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Seagate Barracuda ES ST3500630NS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Seagate Barracuda ES 500GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years

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Return for refund within: 30 days
Return for replacement within: 30 days
Restocking Fee: Yes

Review Summary (read all 47 Reviews)

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Total Reviews:	47

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Reviewed By: Just Dana on 4/28/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year

Pros: Pros: Once working they tend to be work well.

Cons: Cons: If they can make it past the few month stage they seems to be alright. I have had about 8 out of 25 that have devoloped errors or flat out died. NS is suppose to be rated for a NAS (network Attached Storage) device meaning they should be able to take a lot of data transferring along with the heat generated from all the transferring. 8 failures is a high number in my book.

I waited about a year before posting so this wasn't an emotional off-the-cuff response but one that i've documented over a period of time.

Other Thoughts: I would go with the AS series verses the NS series if you are concerned with drive and data failures. If you have a RAID type environment you might not be as concerned about a failure or 8 but for anything that is not stripped over multiple drives I would be a bit weary on purchasing this for a desktop only system or an being used for an external device.

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Excellent Experience

Reviewed By: Crash_edwards on 4/11/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: Fast and reliable so far. I have 3 of these setup in a RAID 5 as my OS partition running Vista Ultimate 32bit. I have had no issues and have been very pleased.

Cons: None to speak of...

Other Thoughts: These are the first Seagate drives I have purchased in years. I have been typically using WD drives and I am very pleased with the performance of these Seagates. They are not as fast as my WD Raptor's but for the O/S partition they work great. I am so pleased that I will probably be buying the 750GB Seagates for a Windows Home Server...

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Model ST3500631NS S.M.A.R.T. failure

Reviewed By: on 1/7/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Pros: It's a Seagate ES Series.

Cons: S.M.A.R.T. Failure. (Lemon warning).

Drive failure warning!

Spin Retry Count 97.

Other Thoughts: Purchased October 24, 2007 from newegg.

Cannot even locate model ST3500631NS on Seagate's website, although model ST3500630NS can be found.

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Model
Brand	Seagate
Series	Barracuda ES
Model	ST3500630NS
Packaging	Bare Drive
Performance
Interface	SATA 3.0Gb/s
Capacity	500GB
RPM	7200 RPM
Cache	16MB
Average Seek Time	8.5ms
Average Write Time	10ms
Average Latency	4.16ms
Physical Spec
Form Factor	3.5"
Features
Features	Perpendicular recording technology for maximum capacity and reliability Native command queuing (NCQ) for enhanced performance Highest reliability rating for 24 x 7 operation Best-in-class rotational vibration (RV) tolerance Multidrive firmware maximizes system availability
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts	5 years limited
Labor	5 years limited

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