
The drives arrived sooner then expected. I was successful in formatting and installing the two drives in my external drive bays. I have started to use them as intended. They replace the previous pair of 4Gig drives that are now close to being full. To be honest most of the material on them are "just in case" and not crucial. The speed of 5400 is fine for this purpose. I am back to being able to freely archive whatever I want.

-Transfer rates are good - average a little over 200MB/s, drive to drive on the same LSI HBA on Unraid if it matters. -Temperature is good - average 30C in a 20C room during continuous transfer of files, about the same as a 6TB (WD6003FFBX), and about 5C lower than a 10TB (WD102KFBX). Idle temp is ~26C. This drive and comparables are in the same server/array. - Noise is relatively low, about the same as a 6TB and noticeably more quiet than the 10TB. - Cost per TB is good when on sale, very close to the largest 18-22TB rate.