Versatile, Fast, and Dependable BarraCuda leads the industry with the highest capacities for desktops and mobile computers. With drives available up to 10 TB, the BarraCuda portfolio is a great option for upgrades at any price point. The uncompromising BarraCuda Pro marries industry-leading storage capacity with 7,200 RPM spin speeds for snappy performance and load times when gaming or performing heavy workloads. Amazing Versatility Get the most out of your storage with BarraCuda hard drives. From computers full of photos and memories to gaming PCs that need more room to play, BarraCuda grows with you. 2.5-Inch BarraCuda Hard Drives Deliver! Slim 7 mm form factor offers high-capacity and lightweight options up to 2 TB to store the files you rely on for work and treasure for personal use. Multi-Tier Caching technology that delivers snappy performance. Best cost-per-TB and cost-per-mm for economical upgrades to your mobile or laptop PC. 7,200 RPM makes the BarraCuda Pro the fastest 10 TB desktop drive available. Large cache size, coupled with Multi-Tier Caching technology, pushes your PC to new performance heights so you can load apps and files even faster.
Versatile, Fast, and Dependable BarraCuda leads the industry with the highest capacities for desktops and mobile computers. With drives available up to 10 TB, the BarraCuda portfolio is a great option for upgrades at any price point. The uncompromising BarraCuda Pro marries industry-leading storage capacity with 7,200 RPM spin speeds for snappy performance and load times when gaming or performing heavy workloads. Amazing Versatility Get the most out of your storage with BarraCuda hard drives. From computers full of photos and memories to gaming PCs that need more room to play, BarraCuda grows with you. 2.5-Inch BarraCuda Hard Drives Deliver! Slim 7 mm form factor offers high-capacity and lightweight options up to 2 TB to store the files you rely on for work and treasure for personal use. Multi-Tier Caching technology that delivers snappy performance. Best cost-per-TB and cost-per-mm for economical upgrades to your mobile or laptop PC. 7,200 RPM makes the BarraCuda Pro the fastest 10 TB desktop drive available. Large cache size, coupled with Multi-Tier Caching technology, pushes your PC to new performance heights so you can load apps and files even faster.
Versatile, Fast, and Dependable BarraCuda leads the industry with the highest capacities for desktops and mobile computers. With drives available up to 10 TB, the BarraCuda portfolio is a great option for upgrades at any price point. The uncompromising BarraCuda Pro marries industry-leading storage capacity with 7,200 RPM spin speeds for snappy performance and load times when gaming or performing heavy workloads. Amazing Versatility Get the most out of your storage with BarraCuda hard drives. From computers full of photos and memories to gaming PCs that need more room to play, BarraCuda grows with you. 2.5-Inch BarraCuda Hard Drives Deliver! Slim 7 mm form factor offers high-capacity and lightweight options up to 2 TB to store the files you rely on for work and treasure for personal use. Multi-Tier Caching technology that delivers snappy performance. Best cost-per-TB and cost-per-mm for economical upgrades to your mobile or laptop PC. 7,200 RPM makes the BarraCuda Pro the fastest 10 TB desktop drive available. Large cache size, coupled with Multi-Tier Caching technology, pushes your PC to new performance heights so you can load apps and files even faster.
Versatile, Fast, and Dependable BarraCuda leads the industry with the highest capacities for desktops and mobile computers. With drives available up to 10 TB, the BarraCuda portfolio is a great option for upgrades at any price point. The uncompromising BarraCuda Pro marries industry-leading storage capacity with 7,200 RPM spin speeds for snappy performance and load times when gaming or performing heavy workloads. Amazing Versatility Get the most out of your storage with BarraCuda hard drives. From computers full of photos and memories to gaming PCs that need more room to play, BarraCuda grows with you. 2.5-Inch BarraCuda Hard Drives Deliver! Slim 7 mm form factor offers high-capacity and lightweight options up to 2 TB to store the files you rely on for work and treasure for personal use. Multi-Tier Caching technology that delivers snappy performance. Best cost-per-TB and cost-per-mm for economical upgrades to your mobile or laptop PC. 7,200 RPM makes the BarraCuda Pro the fastest 10 TB desktop drive available. Large cache size, coupled with Multi-Tier Caching technology, pushes your PC to new performance heights so you can load apps and files even faster.
