Question 1

I made a mistake on my lats question. It should be without using RAID not using RAID?

Accepted Answer

Although the drive WILL work regardless of in a Raid or Just a single HD, I feel you should know that while the Stats and parts of the drive are superior to (for example) a gaming drive, you will notice a rather large difference in how long it takes to start up the drive, wake the drive, and overall you should remember these IronWolf Drives are meant for 24/7 always on NAS type use. I’m honestly not sure if purchasing this over a Barricuda by Seagate would be better in a system that isnt designed to stay on. Just some food for thought.

Question 2

I'm new to the NAS technology, can this drive be used for data storage only in a Windows 10 system with using RAID?

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If I understand your question correctly this drive is not restricted to systems using Windows 10 and RAID.  The drive can be used in any system with a SATA interface.  The operating systems of Macintosh (Apple), Windows, Linux, and so on are all usable for this drive just like any other mechanical hard disk drive whether in a RAID setup or as a standalone drive.  This drive has additional features that allow modern RAID systems to properly determine drive health when there may be an intermittent condition.  Also this dive has vibration correction mechanisms for operation of the drive in environments where there are many mechanical hard disk drives causing the chassis to vibrate.  This vibration correction feature operates totally within the drive and doesn't depend on hardware or operating system.  Hope this helps.

Brand	Seagate
Series	IronWolf
Model	ST12000VN0007
Packaging	Bare Drive

Interface	SATA 6.0Gb/s
Capacity	12TB
RPM	7200 RPM
Cache	256MB

Features	Optimized for NAS with AgileArray. AgileArray enables dual-plane balancing and RAID optimization in multi-bay environments, with the most advanced power management possible. Actively protect your NAS with IronWolf Health Management focusing on prevention, intervention and recovery.1 High performance means no lag time or downtime for users during workload traffic for the NAS. Seagate leads the competition with the highest-performing NAS drive portfolio.2 Rotational Vibration (RV) sensors. First in its class of drives to include RV sensors to maintain high performance in multi-drive NAS enclosures.3 Range of capacities up to 12TB. More capacity options means more choices that will fit within the budget. Seagate provides a scalable solution for any NAS use-case scenario. Do more in multi-user environments. IronWolf provides a workload rate of 180TB/year. Multiple users can confidently upload and download data to the NAS server, knowing IronWolf can handle the workload, whether you are a creative professional or a small business. Designed for always-on, always-accessible 24x7 performance. Access data on your NAS any time, remotely or on site. 1M hours MTBF represents an improved total cost of ownership (TCO) over desktop drives with reduced maintenance costs. 1 Contact your Seagate sales representative for further information. 2 Performance may vary depending on user's hardware configuration and operating system. 3 Included on 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12TB models.
Usage	For NAS systems

Form Factor	3.5"
Height (maximum)	26.11mm
Width (maximum)	101.85mm
Length (maximum)	146.99mm

Seagate IronWolf 12TB NAS Hard Drive 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s CMR 3.5" Internal HDD for RAID Network Attached Storage ST12000VN0007

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