Highlights
8TB of storage capacity in a standard 3.5 -inch form factor
Industry's best idle and active power efficiency (Watts/TB)
Reliable, field-proven, 2nd generation Helio
Seal process and 7Stac design
Rebuild Assist mode shrinks RAID recovery time and nearly eliminates system performance degradation during rebuild
1.5X to 3X faster random write performance thanks to media cache architecture
19% faster sequential read/write performance
Instant secure erase option supports data security and lower TCO
2.5M hours MTBF rating
Applications/Environments
Enterprise and data center applications where capacity density and power efficiency are paramount
Cloud and hyperscale storage
Massive scale-out (MSO), high-density data centers
Distributed file systems like Ceph and Hadoop to support Big Data Analytics
RAID arrays
Video surveillance and content distribution
Pros: - I have had good luck with this seller, have bought several drives - Seller quick to respond to my question regarding warranty: - 3 year warranty through seller - Smart data wasn't wiped and was intact on the drive I received - Runs fairly cool
Cons: - The clicking on this drive does make it a little louder then some drives (which is normal for this drive). - I really shouldn't put it as a con knowing this before hand but others might not like it
Overall Review: - I ordered a second drive after checking that the "SMART" data was intact on the first one and running it through some test