Last updated at 05/14/2026 23:22:03
Seagate 6TB 3.5-inch Barracuda PRO HDD 7200RPM SATA3 6Gb/s 256MB Cache HDD by Ramcity
Delivery between 19–22 May $13.95
originally posted on newegg.com
I have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make ... MoreI have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make spin-up noise when the PC is powered up, but the Seagate is a bit louder and you can hear the drive head moving about for a couple seconds, then it is quiet. Once Windows 7 loads up, the Seagate drive is as quiet as the Hitachi, as there isn't an "oscillating spin sound" like I get on WD Black and RE drives. But when I preform some read/write operations and run some benchmarks, then I can hear a "thumping" sound coming from the Seagate (most likely the heads moving), even though the Hitachi 2TB drive is silent on its read/writes. Since I have never owned a 10TB drive, and this one is filled with Helium, I am not sure if the "thumping" sound during read/writes is normal for this Seagate drive, but it doesn't sound like the drive is going bad or is damaged. The other NewEgg review on here from Patrick S says he is hearing a soft ticking sound that is consistent, but mine does not do that. One review I read on another site (that is named after a river) said theirs kept making a "chirping" sound every 3 seconds, so that may be the same sound that Patrick S is hearing...but I do not hear a "chirping" on this one that was sent to me from NewEgg for review...only the "thumping" sound with read/write. Here are my CrystalDiskMark scores: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v99gnyelgz62pu/seagate%2010TB%20A.jpg?dl=0 Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro HDD: 256.7 MB/s Read, 216.5 MB/s Write Hitachi 2TB DeskStar HDD: 123.1MB/s Read, 141.4 MB/s Write Radeon R7 480GB SSD: 551.3 MB/s Read, 521.0 MB/s Write So as you can see, the Seagate 10TB drive is twice as fast as my 2TB Hitachi for Reads, and 75MB/s faster on Writes. So this is a noticeable improvement on speed. But it still can't replace a Solid State Drive with over 500MB/s read and write speeds. At this point, I would recommend this Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro drive for those individuals looking for the largest SATA HDD on the market. It works fine in my home-built Windows 7 PC environment, and should also work well for backing up data and with NAS. It is faster than any other HDD that I have used, including my current 2TB Hitachi, and some WD Black and RE drives that I had a few years ago, but it will not replace a quality SSD boot-drive for speed. Also, the price of the Seagate 10TB drive is about $500 right now, so that is a bit pricey for some people, but considering it is a single 10TB drive, the price is not too bad. I just hope the quality of this drive will last without issues, and Seagate learned from their mistakes a few years ago with their 3TB drives that I had problems with.
originally posted on walmart.com
This is presently the "Sweet spot" in terms of "price per byte" for hard drives, and this is the best quality consumer-level drive out there at this size.If your system can handle drives this large (older systems often can't), and want to upgrade a drive, at the moment this is your best option.I replaced a 6TB Western Digital Black drive with this one. I have always favored WD Black drives, but they don't go to this size range. And the 6TB drive has issues with occasionally not being detected properly... which this one doesn't exhibit.All in all, a great drive. Fast, large, and (so far) quiet and reliable.Remember, though, folks... this is for "desktop/gaming" use... not for "always on, always running" use. If you plan to set up any form of network-based ... MoreThis is presently the "Sweet spot" in terms of "price per byte" for hard drives, and this is the best quality consumer-level drive out there at this size.If your system can handle drives this large (older systems often can't), and want to upgrade a drive, at the moment this is your best option.I replaced a 6TB Western Digital Black drive with this one. I have always favored WD Black drives, but they don't go to this size range. And the 6TB drive has issues with occasionally not being detected properly... which this one doesn't exhibit.All in all, a great drive. Fast, large, and (so far) quiet and reliable.Remember, though, folks... this is for "desktop/gaming" use... not for "always on, always running" use. If you plan to set up any form of network-based storage, don't use this drive. It's not designed for that purpose. "Enterprise grade" drives, or "network attached storage" drives, or even "surveillance" drives, are more what you'd be looking for, as each is intended to run continuously. My own NAS has multiple 12TB Western Digital RED NAS drives installed, for example.
