Seagate IronWolf 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR 3.5 Inch SATA 6Gb/s 5900 RPM 64MB Cache for RAID Network Attached Storage – Frustration Free Packaging (ST4000VNZ08)

Three Year Review with a Twist
I rarely write a review but decided to. First, I am old, like dirt. Retired as a system, network, cyber engineer a long, long time ago. How old? I started with Assembly language and the OSI model. LOL.I still enjoy playing with computer stuff though.I don’t use these drives in a NAS but do use the IronWolf drives for my media server (recently rebuilt on a mini pc) from the old tower which I keep as a backup. I really like these drives. They can run 24×7 or on/off, depending on the system. I use them as my backup media across my desktops, laptops and servers via 6e wifi and also direct attached. They hang off external USB to SCSI enclosures and run like a charm.Well, so much for the background. The first three I bought in 2021. The next in 2022, another in 2023 as a replacement and now an IronWolf Pro just ordered as another replacement (7200RPM!) a few minutes ago.Real world experience is simply this. As of today, the last one bought in 2021 is showing signs of file corruption. Nothing major, but definitely getting some bad blocks. I scanned the drive and repaired it, but in my world, it is either perfect or replaced. Sure, they could probably go for another year, but I don’t want the hassle. And for a few extra details. The drives did all not get the same usage. Some have one year, other three years. The one-year usage ones are running great, the three-year ones are showing errors.My conclusion? The IronWolf drives are great for the money. Whether in an on/off environment or 24×7, they give a solid three years of great performance and reliability.I decided to buy the IronWolf Pro 4TB running at 7200RPM for a little extra spin for those Ultra 4K movies. It was only 20 dollars more.They get my vote, just plan a three-year endurance unless you are running a NAS. Then it is not that big a deal. Enjoy!PS: I was going to buy SSD’s, but with the crazy price increases since the first of the year, I’ll stick with HDD’s. They work great for my purposes.

Reliable
Running for 3+ years and SMART status still acceptable.

It works, But its concerningly loud.
I needed a new archive drive for my machine as the current one was reaching 11 years. As a western digital green drive, anyone in IT can tell you thats an amazing feat for the little guy. None the less I decided to swap for a new seagate drive as they had been pretty reliable in my sever setting for raid setups. The drive operates just as expected if not a bit slower than the old one but not abnormally slow for a massive drive at 5.9k rpm and only 64 mb or cache. The issue is its loud, concerningly loud. It sounds like the head is hitting the spindle sometimes when it wakes up.Pros:1. large capacity for a very good price2. CRM style drive with traditional memory cells instead of shingled cells (just know that shingled media is slow)Cons:1. only 5900rpm2. only 64 MB of cache3. loud on wake upConclusion:Though slower drives can mechanically last longer, often damaged is caused by the head rather than the spindle. This leads to the noise issue which sounds like the head is crashing against the drive on wake up. Despite these noises the drive operates fine and reports no errors. I can only assume this is just how large seagate drives act. The final thing that makes this hard to recommend is its tiny 64 MB of cache, cache can speed up reads and writes to drives and the bigger the drive the bigger the cache you want to help buffer that reaction time of the mechanical parts of the drive.I cant suggest this drive to anyone as an archive… with noise issues, and cut down cache… it just sets it over the top. A lot of us dont want to be concerned about performance or longevity as soon as we open up a new drive and back up to it. Try and find something else if you can.

Jag har använt Seagate IronWolf 4 TB i min NAS i några månader nu, och den har verkligen levererat över mina förväntningar.Prestanda:Den här hårddisken är snabb och stabil. Jag använder den för att lagra stora mängder data, inklusive multimediafiler och säkerhetskopior, och den hanterar allt utan problem. 7200 RPM ger snabbare filöverföringar och tillgång till data, vilket är perfekt för mitt arbete med stora videofiler.Optimerad för NAS:IronWolf-serien är speciellt utformad för NAS-enheter, vilket märks. Den har vibrationsmotverkande teknik som gör att flera diskar kan köras tillsammans utan prestandaförlust. Den är också 24/7-anpassad, vilket betyder att den är byggd för att köras kontinuerligt utan att slitas ut.Tyst och sval:Trots att den körs hela tiden är hårddisken förvånansvärt tyst. Jag märker knappt att den är igång, och den håller sig också sval, vilket ger mig trygghet att den inte överhettas eller får problem i min NAS-enhet.Kapacitet:Med 4 TB får jag gott om lagringsutrymme för min växande datamängd. Oavsett om det gäller filmer, bilder eller säkerhetskopiering, finns det gott om plats och jag slipper oroa mig för att disken ska bli full.Sammanfattning:Om du letar efter en pålitlig, högpresterande och NAS-optimerad hårddisk, så är Seagate IronWolf 4 TB ett fantastiskt val. Den kombinerar hastighet, hållbarhet och kapacitet på ett sätt som få andra diskar gör. Jag är supernöjd och skulle rekommendera den till alla som behöver en robust lagringslösning för sin NAS.

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