Newer model of Seagate IronWolf (ST10000VN0008). Seagate IronWolf 10TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 7200 RPM 256MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage. Sold by Amazon US.
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People who value the supposed reliability/warranty and NAS specific features such as the vibration sensors and special health monitoring features. I thought I would get these too for my NAS but I kept getting tempted by those damn good shuckable deals.
the 16tb Seagates use the Exos drives, which are also Nas grade drives.
Enterprise grade drives are a whole different beast but yes. I don't think they offer the same Ironwolf Health feature though in Synology NAS though.
On a related note, I have a 10TB Exos drive in my desktop PC now thanks to some good fortune with the recent shucking deal… and after seeing the price on the 16TB at $431, I decided to bite and fill my fourth drive bay. Only one slot remains!
Personally unless its the pro unit which has the 5 year warranty would i shell out and get the drive vs a shuck drive,
I also read an article comparing it from a warranty stance if you buy a spare or two it still works out cheaper with shucks vs the longer warranty of the drives based on the low failure rate of drives (following the bathtub timeline)
what is bathtub timeline?
This
https://blog.pasternack.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ht21_…
Essentially hard drives are expected to fail either at the very beginning (infancy) or due to expected usage (end of life). When put into a graph it looks like a bathtub.
Because these are more quiet than the 12tb + drives so more suitable than exos for your desktop
Or …..
If needing a bit less storage - the 6TB version for $236.08 :)
Last Seagate IronWolf I got from Amazon was DOA. Shipped just in a Seagate cardboard box. 100% cardboard with sections folded to create a cradle for the drive. Really can't see any drives arriving working. Allows too much movement whilst also doing a crap job at absorbing any impacts.
Out of curiosity, are many people buying these over the shuckable 12TB WDs or 16TB Seagates?