originally posted on homeessentialsdirect.com
Don't expect a factory warrantied or one that is "new". Mine had a 6 month warranty that expired in 2019. I called the seller who said these were new drives puchased from Hong Kong and that they would warranty the drive for 5 years. They have been around 7 years so lets hope that is true. These drives are hard to find. Large capacity drives are now mainly made for NAS, data centers, or surveillance. I tried a Seagate EXOS and they are LOUD. Sounds like a rock in a sardine can. This drive formatted and installed fine. Runs pretty warm and slower than the exos but still fast. It's a lot of storage and Pro's are SMR not SMR. Drive is VERY quiet. * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) ... MoreDon't expect a factory warrantied or one that is "new". Mine had a 6 month warranty that expired in 2019. I called the seller who said these were new drives puchased from Hong Kong and that they would warranty the drive for 5 years. They have been around 7 years so lets hope that is true. These drives are hard to find. Large capacity drives are now mainly made for NAS, data centers, or surveillance. I tried a Seagate EXOS and they are LOUD. Sounds like a rock in a sardine can. This drive formatted and installed fine. Runs pretty warm and slower than the exos but still fast. It's a lot of storage and Pro's are SMR not SMR. Drive is VERY quiet. * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 196.073 MB/s Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 203.668 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1.304 MB/s [ 318.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1.463 MB/s [ 357.2 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.427 MB/s [ 348.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.659 MB/s [ 405.0 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 0.574 MB/s [ 140.1 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 1.797 MB/s [ 438.7 IOPS] Test : 1024 MiB [D: 41.6% (2436.2/5858.7 GiB)] (x3) [Interval=5 sec] Date : 2020/11/10 8:44:34
| Hard drive | |
| Hard drive interface transfer rate | 6 Gbit/s |
| Bytes per sector | 4096 |
| Hard drive size | 3.5" |
| Hard drive speed | 7200 RPM |
Seagate 6TB 3.5-inch Barracuda PRO HDD 7200RPM SATA3 6Gb/s 256MB Cache HDD by Ramcity
Delivery between 19–22 May $13.95
I have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make ... MoreI have been building PCs for over 15 years now, and I thought I'd never see the day there was a 10TB hard drive (I even remember when a 500GB was massive). Over the years, I have been a Western Digital and and Hitachi fan, as those brands have been the most reliable for me. I had tried the Seagate 3TB drives when they first came out years ago, and both of the ones I bought only lasted a few days before going bad. Since then, I haven't used a Seagate drive, so I am curious if their quality has improved over the past few years. I connected this Seagate 10TB drive up to one of my ASRock motherboard's SATA6 connectors and turned on the PC. I am also using a Radeon R7 480GB SSD and two Hitachi 2TB DeskStar 7K3000 drives. Both the Seagate 10TB and Hitachi 2TB drives make spin-up noise when the PC is powered up, but the Seagate is a bit louder and you can hear the drive head moving about for a couple seconds, then it is quiet. Once Windows 7 loads up, the Seagate drive is as quiet as the Hitachi, as there isn't an "oscillating spin sound" like I get on WD Black and RE drives. But when I preform some read/write operations and run some benchmarks, then I can hear a "thumping" sound coming from the Seagate (most likely the heads moving), even though the Hitachi 2TB drive is silent on its read/writes. Since I have never owned a 10TB drive, and this one is filled with Helium, I am not sure if the "thumping" sound during read/writes is normal for this Seagate drive, but it doesn't sound like the drive is going bad or is damaged. The other NewEgg review on here from Patrick S says he is hearing a soft ticking sound that is consistent, but mine does not do that. One review I read on another site (that is named after a river) said theirs kept making a "chirping" sound every 3 seconds, so that may be the same sound that Patrick S is hearing...but I do not hear a "chirping" on this one that was sent to me from NewEgg for review...only the "thumping" sound with read/write. Here are my CrystalDiskMark scores: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5v99gnyelgz62pu/seagate%2010TB%20A.jpg?dl=0 Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro HDD: 256.7 MB/s Read, 216.5 MB/s Write Hitachi 2TB DeskStar HDD: 123.1MB/s Read, 141.4 MB/s Write Radeon R7 480GB SSD: 551.3 MB/s Read, 521.0 MB/s Write So as you can see, the Seagate 10TB drive is twice as fast as my 2TB Hitachi for Reads, and 75MB/s faster on Writes. So this is a noticeable improvement on speed. But it still can't replace a Solid State Drive with over 500MB/s read and write speeds. At this point, I would recommend this Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro drive for those individuals looking for the largest SATA HDD on the market. It works fine in my home-built Windows 7 PC environment, and should also work well for backing up data and with NAS. It is faster than any other HDD that I have used, including my current 2TB Hitachi, and some WD Black and RE drives that I had a few years ago, but it will not replace a quality SSD boot-drive for speed. Also, the price of the Seagate 10TB drive is about $500 right now, so that is a bit pricey for some people, but considering it is a single 10TB drive, the price is not too bad. I just hope the quality of this drive will last without issues, and Seagate learned from their mistakes a few years ago with their 3TB drives that I had problems with.
