This drive is nothing short of amazing. As a builder of large residential media servers, we have tried & used a lot of drives over the years. This is the fastest, most consistent-performing drive we have ever encountered. The first screenshot is a simple performance test, and does not do justice to how the drive performs under sustained full-load. In the second screenshot, you can see two drives performing a random reinitialization of the entire disk surface, or “stress test”. The top test is running on an 8TB Seagate BarraCuda, the bottom test the 10TB HGST He drive. The connection is via a SATA2 expansion card on an older Intel machine. Note that the Seagate test was started about 4 minutes before HGST, and the corresponding speeds and run times. Despite being 2TB larger than the 8TB Seagate, the 10TB HGST is FLYING through the test and completed in nearly half the time! Also note the number of dark green squares on the grid of the Seagate test; those are lower-performing sectors all over the disk surface. (On other Seagate disks, we encountered even more of them!) Yet on the HGST test, there are almost none even as the test is nearing completion. Truly an enterprise-class step above a traditional consumer drive.Read full review
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This is a good product in many ways except warranty. HGST would not let me register the product for the warranty. Anyway I feel sure this drive will still be kicking strong long after the 5 year period is up. I can't wait for the 12TB to drop in price. My Drobo is satisfied for now!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
EXTREMLEY QUIET. On USB 3.0, I get 109MB/s with 125MB/s bursts (that's bytes, not bits). Will Buy again!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
This disk drive is fast, reliable, and affordable compared to others. OK to buy refurb model esp if used in RAID 6 config.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Bought to use in archiving large databases. Worked flawlessly. Wish I could buy more at this price.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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