Seagate IronWolf 6TB ST6000VN001 3.5in NAS Hard Drive

The drives themselves I rate at 5 stars, but I received them in a box with inadequate packing and they would have been bumping against each other in transit, protected only by their anti-static bags. PBTech picker let the side down badly. I guess it's a testament to the robustness of these drives that they installed without any faults and have so far passed their regular scan and S.M.A.R.T testing. However, I'm hedging by installing them in a RAID 0 (mirrored) configuration just in case. Fortunately this was my original intention so I haven't lost by it. Chosen because they are on the compatibility chart for the NAS I purchased with them.

I've had six of these drives in a NAS for the last 15 months. They're quiet and just get on with storing my data. I've just had to install another NAS so I bought some more.....I know Seagate drives have had a poor reputation recently but they seem to have turned it around with the IronWolf series and I'm as happy to use them as WD Reds.

Good priced CMR NAS drive. Wish more places would disclose if their drives are CMR or the inferior SMR type drives. Delivery was fast, packaging was acceptable but could have been improved. I've had a few items from Ebuyer and so far I'm happy with all of my purchases.

Decided to buy a new drive after a bad experience buying 'refurbished' ones on ebay. It's definitely worth buying new! So far so good.. seems a quiet and reliable drive. Would recommend. 👍

Andy's review of Seagate 6TB IronWolf NAS Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 6Gb/s 5400RPM 256MB Cache

Pros: Decent capacity for the price compared to other manufacturers. Seem to keep up pace with my 7200rpm drives, despite being only 5400rpm. This is also good as they consume less power.Cons: No issues here so far. Can't really comment on reliability as the drives have only been up 24/7 for a few days now.

Bought 4, will buy 4 more

Upgrading my NAS from 8x 4TB Drives to 8x 6TB drives for more capacity. I have bought four of these drives so far and they are working exactly as they should. I'll buy the other four next month and finish the upgrade. Very happy with them in my FreeNAS build. I am running a Raid-Z2 for redundancy and so my available space was approx 20TB before and it will be approx 32TB after. Plenty of room for our photos, videos, projects, home storage, audio, etc. For now anyway.

It works

I previously bought Western Digital drives for a brand new NAS. One failed within the first couple of months, and WD took more than 6 months to replace the defective drive, and then only after multiple battles with their CS. I bought the Seagates while that was still open. They installed easily and have worked without an issue. Nothing flashy, nothing special, just plug and play. So, if you're considering various brands, buy the Seagate. The prices are almost identical, and the small premium is worth it.

Shaun's review of Seagate 6TB IronWolf NAS Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 6Gb/s 5400RPM 256MB Cache

Pros: Reliable, large capacity storage with nice design.Cons: Little thicker than many other 3.5" drives and can be slow to start but otherwise a great product

Simon's review of Seagate 6TB IronWolf NAS Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 6Gb/s 5400RPM 256MB Cache

Pros: Great value for a 5400 rpm drive. CMR is important for NAS users.Cons: Come with minimum packing. Will see how long these disks survive.

Very good NAS drives, nearly perfect!

Synology 4 bay NAS, 4 year old 4TB versions of this drive, 1 failing with bad sector warnings so purchased a 6TB drive to replace it. Easy swap, auto re-build, also bought another 6TB as a spare. Good quiet drives, they stay cool, However my many years experience says 1 in 6 drives you own/use will fail in time so be ready. Good prices right now.