This is presently the "Sweet spot" in terms of "price per byte" for hard drives, and this is the best quality consumer-level drive out there at this size.If your system can handle drives this large (older systems often can't), and want to upgrade a drive, at the moment this is your best option.I replaced a 6TB Western Digital Black drive with this one. I have always favored WD Black drives, but they don't go to this size range. And the 6TB drive has issues with occasionally not being detected properly... which this one doesn't exhibit.All in all, a great drive. Fast, large, and (so far) quiet and reliable.Remember, though, folks... this is for "desktop/gaming" use... not for "always on, always running" use. If you plan to set up any form of network-based ... MoreThis is presently the "Sweet spot" in terms of "price per byte" for hard drives, and this is the best quality consumer-level drive out there at this size.If your system can handle drives this large (older systems often can't), and want to upgrade a drive, at the moment this is your best option.I replaced a 6TB Western Digital Black drive with this one. I have always favored WD Black drives, but they don't go to this size range. And the 6TB drive has issues with occasionally not being detected properly... which this one doesn't exhibit.All in all, a great drive. Fast, large, and (so far) quiet and reliable.Remember, though, folks... this is for "desktop/gaming" use... not for "always on, always running" use. If you plan to set up any form of network-based storage, don't use this drive. It's not designed for that purpose. "Enterprise grade" drives, or "network attached storage" drives, or even "surveillance" drives, are more what you'd be looking for, as each is intended to run continuously. My own NAS has multiple 12TB Western Digital RED NAS drives installed, for example.
Don't expect a factory warrantied or one that is "new". Mine had a 6 month warranty that expired in 2019. I called the seller who said these were new drives puchased from Hong Kong and that they would warranty the drive for 5 years. They have been around 7 years so lets hope that is true. These drives are hard to find. Large capacity drives are now mainly made for NAS, data centers, or surveillance. I tried a Seagate EXOS and they are LOUD. Sounds like a rock in a sardine can. This drive formatted and installed fine. Runs pretty warm and slower than the exos but still fast. It's a lot of storage and Pro's are SMR not SMR. Drive is VERY quiet. * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) ... MoreDon't expect a factory warrantied or one that is "new". Mine had a 6 month warranty that expired in 2019. I called the seller who said these were new drives puchased from Hong Kong and that they would warranty the drive for 5 years. They have been around 7 years so lets hope that is true. These drives are hard to find. Large capacity drives are now mainly made for NAS, data centers, or surveillance. I tried a Seagate EXOS and they are LOUD. Sounds like a rock in a sardine can. This drive formatted and installed fine. Runs pretty warm and slower than the exos but still fast. It's a lot of storage and Pro's are SMR not SMR. Drive is VERY quiet. * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 196.073 MB/s Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 203.668 MB/s Random Read 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1.304 MB/s [ 318.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 8,T= 8) : 1.463 MB/s [ 357.2 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.427 MB/s [ 348.4 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.659 MB/s [ 405.0 IOPS] Random Read 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 0.574 MB/s [ 140.1 IOPS] Random Write 4KiB (Q= 1,T= 1) : 1.797 MB/s [ 438.7 IOPS] Test : 1024 MiB [D: 41.6% (2436.2/5858.7 GiB)] (x3) [Interval=5 sec] Date : 2020/11/10 8:44:34
I didn't realize this was a refurbished product. I never thought of hard drives being refurbished because files that were written to it by the previous owners never really go away. That could explain the missing 1TB. The only possible way to erase them forever is to smash them with a sledgehammer or pour acid on them. I just purchased a new one to see if I can get the full 10TB. I will return this if once the verdict is reached that refurbished is broken and sent 1TB into space. The only thing about a computer that is worth salvaging is the motherboard, CD drive, memory/graphic card, and power supply. Certainly not any storage drives.
