Seagate BarraCuda 6TB 3.5" Internal HDD

As pointed out by another reviewer, these drives are SMR. I my experience the writing speed falls off as the disk becomes close to full. However for most of the drive the write speed is good, and as long as you do not wish to fill it up to the brim all that is missing is some dollars of the price tag.

If you want to fill it to the brim and/or put it in a NAS there are drives which are more suited for this purpose, albeit that they cost slightly more.

Drive not noisy. As pointed out by another reviewer, these drives are SMR. I my experience the writing speed falls off as the disk becomes close to full. However for most of the drive the write speed is good, and as long as you do not wish to fill it up to the brim all that is missing is some dollars of the price tag.

If you want to fill it to the brim and/or put it in a NAS there are drives which are more suited for this purpose, albeit that they cost slightly more.

Drive not noisy.

These barracuda drives are SMR, but at this price you can’t really beat the noise, efficiency and overall quality. I have several of these and the sustained write can actually be really good on a clear drive. These barracuda drives are SMR, but at this price you can’t really beat the noise, efficiency and overall quality. I have several of these and the sustained write can actually be really good on a clear drive.

The drive is slow 90-110mb/s write so took ages to back everything up to it.
But you're getting 6TB for the price so you cant complain. The drive is slow 90-110mb/s write so took ages to back everything up to it.
But you're getting 6TB for the price so you cant complain.

I bought two of these for a small Nas server at home. They seem to work well, with a cool temperature, quiet operation and good transfer rate. I am waiting for a network card from China to test actual transfer rate, but judging from torrent download rate it appears that these work well. I bought two of these for a small Nas server at home. They seem to work well, with a cool temperature, quiet operation and good transfer rate. I am waiting for a network card from China to test actual transfer rate, but judging from torrent download rate it appears that these work well.

After 2 years, just after the warranty ended I have SMART checks returning caution due to reallocated sectors count, current pending sector count and uncorrectable sector count. So files are being corrupted constantly.

Do keep in mind bias in reviews because I am only writing this because of issues, if it had none I probably wouldn't leave a review. After 2 years, just after the warranty ended I have SMART checks returning caution due to reallocated sectors count, current pending sector count and uncorrectable sector count. So files are being corrupted constantly.

Do keep in mind bias in reviews because I am only writing this because of issues, if it had none I probably wouldn't leave a review.

Good drive and performance, they sell out pretty quick Good drive and performance, they sell out pretty quick

Whether it be a cable, hard drive, SD Card or flash drive, retrieval of lost data is a real pain. So, spend good money, not cheap money. Buy good gear, not cheap gear. Now you know why I bought this Seagate HDD. With the higher spec'd ones unavailable, it was either cheap, unknown and fast, or a reliable, strong Seagate Barracuda and 5400rpm instead of 7200rpm. No regrets. What little time is lost waiting, is more than made up for when compared to recovery time from a dead drive.

Remember, the cheapest real option is 'STRONG, RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY'. Whether it be a cable, hard drive, SD Card or flash drive, retrieval of lost data is a real pain. So, spend good money, not cheap money. Buy good gear, not cheap gear. Now you know why I bought this Seagate HDD. With the higher spec'd ones unavailable, it was either cheap, unknown and fast, or a reliable, strong Seagate Barracuda and 5400rpm instead of 7200rpm. No regrets. What little time is lost waiting, is more than made up for when compared to recovery time from a dead drive.

Remember, the cheapest real option is 'STRONG, RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY'.

Good hard drive for backup, max capacity is 5.5TB, For sure WD brand would much better but expensive, Good hard drive for backup, max capacity is 5.5TB, For sure WD brand would much better but expensive,

Running out of room in the old server and this was used to double the space and go into a 2-bay NAS. Works brilliantly Running out of room in the old server and this was used to double the space and go into a 2-bay NAS. Works brilliantly

Well priced, great backup storage per dollar. Formats in NTFS to around 5.5TB Well priced, great backup storage per dollar. Formats in NTFS to around 5.5TB

Well priced, great storage per dollar. easy install. Would be 5 stars but have only had running for 1 month so longevity is unknown. Well priced, great storage per dollar. easy install. Would be 5 stars but have only had running for 1 month so longevity is unknown.

A great expansion for my Synology NAS. Functions as expected. A great expansion for my Synology NAS. Functions as expected.