Seagate ST6000VN001 6TB IronWolf 3.5" 5400RPM SATA 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.

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.

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.

Drive failed in 6 months

This is a totally useless drive. It failed in 6 months. It is showing unrecoverable read errors. I have lost all data. I am trying to get support from Seagate but the drive's model number and serial number are failing to find the drive on Seagate support website. This drive has big claims on performance and reliability, but fails to deliver. The drive claims a workload rate of 300TB/year but failed at 50TB in 6 months. Knowing Seagate support policies, even if I can get support from Seagate, at best, they will replace it with a refurbished drive. This will again put my data at risk. Update 9/3/2017: Seagate was able to verify the warranty status from serial number. After talking to Seagate data recovery service, it turns out that they can recover only Word, Excel, ... MoreThis is a totally useless drive. It failed in 6 months. It is showing unrecoverable read errors. I have lost all data. I am trying to get support from Seagate but the drive's model number and serial number are failing to find the drive on Seagate support website. This drive has big claims on performance and reliability, but fails to deliver. The drive claims a workload rate of 300TB/year but failed at 50TB in 6 months. Knowing Seagate support policies, even if I can get support from Seagate, at best, they will replace it with a refurbished drive. This will again put my data at risk. Update 9/3/2017: Seagate was able to verify the warranty status from serial number. After talking to Seagate data recovery service, it turns out that they can recover only Word, Excel, Pictures, Videos, database kind of files only. So, if you use this drive for something like VMWare or NAS, Seagate has never heard of it. So much for business/enterprise applications. Also, the recovered files are sent back on Windows/Mac compatible 4TB external drives only. The failed drive is then sent to the warranty department who sends out a replacement. The failed drive has to be sent back in Seagate approved packaging. I am waiting for Seagate to send me the packaging. The overall process might take a month or more. The data recovery service is only for 2 years, even though the drive warranty is for 5 years. I will update the review once everything is done.

Installed in Synology DS216j

This weekend I installed two 8TB IronWolf drives into my Synology DS216j NAS. I chose these drives because they're on the Synology compatibility list for the DS216j. Both passed a SMART quick test before I transferred all my data to them. Working great so far! Zero issues.

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.

Jack's review of SKYHAWK 2TB SURVEILLANCE 3.5IN 6GB/S SATA 64MB

Pros: Great drive, very fast transfer speeds in both read and write and cost effective for the capacity.Cons: Enterprise/NAS drives are much louder than standard consumer drives which can be a small annoyance when installed in a desktop computer. However this is a trade off for the capacity and performance.

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.