Question 1

Is there a reason to prefer the Ironwolf Pro over this in a NAS? It's currently less expensive, same warranty.

Accepted Answer

Ironwolf Pro comes with a standard data recovery service if the drive fails while the exos it is an optional separate purchase for the data recovery service.

Question 2

Seagate has told me that there is an OEM version of this drive and that they are under no obligation to provide an original firmware file when it's an OEM drive.  How is an OEM drive determined (other than Seagate's data base)?  Is there such a thing as a non OEM version of this drive?

Accepted Answer

I use these of 8 and 10 size in Dell Gen 13 servers a lot, in OMSA they show as "Non-critical" which means not original and Lifecycle Controller doesn't offer firmware upgrades on them.

I've never upgraded firmware and they stay up pretty well : the 8T have few years of runtime, 10T are too new but out of 24 I had, none failed, 10-s have better MTBF and power consumption than 8-s.

My choice is simple - they're 1/2 to 1/3 of Dell price, come with 5 year warranty standard (vs 3 via Dell), I just keep one or two spares on datacenter shelf and watch SMART stats auto probes (custom script using smartctl) and iDRAC alerts, only use RAID6. Highly recommended and having OEM firmware for Dell for gen 12 and 13 is not critical. Controller accepts them as storage just fine.

Brand	Seagate
Series	Exos X10
Model	ST10000NM0096
Packaging	Bare Drive

Interface	SAS 12Gb/s
Capacity	10TB
NAND Flash Memory Type	SLC
RPM	7200 RPM
Cache	256MB
Average Latency	4.16ms

Features	10TB per drive for 25% more petabytes per rack Industry's lowest power and weight for optimum data center TCO Highest 10TB HDD performance with enhanced caching, making it perfect for OLTP and HPC application Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers PowerBalance feature optimizes IOPS/Watt Advanced Write Caching feature for 20% boost in random write performance Forged, wrought-aluminum base and a helium sealed-drive design with no porosity and uniform density Superior material and weld-width design for a more robust, hermetically sealed-drive enclosure that protects from helium leaks Digital environmental sensors for measuring internal humidity, pressure and temperature, helping to ensure high reliability, performance and quality Latest hermetic interconnect technology supporting higher data rate heads and higher pin counts for extreme thermal conditions Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by 2.5M-hr MTBF
Usage	For Enterprise Storage

Form Factor	3.5"
Height (maximum)	26.11mm
Width (maximum)	101.85mm
Length (maximum)	147.00mm

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