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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Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Perfect hdd for NAS
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Perfect for building a NAS. These drives are big in storage and cheap. For the quality. I use them for a home media server and they are more than fast enough for 4k cloud streaming.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best value for hard drive in 8 TB size.
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Although this hard drive cost more than Baricuta model, the added reliability and technology makes the cost difference worth it.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great for a Plex Server
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I got 2 of these for my Truenas Plex server and after several of use months they’re fantastic.
They’re noticeably louder than the WD 4TB Red NAS drives I had before, but from my understanding that’s par for the course for larger drives.
Read, write speeds are more than sufficient for a Plex Server using the ZFS filesystem and ZFS Cache.
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Product delivered as expected, well-protected. Both drives started up and initialized/formatted without any issues. I was surprised at how silent they were - other reviews suggested they might be noisy.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Mr. Tungson Truong
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Seagate - IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services
Overall rating* Excellent
Your review*
Excellent HD.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Noise level
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast and quite
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I had to return first one because it was very loud and I worried it will fail eventually. It kept spinning none stop. I went to the store and got the replacement. This second one was working quite and good. I have used Western Digital and Seagate HDD. I noticed Seagate has better quality and lower failure rate. This Ironwolf HDD is fast and good. Istallation is easy and simple
I would recommend this to a friend
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Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
SYNOLOGY NAS DS223
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Plug and play and don’t have any issues yet. I am using this with the SynolgyNAS 223 for about 1 month now.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Reliability
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
IronWolf Quality
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
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I've used Seagate drives for many years, and only one had an issue with bad sectors. I purchased two of these to be used as data drives in two SSD-based PCs. The drives are fast, quiet, and they have (hopefully) the IronWolf reliability on which many servers depend. Only slightly more expensive than their desktop counterparts, these drives are definitely worth it to me.
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I purchased this hard drive about 3 months ago and it runs gayer than my ssd. Very happy with it and decided to buy another to set up RAID. Very pleased
I would recommend this to a friend
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Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
TB storage
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Really good! I’ve had for a few weeks now and I have had no problems. It truly feels good to have more storage for my gaming pc.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Price
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best drives for active NAS storage.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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This is the best drive for active NAS storage. Not to expensive and works well for constant read and write.
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My best buy yet! I got them for super cheap. I have a reliable Raid System now. I got a great deal and they work great and are pretty fast! Easy to Install.
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This is my entry into drives for NAS'. So far, so good. A little noisy, but that is just how HDDs are.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best hard drive ever
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
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Love this. In light of the recent price increases, I wish I would have bought a larger size. Runs flawlessly and it's fairly quiet in my NAS.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Unbeatable bang for the buck!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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I've had a long history with Seagate drives over the last 15+ years that have kept me too cautious. While the failure rate of larger capacity drives are way lower compared to their infamous 3tb series, thes Ironwolfs are incredibly fast and sustainable. If you're concerned about lifespan (read-write cycles of the drive over a lifetime) check out Backblaze's block (cloud backup company) as they publish some interesting statistics based on their own research and industry-wide studies.