and try as I might I was unable to get my video capture software working properly when I swapped this drive in to my main PC for testing. I believe that this is due more to the video camera I was using than the HDD. This hard drive is designed for high workloads over a long period of time, it has been rock solid since I started using it, however I have not yet had the ability to use it the way it should be used due to the limitations of my surveillance system. I fully intend to write another review when I can install this in my surveillance system. The only disappointment for me was the 1 year warranty. This HDD is designed for high workloads over a long period of time, I expected the manufacturer to give it at least a 3 year warranty like the other NAS drives I am currently using.
Various new factors are impacting the HDD market for video surveillance. New global legislation is increasing the maximum retention time for video surveillance and legal requirements for surveillance in certain public places are being mandated. When you add the fact that image quality and resolution is going up, the market for surveillance hard drives is estimated to increase to over a billion dollars per year around 2017. This would be over 7 million units per year. By comparison PC HDD sales fell 7% in 2013 to 444 million units. Most modern security DVR’s support multiple drives and capacities of > 3Tb per drive. Most modern NVR’s can use >3TB drives, also. However, if you are trying to put this into a consumer DVR device, do your homework. Many consumer-level ... MoreVarious new factors are impacting the HDD market for video surveillance. New global legislation is increasing the maximum retention time for video surveillance and legal requirements for surveillance in certain public places are being mandated. When you add the fact that image quality and resolution is going up, the market for surveillance hard drives is estimated to increase to over a billion dollars per year around 2017. This would be over 7 million units per year. By comparison PC HDD sales fell 7% in 2013 to 444 million units. Most modern security DVR’s support multiple drives and capacities of > 3Tb per drive. Most modern NVR’s can use >3TB drives, also. However, if you are trying to put this into a consumer DVR device, do your homework. Many consumer-level DVR’s will not support 4TB drive sizes. For instance, Direct TV needs to be the HR34 or HR44/Genie models to use either 3 or 4 TB drives. Tivo needs to be series 4 or greater because of either hardware or software limits. Most Scientific Atlanta HD box internal drives are IDE not SATA, and so on. I tested this drive for 24 hours each in: PC based security DVR system with Geovision cards, and a linux-based NVR where I removed the other drives to just test this one (the old ones were 3TB). The drive did its job in both applications. The main thing I noticed was how very quiet it was. I tested Seagate customer phone support for this review by asking the technical questions I mentioned above. They were very responsive. On a weekday at around lunchtime I got a real person in the US on the second ring. They spent a lot of time trying to get the right answers questions. They followed up by e-mail.
I recommend mixing drive brands in any raid/nas disk group. Every manufacturer has their bad lots, such as Seagate Moose a few years back. If all you've got is one brand / model then if they start failing they'll usually all be failing and recovery is tough. I also recommend watching capacity and this drive is right at statistical limits without careful consideration of your raid groups. Search "Why RAID 5 Stopped Working in 2009" and read that. Succinctly statistical actual disk error levels nearly guarantee a URE every 3TB (even current drives). So with big (and bigger) drives you're almost guaranteed a URE which will trash your raid group unlesss you make careful choices about your raid groups. For a NAS drive NEWEGG should include the power requirements under ... MoreI recommend mixing drive brands in any raid/nas disk group. Every manufacturer has their bad lots, such as Seagate Moose a few years back. If all you've got is one brand / model then if they start failing they'll usually all be failing and recovery is tough. I also recommend watching capacity and this drive is right at statistical limits without careful consideration of your raid groups. Search "Why RAID 5 Stopped Working in 2009" and read that. Succinctly statistical actual disk error levels nearly guarantee a URE every 3TB (even current drives). So with big (and bigger) drives you're almost guaranteed a URE which will trash your raid group unlesss you make careful choices about your raid groups. For a NAS drive NEWEGG should include the power requirements under specifications. For my R4 case and 8-10 drives how big of a power supply do I need? The Newegg product link also didn't go to the product page. Had to find it myself Seagate also made it difficult to find the detailed specs even with the model number The power is 4.8 watts which is the spec I was looking for.
I have a lot of HDD's which I run in servers, NAS units, and External Drive Bays. Some, I run in RAID configurations, others in JBOD. I have HDD's from a variety of HDD Manufacturers with the majority of the HDD's from Seagate. Over the years I have learned that it is better to pay a little more money for the NAS or surveillance drives to ensure compatibility with External Drive bays and NAS devices. The firmware for the desktop or "Green" drives which puts them in sleep mode will cause major problems with External Drive bays. I would use Enterprise level HDD's if I could afford them. These Surveillance HDD's have worked excellent in every server, NAS, and multi-drive External Bay I have tried them in. I even use some for surveillance systems with 6 - HD cameras ... MoreI have a lot of HDD's which I run in servers, NAS units, and External Drive Bays. Some, I run in RAID configurations, others in JBOD. I have HDD's from a variety of HDD Manufacturers with the majority of the HDD's from Seagate. Over the years I have learned that it is better to pay a little more money for the NAS or surveillance drives to ensure compatibility with External Drive bays and NAS devices. The firmware for the desktop or "Green" drives which puts them in sleep mode will cause major problems with External Drive bays. I would use Enterprise level HDD's if I could afford them. These Surveillance HDD's have worked excellent in every server, NAS, and multi-drive External Bay I have tried them in. I even use some for surveillance systems with 6 - HD cameras (Mix of 720p and 1080p Cameras running 60fps). I have had a couple installed and running in a RAID 1 array for more than 8 months of continuous 24/7 operation with no problems at all. I tried a couple in a Mediasonic 4-HDD bay in a RAID 1 configuration that I use as part of a PLEX server which gets pretty continuous use. I have been able to run 4-6 different 1080p video streams from these HDD's with no problems. Since the drives do not have firmware that causes the platters to spin down, I have not experienced any problems with accessing the drives or the Drive Bay needing to be reset when the system has been idle for more than a day. I have had many problems with the drives becoming inaccessible or External Storage/NAS needing to be reset when using standard desktop drives or drives from external drives I have disassembled. The only problems I have had were with the Vantec HX4R and Ultra 4-Drive external drive bays. No HDD I have used in those units was stable. I believe this is because the Vantec External Drive Bays themselves are defective, not the HDD's. In conclusion, I recommend these Seagate 4TB Surveillance HDD's. The specs are the same as for the NAS version and the warranty is the same 3 Yrs. These go on sale for US$5 less than the NAS drives on sale so they are a good value for me.
