Seagate IronWolf Pro 4TB 3.5" SATA NAS HDD [ST4000NE001]

Recommended Seller, Buy with Confidence! I was skeptical initially. Will it be a imitation hdd, I thought. Bite the bullet and went ahead to purchase.Price lower than others seller in SG. Delivery speed is good. About 1 week. But delivery man is shitty. It raining heavily and he can just put it outside the door and let it get wet! He could have place in riser next to it. Thankfully seller wrap it up nicely with plastic, box, thick bubble wrap and finally inside a customised foam box. So it very well protected.1st thing I did was to check for it authenticity. Verify on Seagate website. And got a 3 & half year warranty. Not sure why. But very happy it match 3 years warranty by seller. But I tried my luck with seagate to extend it to 5 years. As it stated on their site ... MoreRecommended Seller, Buy with Confidence! I was skeptical initially. Will it be a imitation hdd, I thought. Bite the bullet and went ahead to purchase.Price lower than others seller in SG. Delivery speed is good. About 1 week. But delivery man is shitty. It raining heavily and he can just put it outside the door and let it get wet! He could have place in riser next to it. Thankfully seller wrap it up nicely with plastic, box, thick bubble wrap and finally inside a customised foam box. So it very well protected.1st thing I did was to check for it authenticity. Verify on Seagate website. And got a 3 & half year warranty. Not sure why. But very happy it match 3 years warranty by seller. But I tried my luck with seagate to extend it to 5 years. As it stated on their site that ironwolf pro get 5 years warranty.Seagate then ask me for invoice. I gave them screenshot of Lazada purchase. But they don't recognise it. Ask the seller to provide they said. And seller gladly provide me a invoice which I forward to seagate. And after a while they glady increase my warranty period to 5 years. Very thankful for that.Glad I brought my hdd from this seller

1 out of 6 is DOA

1 of my 6 22TB HDD is DOA.The RMA process that Seagate has says that “Seagate may replace your product with a product that was previously used, repaired and tested to meet Seagate specifications.”That’s pretty disappointing.I’m wondering what the DOA % is for 22TB since I have ten 18TB and they are all fine. A Reddit user in July 2023 said that they bought 108 22TB Ironwolf Pros from multiple vendors and 9 of the 108 22TB HDDs were DOA (~8%). Maybe they have a quality control issue. However, as long as Seagate HDDs aren’t DOA, I’ve had a good experience with Ironwolf Pros in terms of longevity. Hopefully they improve QA testing moving forward.

3rd one bought, my use experience is outstanding

Are you joking me? I purchased this drive on April 19, 2024. I seem to remember being upset that Seagate's phone number was removed from the box. I had to drop to diskpart and dos to format the drive for Windows 11.But Seagate has never let me down; ever since the 1980s, they have been my first choice for hardware. Up till the Samsung/crucial SSDz, I sell them and seldom use any other storage devices.It contains 22 TBS OF STORAGE and can read and write at a steady pace of around two to 300 megabytes per second! It can keep EVERY picture or video file on ALL of your devices, including OS's from apple ii, amiga to win 3.11 to 11. For tiny businesses like mine, where I've worked on auctions for over 23 years, partitioning can even separate your data and provide a ... MoreAre you joking me? I purchased this drive on April 19, 2024. I seem to remember being upset that Seagate's phone number was removed from the box. I had to drop to diskpart and dos to format the drive for Windows 11.But Seagate has never let me down; ever since the 1980s, they have been my first choice for hardware. Up till the Samsung/crucial SSDz, I sell them and seldom use any other storage devices.It contains 22 TBS OF STORAGE and can read and write at a steady pace of around two to 300 megabytes per second! It can keep EVERY picture or video file on ALL of your devices, including OS's from apple ii, amiga to win 3.11 to 11. For tiny businesses like mine, where I've worked on auctions for over 23 years, partitioning can even separate your data and provide a DUAL backup on 5 TB of storage.Mounted out on the outer casing of Sabrinth. The one thing about the summer heat wave that worries me is that it can get really hot, so 98 degrees without air conditioning or fans could be a problem. though even that is seldom.I therefore virtually always suggest Seagate and, if the surveys are still open, I also examine updates once a year.

