Customers are positive about the IronWolf 8TB NAS hard drive's reliability, ample storage space, and competitive price, frequently citing its suitability for NAS systems and the included data recovery service as key benefits. However, customers are negative about the drive's noise level, with some finding it louder than alternative options. The ease of installation and the drive's performance in NAS environments also received positive feedback.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good internal storage for NAS!
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Run smoothly and faster than I expected. Really recommend!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 2 out of 5 stars
Use raid or make sure this is backed up
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Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.
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I had this unit for less than one year with light use when it failed. Seagate did replace under warranty but I had to pay for shipping to Seagate and wait. Basically a 3 week turnaround. Seagate we solid drives in the day. Not anymore.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Plenty of capacity
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Works fine use it for editing videos hav loaded 50 hours and still have plenty of room
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
NAS food
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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This drive runs great in my Synology NAS. I have not had a failure yet.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
internal hard drive
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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excellent memory capacity and fast speed, was easy to install in computer.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Software will not activate
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The person who checked me out must be new. It took him 10-12 minutes to complete a simple transaction, then he apparently did it wrong. The Adobe Premiere Elements 2020 has a code to scan in order for the product to be activated. I spent about an hour downloading and trying to activate only to only to receive a notice that I do not have a proper activation code. I used the code supplied with the software. Now I will have to make another trip to Best Buy.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Not happy
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The price was good, but it arrived dead. Not able to use it.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Noise level, Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect match for my NAS raid auto backup
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Purchased two for my NAS. Easy install. Quiet. Perfect solution to keep my computers in auto backup on a raid NAS. Recommend these drives.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A little loud, but not extremely so
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Hard part about reviewing hard drives is that you can't speak to how long they'll last. I purchased two for a Synology NAS enclosure. They installed and set up easily, and are performing to spec. The only issue has been noise from the heads. Louder "clunking" than I normally get from drives these days. While it's not "loud loud", it could be clearly heard across the room. I ended up moving my NAS setup to another room, because it was distracting during quiet scenes while watching media. For their purpose, they are (so far) good drives, and I would buy again for this purpose. I couldn't recommend them in a machine at your desk, or an exposed media server near your TV. (and I cannot answer if they are both loud or just one due to the RAID setup)
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good so far
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It's been running 24/7 for the past few years without issue.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It's a spinny hard drive, one of four on my NAS.
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Does what it's supposed to do. Bestbuy price was good as the drives came in retail packaging not brown box like some others around same price. Overall happy with drive and BestBuy.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Hard drive
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Ironwolf NAS drives
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Good drives have several in my NAS. I have always used Ironwolf drives
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
NAS hdd, Ironwolf
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Works great! Installed and setup was easy. Hdd worked like it was supposed too.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Getting very hot
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Mine continue to spin it makes HDD get hot. Is it normal? I don't think so because my other HDD stops when data transfer finishes sit stop to spin. I just return it today. I always purchased Seagate because I was satisfied with it but not this one. I am getting another one , will see replacement works or not