Seagate Exos x10 10TB SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache Enterprise Hard Drive 3.5"

I am always skeptical of purchasing hard drives from marketplace sellers, as I have had many issues with receiving a slightly different model than the listing describes (for example, if the listing model number was a drive with self-encryption, I might receive the standard variant without self-encryption) and recieving hard drives that are OEM or otherwise non-warrentiable.To my delight, all of the drives I purchased here were of the correct model (ST10000NM0086), the "Standard" variant of the Seagate Exos x10 SATA 10TB, and all of the drives immediately validated when their serials were run through the Seagate website for registration. This seller offers great prices and a legitimate, correct, product.As for the disks themselves, these are some beastly hard drives, with a large 256MB write cache, an excellent advertised MTBF of 2.5 million hours, a 0.35% AFR (average failure rate) for 24/7 operation, a competitive maximum non-recoverable read errors rating of 1 sector per 10E15 bits read, reasonable power consumption requirements of 4.5W (for idle) to 8.4W (under max load), a 550TB/yr workload rate limit (which is multiples better than all consumer drives, and even some same-in-class drives), and of course, a wonderfully lengthy 5-year warranty from Seagate.Whether you plan to put this in a NAS, server environment, or even a workstation PC, this drive is a great choice, especially for those who require 24/7 operation and consistent writes.

Running 2 10TBs in my Drobn5n. Bought the second one because an 8TB WD Red helium drive failed. Still running 2x 6TB ST6000DX000 and an 8TB WD.VERY impressed with the new Exos drives. The drive casing seems to be made out of aluminum (or an alloy?). Never seen that in another drive, very impressive! Based on initialization speed these drives seem like my fast drives yet. Best of all they seem to be running at about 80 degrees, vs my others are closer to 100. That means these drives are likely using less energy and should last longer.One thing to note is Backblaze is running ~1,220 of these drives and is reporting an average failure rate of only 0.33%. Those are numbers that should help you sleep at night.In short, these drives are the best bang for the buck!

I bought this to setup a NAS for my in-laws. I had previously purchased this same drive for myself and had great results with it. I bought a similar setup for them and the drive that came did not work initially. BUT there was a great help guide and phone number to text in the shipping box. I contacted the help line and they had me run some tests. The drive came broken and once confirmed they sent me a new one immediately. Not only that but they were incredible with making sure everything was operational and that I was good to go. I am certainly going to buy from them again and I would recommend anyone that is looking for a home NAS use this drive and company.

We purchased 2 of these 10TB drives to replace smaller (3TB WD) ones in our home NAS. Our selection process was based on data that suggested these were very reliable. Thus, when one mechanically/audibly failed within days of installation, needless to comment we were surprised and disappointed. We returned both and replaced with two similarly sized drives of different manufacture. Yes, we know that even the most reliable of products can suffer the occasional 'infant mortality' . . . but with our positive track record with 'the other' manufacturer, we saw no reason not to return to that which hadn't failed us.