Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000VNZ08)

I rarely write a review but decided to. First, I am old, like dirt. Retired as a system, network, cyber engineer a long, long time ago. How old? I started with Assembly language and the OSI model. LOL. I still enjoy playing with computer stuff though. I don't use these drives in a NAS but do use the IronWolf drives for my media server (recently rebuilt on a mini pc) from the old tower which I keep as a backup. I really like these drives. They can run 24x7 or on/off, depending on the system. I use them as my backup media across my desktops, laptops and servers via 6e wifi and also direct attached. They hang off external USB to SCSI enclosures and run like a charm. Well, so much for the background. The first three I bought in 2021. The next in 2022, another in 2023 as a replacement and now an IronWolf Pro just ordered as another replacement (7200RPM!) a few minutes ago. Real world experience is simply this. As of today, the last one bought in 2021 is showing signs of file corruption. Nothing major, but definitely getting some bad blocks. I scanned the drive and repaired it, but in my world, it is either perfect or replaced. Sure, they could probably go for another year, but I don't want the hassle. And for a few extra details. The drives did all not get the same usage. Some have one year, other three years. The one-year usage ones are running great, the three-year ones are showing errors. My conclusion? The IronWolf drives are great for the money. Whether in an on/off environment or 24x7, they give a solid three years of great performance and reliability. I decided to buy the IronWolf Pro 4TB running at 7200RPM for a little extra spin for those Ultra 4K movies. It was only 20 dollars more. They get my vote, just plan a three-year endurance unless you are running a NAS. Then it is not that big a deal. Enjoy! PS: I was going to buy SSD's, but with the crazy price increases since the first of the year, I'll stick with HDD's. They work great for my purposes.

I held off on submitting a review until I had a chance to put some time and usage on this hard drive. I ordered 3 of IronWolf 4TB hard drives in January 2021 and use them in a RAID 5 configuration on an Asustor AS4004T NAS. They have been in use for about 13 months. It is used in a home office setting with me as the sole user. I also use the Asustor Surveillance Center app to record 24/7 security camera footage to these hard drives. After 13 months of use, the drives have performed with no issues. The drives run quiet and cool, but keep in mind that this is due to the disks only spinning at 5900 RPM. Consequently, you'll need to manage your expectations on the read and write speeds to these disks, even if they are in a RAID configuration. I did check the serial numbers on the drives that I received on the Seagate website to confirm if these drives are covered by Seagate, and my drives had warranty periods as follows: Drive #1, Date of Manufacture: 3DEC2020; Warranty valid until 28MAR2024 Drive #2: Date of Manufacture: 2DEC2020; Warranty valid until 28MAR2024 Drive #3: Date of Manufacture: 2DEC2020; Warranty valid until 28MAR2024 Considering that I bought these drives in January 2021, these drives are practically fresh off the manufacturing line and haven't stayed in Amazon's inventory very long. However, those warranty periods don't appear to be in line with Seagate's claim of a 5-year warranty for these drives. Just wanted to point this out for those who are expecting a 5-year warranty on this particular model. Overall, there have been no issues with these drives. Expectations just need to be managed, considering that these disks only spin at 5900 RPM. Otherwise, they have performed reliably under the workload conditions I described.

Running for 3+ years and SMART status still acceptable.

Bought 2 initially. Been using for a few months for storage of large media files in a NAS. No issues so far. Since these drives are supposed to last for years, can't say much on reliability which honestly is the MOST IMPORTANT thing in a hard drive. Couple of things: These drives "sleep" and can take a few seconds to spin up and start to read/write and you can hear them when they do. It's not like they are bad or anything, but just know they can make some noise and if you don't do anything on them, they sleep. After they wake up, they are quiet and work nicely. It's not an NVMe SSD. Don't expect that kind of performance but they are pretty fast.. These drives are for reliability and capacity and are able to stay on and read/write for years. They are perfect for a small NAS. I will be buying more soon so I can start to do RAID and increase capacity as well.

I had to replace one of the drives in my RAID1 NAS due to a hard drive that went bad. When searching I found this as a suitable replacement for it and immediately replaced it into my enclosure. Once replaced and after the RAID re-assembled itself I was able to get back to my work unimpeded. The only issue I've experienced with this is slow seek times when mounting the NAS in Windows and noise. Granted I don't expect hard drives to be silent, but with drive failures in the past, I've become wary about hearing much noise with hard drives and keeping my NAS powered off periodically to attempt keeping it stable and healthy. Great drive, especially if you're using them internally in a PC or in a NAS environment.

Its ok

Très bon disque dur pour NAS

Jag har använt Seagate IronWolf 4 TB i min NAS i några månader nu, och den har verkligen levererat över mina förväntningar. Prestanda: Den här hårddisken är snabb och stabil. Jag använder den för att lagra stora mängder data, inklusive multimediafiler och säkerhetskopior, och den hanterar allt utan problem. 7200 RPM ger snabbare filöverföringar och tillgång till data, vilket är perfekt för mitt arbete med stora videofiler. Optimerad för NAS: IronWolf-serien är speciellt utformad för NAS-enheter, vilket märks. Den har vibrationsmotverkande teknik som gör att flera diskar kan köras tillsammans utan prestandaförlust. Den är också 24/7-anpassad, vilket betyder att den är byggd för att köras kontinuerligt utan att slitas ut. Tyst och sval: Trots att den körs hela tiden är hårddisken förvånansvärt tyst. Jag märker knappt att den är igång, och den håller sig också sval, vilket ger mig trygghet att den inte överhettas eller får problem i min NAS-enhet. Kapacitet: Med 4 TB får jag gott om lagringsutrymme för min växande datamängd. Oavsett om det gäller filmer, bilder eller säkerhetskopiering, finns det gott om plats och jag slipper oroa mig för att disken ska bli full. Sammanfattning: Om du letar efter en pålitlig, högpresterande och NAS-optimerad hårddisk, så är Seagate IronWolf 4 TB ett fantastiskt val. Den kombinerar hastighet, hållbarhet och kapacitet på ett sätt som få andra diskar gör. Jag är supernöjd och skulle rekommendera den till alla som behöver en robust lagringslösning för sin NAS.

Comprados 3 en 2021 siguen funcionando con acceso ininterrumpido en un NAS como el primer día, tienen un ruido bastante comedido (no dejan de ser discos mecánicos) y su velocidad de transferencia no es que sea muy elevada pero es suficiente para el hogar, la única pena es que sigan valiendo lo mismo que cuando los compré.

Ormai sto utilizzando questo IronWolf da un paio di anni e non ho avuto problemi di sorta. Niente rumore o perdite di dati ma anzi mantiene una costante velocità di trasferimento anche in situazioni complicate. In foto alcuni benchmark di questo Seagate collegato al mio pc tramite SATA 6 anche se i dati corrispondono a quanto ho visto durante i trasferimenti di varie tipologie di dati tra questo e altri HD nel mio PC