As part of ShoppingExpress' Boxing day return sale. The Seagate Archive 8TB is now $299.
Applying Seagate's cashback: $299 - $30 = $269.
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Hurry! Sale ends 29th of December 2015
Why's that an issue? Redemption period for the cashback is 17th Jan.
Prepare to hear the noisiest HDD you've ever experienced.
Snap, Crackle and Pop from Rice Bubbles should really be mascots for this thing.
My mini-review here, if anyone's curious.
You must not have heard of the old Quantum Bigfoot hard drives. I have i used to have one. Now those were some real seriously loud HDD my bet louder even than these would be nothing compared to the Bigfoot!.
Examples. Your ears may get blasted by the HDD screaming noise sounding like a jet engine at full thrust.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZAPBkYFNWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PY4U6lEYDY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lj_FUJy2Zs
Yes in the days of these sort of hard drives. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6VQGveQXNo
So i beg to differ this Seagate HDD wouldn't be the loudest hard drive that has been experienced.
So i beg to differ this Seagate HDD wouldn't be the loudest hard drive that has been experienced.
Okay well noisiest in this century at least. I haven't heard anything like them since the 1990s.
Edit: I watched those videos. The Seagate Archive 8TB still sounds more unstable and louder due it's random chirps, squeaks and rumbles (it just doesn't screech as long because it's faster at reading/writing) whereas the Bigfoots have consistently flat whirring noises from the spindle motors which sound entirely normal; and the Seagate Archive HDDs are almost 20 years newer, that's the scary part.
I'm more concerned about the fact that it died after 3 months, especially after having 2 * 3TB and 2 * 2TB Seagate drives fail in the last 12 months.
Backblaze Reliability Numbers suggest that Seagate have the issue back under control and Western Digital quality is going down, but bad experiences leave a bitter taste.
it's an archive drive not a NAS. so the idea is you back-up your NAS or working drive data to it periodically. So wouldn't expect this to have longevity if used as a NAS or primary drive …. and will die real quick is using it for torrenting non copyright material which tend to hammer the head parking a bit (kills green drives).
So as an archive it's cheap per GB, but remember it's purpose "archive drive", used occasionally to backup data, then the heads park, and drive spins down ….. so noise shouldn't be a problem for this occasional use.
My WD green drive died because the heads were being parked too often ….. designed for low power, so parked the heads quickly, and spun down quickly.
If peopler using SSD for torrenting non copyrighted material and this to archive and move the content off the SSD, this would be an economical model.
I will be getting one of these.
WHat this guy says!! i use a standard green or equivalent for torrenting and the archive is used once a week to copy the content over..
i've had two for about a month and i picked up two more on boxing day (already received the shipping confirmation from the store).
Also, for people having issues with the heads parking too often; then the APM can be disabled via crystaldiskinfo. google it. I disabled the heads of all my drives (except the SSD) and no more annoying clicking sounds and repeated spinning up and down. The drives were a bit dodgy (they would sometimes fail when being used to heavily) before but are a lot more stable now (speed is still a lot slower but it is stable).
Disabling the APM appears to be the proven solution for a lot of the green or equivalent drives..
Also, if you're unsure about these 8tb drives; then use the Long scan option (in DOS) under Seatools… it will take 10-12 hours to complete, but should give you some confidence on the reliability of the drive. if it fails Long scan then RMA it before you actually start to transfer the data. Seagate released Seatools for users to perform basic troubleshooting and is something they use themselves..
Wow… 8TB. I still remember 10MB hard disks!!!
Dont think its a faulty batch. More like a flawed technology. I have had to return 6 x 8tb archive + 8 x 5 tb smr drives. Even some of the warranty replacements had failed with less than a month use. We use them rarely for cold backups for clients data. So freakin unreliable. Such high failure rate from different batches.
What did you end up using to replace them? Sounds like you gave up on them. Were the 5TB HDDs also Seagates?
Fyi the cashback can take many months to get paid.
I had forgotten all about the $30 cashback I submitted late August for buying 2x 3TB drives, until the cheque arrived in the mail 2 days before Xmas! Haven't had a chance to bank it yet.
Bought this drive a couple of weeks ago and had the $30 direct deposit in my account within a week
Hmm weird - cos I'm pretty sure I provided them my account details too, but it arrived as cheque.
Hi whitehall,
I registered a couple of archive hdd's on seagate's website on the 16th of Dec but have not even received a confirmation email from them as yet.
Did you get any correspondences from Seagate after you registered your disk or did the cash just turn up in your account?
The website does say "Note: The Seagate ANZ Team will be away for holidays from December 24th to January 6th 2016. Please note that registrations made after December 14th will be processed after the holidays." but was hoping to get at least an email from them advising that the product has been registered.
Heya, I got an automated email almost right away and a couple of days later got an email from a guy there wanting to confirm my DD details. A couple of days after that it was in my CBA account.
@whitehall: Thanks for the reply.
I emailed them and received a reply advising that my hdd's were registered on their database. They also advised that as they were on holiday; the confirmation email was not sent out.
Apparently, they are back in the office from the 6th of Jan and will be processing the cash back requests they received over the holiday period then.
Cheers.
maybe wait for the possible ebay voucher
Hey all,
Shopping express's ebay site has this for $355 (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Seagate-Archive-8TB-3-5-Internal-…). With the 15% discount (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/227931) and 4% cash rewards deal this will come down to around $285 with free delivery. Take another 30 bucks off after the seagate cashback and this can be had for $255.. pretty damn decent!
Good deal! Can you use it for NAS?
Bad idea.
It's an archive hdd - supposed to be used occasionally for storing rarely used data. NAS's are generally used on a constant / daily basis.
Even if you only used your NAS once a week, an archive drive is still not suitable.
Just got my drive today…. but Seagate won't accept my registration as it complains my serial number isn't 9 digits long (and funny enough, my drives serial number is actually only 8 digits)
When I try and click 'Contact Us' on the feedback page it doesn't take me anywhere.
Anyone else having a similar issue and know how to get around it?
Did anyone receive an confirmation email once you had submit your claim?
no dael~ no way i will receive it by tomorrow