Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD 10TB ST10000NM0016

Satisfied with the drive, noise level low, working as expected.

imo Seagate makes the best hard drives, and that’s why I picked it.

seems like people are just complaining about the warranty having shorter time than advertised. apparently it’s just a nuance of sellers on Amazon – they get the warranty from the manufacturer then resell the item, so the warranty clock is already ticking. if that’s not a problem for you, which it is not a problem for me, then it’s easy to just move past that issue.

i also read someone received the incorrect product. this has happened to me with another vendor in the past peddling a different brand so i believe it. if you get a product that looks different than the one pictured, and especially if it has data on it and is used-sold-as-new, then return the product for a full refund immediately.

otherwise, this is an extremely high-end drive. the product i received was exactly as pictured and exactly as described. i have thus far been extremely impressed by the read/write speeds and the minimal heat and noise – the casing is high quality metal which helps dissipate heat, keep the helium sealed inside, and seal the noise of the disks spinning.

i recommend using it for storage pools, not for the OS. put your OS on m.2 or 2.5″SSD if possible – that way if you ever encounter a drive or software failure on your OS, you don’t lose your data; and vice versa, if this drive in your data pool fails then you don’t lose your OS, just the data. these 10TB blocks are perfect for large media library storage pools – designed specifically for always-on 24/7 enterprise-level stress.

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I bought 4 of these to populate a NAS and they are very capable and work well, but they are noisy. My research indicates that Seagate drives in general tend to be noisier that other manufacturers but this does not seem to detract from their functionality. These drives are specifically manufactured for data centers where noise isn’t really a concern. These drives sitting on a user’s desk and “clunking” away might be somewhat distracting though. I haven’t heard drives this noisy since the old IDE MFM or RLL drives. All in all these drives are very well built and work well. I would recommend them, but be aware of the noise.

When I pulled the hard drive out of the box I was surprised by quality of the case and I would rate it a five star on external build quality. However as one user already noted the noise level of this drive is not acceptable. As soon as I powered on my ESXi server I could hear the new drive beeping, but my WD Red’s were quiet. I thought that must be a boot feature because as soon as the host was up the drive was whisper quiet. However as soon as I set the drive to format the noise coming off this drive was not acceptable. I’m used the the quiet hum of WD Red’s and the barely audible sound of the heads thrashing around while moving bits. This drive, however, was easily heard from the next room.

I hope that I had just gotten a faulty drive, but either way I gave Segate another shot after being burned a decade ago and I guess they have not changed much. Needless to say I returned this drive and will get another WD Red even though this drive is less expensive and is more comparable with a RED Pro. Honestly it is a shame because external case of this drive was built far superior to the WD drives, the price per gig was better, and the supposed MTBF was better as well. On paper this was just an all around better drive, but then there was the noise.