I have to admit, when I first opened the package (this is an OEM drive therefore only comes in the anti-static bag), that I was disappointed with the "Made in China" sticker on the drive. But after testing, I found this drive to be very well made, and extremely quiet. Seagate has done their homework and use experience from their business drive sector to come up with a NAS HD capable of being purchased by anyone without breaking the bank. Make no mistake, this drive was made to work in NAS storage 24/7, and not a rebadged desktop drive. With Seagate's new NASWorks technology, you get a smoother quieter drive thanks to their dual plane balance, and NASWorks error recovery features. If you care about such things, I did check the drive with ATTO and got 162.2 MB/s Read, ... MoreI have to admit, when I first opened the package (this is an OEM drive therefore only comes in the anti-static bag), that I was disappointed with the "Made in China" sticker on the drive. But after testing, I found this drive to be very well made, and extremely quiet. Seagate has done their homework and use experience from their business drive sector to come up with a NAS HD capable of being purchased by anyone without breaking the bank. Make no mistake, this drive was made to work in NAS storage 24/7, and not a rebadged desktop drive. With Seagate's new NASWorks technology, you get a smoother quieter drive thanks to their dual plane balance, and NASWorks error recovery features. If you care about such things, I did check the drive with ATTO and got 162.2 MB/s Read, and 161.6 MB/s write speeds. Seagate advertises a maximum sustained rate of 180MB/s, so this is very reasonable indeed. Once that was done, the HD was put into a new Synology DS112J single drive NAS enclosure where it's new home will be for some time. Once I got all the necessary software installed, and the drive was initialized, I began to transfer data, music, movies and all the good things that a NAS server should have on it. I made a point to check temperatures as I was working the drive, and the drive consistently stayed in the 90-95 degree F range even when being worked hard. At one point, we had three smart phones, two tablets, a laptop, a WD TV Live box, and a PC streaming music or video, and the drive never faltered, never stuttered, and remained cool. I could reach a transfer rate of over 30MB/s through my network, and I consider that good considering that the little Synology NAS box I got is a bottom of the line unit without a lot of memory and a very basic processor. Overall, I am very impressed with this drive. It will do its job very well as a server for my home, and I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who needs a large drive for a home or small office NAS system. The price is good, and Seagate will stand by their products. 5 Eggs.
I was able to get the NAS version of the Seagate 4TB 5900rpm drive for the same price ($139) as the regular internal 4TB drive so I decided to try them out. I have to admit that I cannot tell the difference between the NAS version and the standard internal HDD version of this drive. Access times and Read/Write speeds are the same in the same server configuration. Quite frankly, I am not sure if there is a difference. That said, I have been very happy with the reliability of these Seagate 4TB HDD's. I have been running these in servers in raid 0,1, and 5 configurations for almost two years without failures. I cannot complain about reliability. As stated above, the access times and Read/Write speeds are slower than for the Seagate 7200rpm 3TB drives that I have. The ... MoreI was able to get the NAS version of the Seagate 4TB 5900rpm drive for the same price ($139) as the regular internal 4TB drive so I decided to try them out. I have to admit that I cannot tell the difference between the NAS version and the standard internal HDD version of this drive. Access times and Read/Write speeds are the same in the same server configuration. Quite frankly, I am not sure if there is a difference. That said, I have been very happy with the reliability of these Seagate 4TB HDD's. I have been running these in servers in raid 0,1, and 5 configurations for almost two years without failures. I cannot complain about reliability. As stated above, the access times and Read/Write speeds are slower than for the Seagate 7200rpm 3TB drives that I have. The HGST 7200rpm 4TB drives are also faster, as should be expected. 4TB HGST drives are US$20-US$30 more expensive on sale than the Seagate 5900rpm drives so I use the Seagate drives for media server applications. They are fast enough to simultaneously allow streaming of 5 separate videos without hangups or allow reading of video streams while writing to the drive at up to 70MB/sec on a gigabit ethernet connection. The price of HDD's have not really changed in the last couple years. I have been buying 4TB Seagate drives on sale for US$139 for that long and I am hoping that, with the introduction of 5TB and 6TB HDD's, the price will start to drop for the 3TB and 4TB drives. I also own and use WD Red HDD's, WD Black HDD's, Toshiba HDD's, and HGST HDD's. My experiences with these Seagate HDD's in 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB sizes is that they are as reliable as the WD, Toshiba, and HGST HDD's. I recommend them as a good value/performance HDD.
