Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200.11 Bulk/OEM Hard Drive ST31000340AS
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Customer Review: Perfect packaging
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading reviews of improper packaging (styro peanuts and plastic wrap that could cause static...thus shorting-out the drive), I was plesantly surprised to find the packaging more than proper. The box was large for the item (400 cubic inches), and contained 3 layers of cushioning foam rubber...the center layer cut-out in the shape of the drive. The drive itself was wrapped in anti-static foil-type plastic wrap...found on most electronics. The only problem I had was the drive did not come with screws for installation. I had to obtain the proper screws from a local retailer (not really a problem...but it should have come with screws). Am I pleased? Absolutely! 1-Tb hard drive! Who could not be pleased?! Works great, and runs quietly.Customer Review: 21 Days Until It Stopped Working
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this drive for a new home built HTPC and file server. I loaded WinXP on the computer and the Seagate drive worked really well until today. Now, the computer will not boot beyond the BIOS's drive detect. So, it seems the controller is bad. The drive never was detected when the BIOS was set to AHCI whereas my two Seagate 750 GB drives are detected in AHCI mode. I am going to send it back to Seagate. I am not happy they want $20 to send me a new drive ASAP after only 20 days of use. It's a big job reloading many GBs of backup. They should pay me $20+. Looking at the distribution of reviews it doesn't look like this drive will come close to Seagate's claimed MTBF. Too many early failures!Customer Review: My first terabyte drive
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always been a fan of Seagate products since they've never let me down, and this drive is no exception. I run this drive in an external hard drive enclosure and it has been absolutely perfect. It runs moderately warm, but that is to be expected. My only gripe is that when I leave the enclosure standing up, you can hear the spindle quite clearly. The noise goes away when you leave the enclosure on its side. Like others have said, beware that this is an OEM drive, meaning that when you buy it from Amazon, you only get the drive, no software or cables. You also need to format it on your own (not a problem for me because I always reformat any new hard drive I buy anyway.)Customer Review: Very Happy!
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered these drives to be used with a Drobo and so far, they are working GREAT! I agree with some others, that they are a bit noisy in the Drobo cabinet, but its no big deal for me because everything is located in a Broadcast Data Center for the radio station I operate so noise is no big deal. I am using the drives to backup music files as well as an image of 3 computers on the network, and so far could not be happier. The drives were packaged ok, in that they had plastic ends supporting them in a cardboard box. I am planning on purchasing two more to fill my Drobo (which by the waay I love!) soon!
JD from MoreOldies Radio
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Customer Review: Happy in every way
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased six of these drives. Five went into a QNAP T509 Pro, which I configured with RAID 6 and now have 2.7TB of usable storage that can survive two disk failures without loss of data. Disk number six went into an eSATA enclosure and provides offline backup of 1 TB of the QNAP for my most critical data.
I read numerous reviews of the failure rates people are experiencing with modern high capacity SATA drives. To me, they all appear to have a similar failure rate, so don't be surprised when they die but rather plan for it, just as you expect a light bulb to eventually stop working.