Seagate IronWolf 12TB NAS Internal HDD

Really good value and quality product.
Only grumble is PB tech use Aramex as a courier - always unreliable.
This time the items sat in Christchurch for 9 days despite saying they were on their way.
After countless mails, they 'found' them in the warehouse.
Not PB Tech's fault.

Martin Really good value and quality product.
Only grumble is PB tech use Aramex as a courier - always unreliable.
This time the items sat in Christchurch for 9 days despite saying they were on their way.
After countless mails, they 'found' them in the warehouse.
Not PB Tech's fault.

Martin

Bought 3 of these in 2023. 11 Months with no troubles then one failed SMART tests and developed bad sectors. Transferred the data to the second drive so I could return this under warranty - as the drive filled up, it uncovered bad sectors on that drive too... which then failed SMART after that. Returned the first drive and was issued a credit, used the credit to purchase an Ironwolf 12TB disk... Drive was dead on arrival, wouldn't spin up and wouldn't detect. Tried the drive in every socket of the NAS, made no difference so that's heading back now as well. I've noticed all of the drives, including the DOA drive that just arrived were made...view more Bought 3 of these in 2023. 11 Months with no troubles then one failed SMART tests and developed bad sectors. Transferred the data to the second drive so I could return this under warranty - as the drive filled up, it uncovered bad sectors on that drive too... which then failed SMART after that. Returned the first drive and was issued a credit, used the credit to purchase an Ironwolf 12TB disk... Drive was dead on arrival, wouldn't spin up and wouldn't detect. Tried the drive in every socket of the NAS, made no difference so that's heading back now as well. I've noticed all of the drives, including the DOA drive that just arrived were made in 2023? Maybe a bad year? Either way, three strikes and it's no more for me - far too much hassle. Service from PB Tech has been good, easy enough to return under Warranty, hoping I just got a bad batch.

By: DamianS 13/02/24

Verified Owner

little bit noisier than smaller (4TB), but that's be expected. Working great in NAS little bit noisier than smaller (4TB), but that's be expected. Working great in NAS

I've slowly been replacing my desktop-rated drives in my Unraid with these. Great performance. The longest running one is currently about 3.5 years and no signs of issues yet. I've slowly been replacing my desktop-rated drives in my Unraid with these. Great performance. The longest running one is currently about 3.5 years and no signs of issues yet.

By: ssamjh 29/05/25

Verified Owner

This replaced a 9yr old dead IronWolf 3Tb drive (ST3000VN000) in my QNAP NAS, really happy with the performance... Read is doubled and latency has improved exponentially (like 10/20 fold).
The no unexpected down side (as per other reviews) is that it is noisier. I run the NAS inside a cupboard but, particularly during RAID Scrubbing the drive sound is audible in the next room. Sound dampening enclosure now on the plan.
I will be buying 3 more to expand capacity and up performance on the whole array. This replaced a 9yr old dead IronWolf 3Tb drive (ST3000VN000) in my QNAP NAS, really happy with the performance... Read is doubled and latency has improved exponentially (like 10/20 fold).
The no unexpected down side (as per other reviews) is that it is noisier. I run the NAS inside a cupboard but, particularly during RAID Scrubbing the drive sound is audible in the next room. Sound dampening enclosure now on the plan.
I will be buying 3 more to expand capacity and up performance on the whole array.

works well and is not a shingle drive. packaging should have been better for the price. just an anti static bag and hope it was stored and handled in something more works well and is not a shingle drive. packaging should have been better for the price. just an anti static bag and hope it was stored and handled in something more

So 2 HDDs have survived my NVR for 12 months so far. 2 instead are at risk of failure and lasted for 6 months.

“UniFi has detected a large quantity of bad drive sectors. Replace this disk with a supported 4.00 TB HDD as soon as possible before an unexpected failure results in a data loss. UniFi has detected a large quantity of uncorrectable errors. Replace this disk with a supported 4.00 TB HDD as soon as possible before an unexpected failure results in a data loss.” So 2 HDDs have survived my NVR for 12 months so far. 2 instead are at risk of failure and lasted for 6 months.

“UniFi has detected a large quantity of bad drive sectors. Replace this disk with a supported 4.00 TB HDD as soon as possible before an unexpected failure results in a data loss. UniFi has detected a large quantity of uncorrectable errors. Replace this disk with a supported 4.00 TB HDD as soon as possible before an unexpected failure results in a data loss.”

Purchased to replace another 4Tb IronWolf HDD - which had died after only ~ 1 1/2 years use in a NAS (SMART information)...
There was a time these had 5 years warrantees ...
I'd suggest you don't have these lying on the shelf waiting for a drive to die - it's warrantee will quickly run out ... Purchased to replace another 4Tb IronWolf HDD - which had died after only ~ 1 1/2 years use in a NAS (SMART information)...
There was a time these had 5 years warrantees ...
I'd suggest you don't have these lying on the shelf waiting for a drive to die - it's warrantee will quickly run out ...

Bought these drives to grade the capacity for my Synology NAS.

They are a little loud (likely the location of the NAS and drive configuration), they are less loud now that I reconfigured my array storage in the NAS 3x 8Tb's as one array and the 3x 3Tb's as the second array. Other than that so far so good. If your NAS has a special place that is out of the way and noise is not an issue and the noise was not constant I am guessing during wake up and and when maintenance tasks are running. Bought these drives to grade the capacity for my Synology NAS.

They are a little loud (likely the location of the NAS and drive configuration), they are less loud now that I reconfigured my array storage in the NAS 3x 8Tb's as one array and the 3x 3Tb's as the second array. Other than that so far so good. If your NAS has a special place that is out of the way and noise is not an issue and the noise was not constant I am guessing during wake up and and when maintenance tasks are running.

Purchased for home server so that I can run three hard drives in parity. Doubled my initial capacity with the benefit of full data recovery should a drive fail. Four stars as I've only had the drives for a couple weeks and I don't want to tempt fate, but I'm very happy with them right now. Purchased for home server so that I can run three hard drives in parity. Doubled my initial capacity with the benefit of full data recovery should a drive fail. Four stars as I've only had the drives for a couple weeks and I don't want to tempt fate, but I'm very happy with them right now.

with a 3 year warranty gives peace of mind with a 3 year warranty gives peace of mind

It's Seagate IronWolf intended for use in an Asustor Drivestor 2. I've used Seagate almost exclusively for 20+ years and never had an unanticipated failure. For home/SME backup so don't need the Pro version, quite happy with the basic version. Yep, working great - but I expected nothing less... It's Seagate IronWolf intended for use in an Asustor Drivestor 2. I've used Seagate almost exclusively for 20+ years and never had an unanticipated failure. For home/SME backup so don't need the Pro version, quite happy with the basic version. Yep, working great - but I expected nothing less...