All the Bytes

I purchased 5 of these for use in in a Synology 1522. As others have warned, you get a warning message but after accepting, the Synology shows these as healthy and has no issues using them. Write performance in a RAID 6 has no trouble maxing a 1GbE connection. I’m sure 2.5 would be no issue. Internal read/write speeds during the array build were 1.3GB/s so each drive was yielding about 250MB/s.I did have one arrive DOA. B&H exchange for a replacement was painless. Once the replacement arrived, no issues.Other reviews have commented on noise. These are quiet as compared to the 6 - 16TB Exos drives in my 1621. I’m sure in a dead silent room these have mechanical noise but this shouldn’t be noticeable if placed in a closet or out of the way.Overall, I’m very ... MoreI purchased 5 of these for use in in a Synology 1522. As others have warned, you get a warning message but after accepting, the Synology shows these as healthy and has no issues using them. Write performance in a RAID 6 has no trouble maxing a 1GbE connection. I’m sure 2.5 would be no issue. Internal read/write speeds during the array build were 1.3GB/s so each drive was yielding about 250MB/s.I did have one arrive DOA. B&H exchange for a replacement was painless. Once the replacement arrived, no issues.Other reviews have commented on noise. These are quiet as compared to the 6 - 16TB Exos drives in my 1621. I’m sure in a dead silent room these have mechanical noise but this shouldn’t be noticeable if placed in a closet or out of the way.Overall, I’m very happy with the 24TB Ironwolf’s and would purchase again.

Better than expected

As my old NAS was getting ready for retirement, I decided to replace it with a newer Synology (DS1522+). The old NAS has 4 HGST enterprise drives that I bought refurbished on Amazon. They've been reliable and awesome for a little more than 3+ years, but they were so loud! I've had various configurations of drives in the NAS over the years, and these are the brands I've previously tried:BTW, I only recently read that it's recommended to stick with a single brand for drives...not sure how much it affects things, but maybe that's why I've had mixed results in the past?*WD - didn't have much luck with them, both of them died within a year and at the same time (don't think I'll ever try them again).*Samsung - surprisingly pretty good...they eventually were replaced ... MoreAs my old NAS was getting ready for retirement, I decided to replace it with a newer Synology (DS1522+). The old NAS has 4 HGST enterprise drives that I bought refurbished on Amazon. They've been reliable and awesome for a little more than 3+ years, but they were so loud! I've had various configurations of drives in the NAS over the years, and these are the brands I've previously tried:BTW, I only recently read that it's recommended to stick with a single brand for drives...not sure how much it affects things, but maybe that's why I've had mixed results in the past?*WD - didn't have much luck with them, both of them died within a year and at the same time (don't think I'll ever try them again).*Samsung - surprisingly pretty good...they eventually were replaced by the HGST.*HGST - I've owned 6 of them...the first 2 were replaced by higher capacity versions but they were still going strong when I replaced them.*Toshiba - had 4 of them and they lasted a few years as well, but were replaced by higher-capacity drives.After tons of research and creating dorky spreadsheets, Seagate Ironwolf Pros came out on top. I was looking at total price, price/TB, noise level, reliability, power draw, and warranty. Seagate seemed to come out on top vs. Synology and Toshiba.One of the things that concerned me was the reported noise levels; I'd read the Pros are really loud, but when looking at the spec sheets, their numbers were much lower than the non-Pro versions. After having lived with these for a couple of weeks, they are so much quieter than my HGST drives. So far, really happy with them and hopefully they'll hold up.

Fantastic drives

I spent A LOT of time reading reviews about god knows how many internal hard drives and racking my brain about which brand or product to go with. I'm happy I settled on this Seagate 16TB NAS. In terms of cost vs. storage capacity, I learned that the 16TB size drives are usually the most cost-effective and give you the most bang/storage for your buck. Go lower or higher storage capacity, and you end up paying a, overall higher per TB cost. I bought a new OWC Thunderbay 8-Bay and installed 8 of these new drives into my Thunderbay. Only did so yesterday so I can't really attest yet to the quality of the drives. But so far they are very quiet, and as I'm copying over vast amounts of data right now to these drives, they appear pretty darn fast too. So I am loving them. ... MoreI spent A LOT of time reading reviews about god knows how many internal hard drives and racking my brain about which brand or product to go with. I'm happy I settled on this Seagate 16TB NAS. In terms of cost vs. storage capacity, I learned that the 16TB size drives are usually the most cost-effective and give you the most bang/storage for your buck. Go lower or higher storage capacity, and you end up paying a, overall higher per TB cost. I bought a new OWC Thunderbay 8-Bay and installed 8 of these new drives into my Thunderbay. Only did so yesterday so I can't really attest yet to the quality of the drives. But so far they are very quiet, and as I'm copying over vast amounts of data right now to these drives, they appear pretty darn fast too. So I am loving them. You usually can't go wrong when you buy drives that have the very high positive ratings that this Seagate IronWolf Pro usually receives.

I no longer buy drives from Amazon!

