Seagate Exos 16TB Enterprise HDD X16 SATA 6Gb/s 512e/4Kn 7200 RPM 256MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive ST16000NM001G

Pros: Bought 4 of these in January to update capacity for my Plex Media Server. When transferring files I was able to write up to 220 MB's at times though average speeds where in the 150/160 range. I replaced 3 5TB and 5 6TB drives. Was able to copy a full 6TB drive in just under 8 hours. One thing I noticed when disconnecting old drives several weeks later. The old drives where so hot I could not keep my hand on them more then a few seconds. I touched the new drives and they where barely warm. I have never seen a drive that runs this cool.

Overall Review: I will be purchasing another one shortly.

Pros: Works Large Capacity 5 Year Warranty Better Value than Iron Wolf/Barracuda/14TB drives 7200 RPM Fast transfer rates

Cons: Cost - this will always be a complaint with someone!

Overall Review: Works perfectly in SuperMicro 847 case. Formatted is 12.733. Before anyone starts complaining, all manufactures state their capacity in TB meaning 14 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. So a true TB is 2^40 power. 12.733*2^40 = 14 TB. Same is for WD, Hitachi, etc. So far, humming along just fine in Raid 10 Configuration. Used for Work System Backups off laptops so very fit for purpose.

Overall Review: I'm loving these drives. They are a little bit overkill for a home NAS, but I wanted to build a shared volume that could take better advantage of my 10g network. I have 4 of them in a RAID10, and I'm loving the performance. In terms of noise, my only comparison is an array of 10TB Ironwolfs, and these Exos are louder. The Ironwolfs were never loud enough to be heard over the quiet NAS case fans, but the new Exos can be heard when they seek. I imagine most people buying enterprise drives don't care about noise, but when I was trying to decide on buying these drives (which were cheaper than the equivalent Ironwolfs), I couldn't find noise level data published anywhere. I would say the noise isn't bad, but I definitely have been moving frequently accessed shares back to my old array to keep these new disks from constantly seeking during the day. If I didn't have that choice, I would probably look into moving the NAS farther away from my desk. One of the 4 drives I originally ordered died during the initial scan that was performed while building the array. This actually caused kernel panics in my NAS that rendered the web interface inoperative until I removed the offending drive, so next time I will definitely run extended SMART tests on the individual drives before adding them to an array. The RMA on the dead drive went fine. I don't have a problem with drives arriving DOA every once in a while, as statistically this is just a fact of how hard drives are built and shipped, regardless of the model or brand. And the 4 I ended up keeping are working great!

Pros: Replacement working great. Fast, big, cheap. What more can you ask for (other than not getting DOA)

Cons: DOA

Overall Review: Sigh.... I've had good luck with Seagate in the past, and I'll try again. Spins up and just makes clicking sounds. Not recognized by BIOS in several machines. I'll update after I get my replacement from New Egg.... After a painless replacement (about 1 week end-to-end from "it's failed" to new drive in hand) the new drive is working flawlessly. Still 1 egg off for the original DOA....

Pros: CMR Drive, not an SMR drive Great price to size ratio 5 year warranty Minimal packaging

Cons: Not 100% reliable (what drive is?) Loud Gets very warm without adequate cooling

Overall Review: 4 stars because first drive failed after about 15 hours of uptime, despite SeaTools testing and adequate cooling. RMA was fast and easy despite Covid-19 pandemic, but still set me back additional shipping costs. Replacement drive is functioning well and appears to be brand new. I would definitely purchase more for expanding storage in the future.

Pros: Worked with no issues, large capacity, pretty fast for mechanical drives

Cons: Not the quietest drives I have ever used.

Overall Review: I wanted to add a large amount of reliable storage to my home network on a budget. This seemed to be the best deal available for large capacity drives at the time. I paired two with a Synology DS220j. These booted and formatted with Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR) in a few minutes with approximately 12.6 TiB total capacity. All in all, a great solution with no drama. For those of you in the previous reviews who are bad at math, and are complaining about the storage capacity, google "14 TB in GiB" for a helpful conversion. All hard drive manufacturers have been calculating advertised capacity in powers of 1000 since time immemorial. These drives are showing the exact capacity that I would expect on my NAS in powers of 1024 (13039 GiB or 12.7 TiB)

Pros: Large capacity

Cons: Poor quality control.

Overall Review: I ordered 4 drives for my Synology and the first one reported multiple I/O errors and bad sectors. The 2nd one wouldn’t even initialize in my NAS or my PC. Sending both back RMA hopefully the replacements work.

Pros: Cost vs competition Quiet Warranty

Overall Review: As a past (and exclusively) WD buyer, I ventured out to Seagate this go around, due mainly to WD's higher cost & not knowing what they were doing with the Gold series hdd a few months ago. We now have 6 of these 14TB in a Synology NAS and are quite happy. The drives are not noisy and stay cool. We are in the process of ordering 2 more. Top that with newegg's great service & return policy (if needed) and it's an overall great experience.