Bought 2 18tb internal drives direct from Seagate, they are fast and QUIET. They were carefully packed in appropriate cartons and operate without issues. I bought the 2 previous drives (16tb & 18tb WD external) from Amazon. One shipped in the box that is normally displayed on the shelf in a store, nothing else. It was only protected by 2 pieces of plastic and sounds like a box of rocks. The other shipped loose in a large carton and sounds just as bad. They are slow to respond and stutter, rattle, shake (!) and can be heard in the next room. I have never had these issues with ANY drives before (I've bought dozens) and can't help but attribute this to the terrible packaging they were shipped in. Thank you Seagate for your careful packaging! BTW, I have been buying ... MoreBought 2 18tb internal drives direct from Seagate, they are fast and QUIET. They were carefully packed in appropriate cartons and operate without issues. I bought the 2 previous drives (16tb & 18tb WD external) from Amazon. One shipped in the box that is normally displayed on the shelf in a store, nothing else. It was only protected by 2 pieces of plastic and sounds like a box of rocks. The other shipped loose in a large carton and sounds just as bad. They are slow to respond and stutter, rattle, shake (!) and can be heard in the next room. I have never had these issues with ANY drives before (I've bought dozens) and can't help but attribute this to the terrible packaging they were shipped in. Thank you Seagate for your careful packaging! BTW, I have been buying both Seagate & WD for many years without issues.

IronWolf Pro Seagate 3.5 HDs are Ourstanding

I've tried mainstream regular and NAS drives from Toshiba, Western Digital, Hitachi, IBM and Seagate over the past 30+ years, but either because of reliability, especially reliability, tech support, or price keep coming back to Seagate.Seagate has consistently had great tech support and been easy to deal with and this IronWolf PRO series, not the plain IronWolf non-pro series, are by far, the best conventional hard drives I've ever encountered.I have about 25 of them mostly 8TB, 16TB and 20TB which I've purchased over the past few years. All are still going strong and many run 7x24. All have been excellent values and I've never had a problem with any of them.They have a 5 year P&L warranty but only if purchased from an authorized Seagate source.They usually ... MoreI've tried mainstream regular and NAS drives from Toshiba, Western Digital, Hitachi, IBM and Seagate over the past 30+ years, but either because of reliability, especially reliability, tech support, or price keep coming back to Seagate.Seagate has consistently had great tech support and been easy to deal with and this IronWolf PRO series, not the plain IronWolf non-pro series, are by far, the best conventional hard drives I've ever encountered.I have about 25 of them mostly 8TB, 16TB and 20TB which I've purchased over the past few years. All are still going strong and many run 7x24. All have been excellent values and I've never had a problem with any of them.They have a 5 year P&L warranty but only if purchased from an authorized Seagate source.They usually have no warranty if they are purchased from an OEM, an Original Equipment Manufacturer. OEM's are usually mainstream manufacturers who buy pallets of hard drives which they use in their products.When models change, OEMs might keep some for of those drives for service, but usually their remaining inventory is sold to the grey market, a mixture of smaller computer dealers and liquidators. Even if the drives your buy from such sources are sealed and are brand new, because they were originally sold to an OEM, Seagate won't honor the drive's warranty and you are on your own to get it serviced or replaced.You can find out a Seagate's drive warranty by entering its serial number on the support section of the Seagate website. I always check the serial numbers there before putting a drive in service.I've never had an issue with HDs I've sourced through B&H or for that matter any issue I've had with B&H with anything I've bought from them in the past 40+years. They are the best store I've ever encountered.

It is not recommended to buy used.

I bought the Seagate 22TB hard disk used Nov 25, 2023. I bought the product in New York and I live in Israel. On 01/31/2024 I returned to my country and tried to use the diagnostic disk while playing, the disk made strange noises and the computer did not recognize it at all and it was also impossible to format it and prepare it for use. After that I saw that the hard disk was physically damaged as in some corners its casing was deformed. Now I'm in a problem since used ones only have a 3 month warranty and I live in another country.I would like to point out that this is the second time I have been damaged by used B&H products 2 years ago I bought a used HP laptop and it gave me problems and I opened it and saw that it had already been opened before and it was ... MoreI bought the Seagate 22TB hard disk used Nov 25, 2023. I bought the product in New York and I live in Israel. On 01/31/2024 I returned to my country and tried to use the diagnostic disk while playing, the disk made strange noises and the computer did not recognize it at all and it was also impossible to format it and prepare it for use. After that I saw that the hard disk was physically damaged as in some corners its casing was deformed. Now I'm in a problem since used ones only have a 3 month warranty and I live in another country.I would like to point out that this is the second time I have been damaged by used B&H products 2 years ago I bought a used HP laptop and it gave me problems and I opened it and saw that it had already been opened before and it was missing screws inside and there were broken pieces of plastic. B&H refused to help me because the 3 months of warranty had passed. Even though the computer is sold in condition 9. That's why my recommendation is not to buy a used product at the B&H store.