I just bought my brand new (not the "reconditioned" one) one of these from Home Essentials Direct, and it's making the clicking sound people are complaining about. What do I do? It's driving me nuts and I am using this in a recording studio so I am very sensitive to sounds. What should I do? I am afraid if I return mine for a replacement, the replacement one will have the same problem or maybe even worse. I don't know what other 10TB hard drive I should buy, since I was under the impression the Seagate BarraCuda Pro is supposed to be the best on the market? I am really frustrated. I bought a pair of new Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drives (used as a RAID) 3 years ago from Home Essentials Direct, and I haven't had any issues with those. Should I return my BarraCuda Pro ... MoreI just bought my brand new (not the "reconditioned" one) one of these from Home Essentials Direct, and it's making the clicking sound people are complaining about. What do I do? It's driving me nuts and I am using this in a recording studio so I am very sensitive to sounds. What should I do? I am afraid if I return mine for a replacement, the replacement one will have the same problem or maybe even worse. I don't know what other 10TB hard drive I should buy, since I was under the impression the Seagate BarraCuda Pro is supposed to be the best on the market? I am really frustrated. I bought a pair of new Seagate IronWolf Pro hard drives (used as a RAID) 3 years ago from Home Essentials Direct, and I haven't had any issues with those. Should I return my BarraCuda Pro and just get an IronWolf Pro hard drive and just use that one as a single hard drive (not as a RAID)? Someone tell me what to do.
Too bad zero stars was not an option. The disk wont boot up. This can happen, no biggy.I requested a refund and received a notification for pickup on the 10th of October between 9am and 5pm. Pickup didn't happen. It is possible we were in the backyard but nobody phoned nor honked the horn. No notification was left behind either.On October 13th I went to a Staples store in Coquitlam (BC) to return the drive. This was beyond mind boggling!Basically I was told that I would receive a refund and had to return the drive subsequently to that. On my insistence that this didn't make sense, I was informed that I could leave the drive behind, but would not get a receipt. Subsequently I left the store. I will now request another return/pickup.Obviously some better ... MoreToo bad zero stars was not an option. The disk wont boot up. This can happen, no biggy.I requested a refund and received a notification for pickup on the 10th of October between 9am and 5pm. Pickup didn't happen. It is possible we were in the backyard but nobody phoned nor honked the horn. No notification was left behind either.On October 13th I went to a Staples store in Coquitlam (BC) to return the drive. This was beyond mind boggling!Basically I was told that I would receive a refund and had to return the drive subsequently to that. On my insistence that this didn't make sense, I was informed that I could leave the drive behind, but would not get a receipt. Subsequently I left the store. I will now request another return/pickup.Obviously some better coordination in your organization is required, as you obviously have no information about my request for a return pickup/refund, as you now send me a note asking me if I am happy with my purchase.Before I ordered this drive on line, I visited the same store to purchase the same product. This was also an experience in annoyance, as a sale rep would not leave me alone to browse on my own and subsequently recommended me a "cordless" headset (which I also wanted), which was actually a corded headset. Fortunately I double checked. Subsequently I purchased a headset on line from Amazon. All in all, I am not overly impressed with Staples.In the past I purchased many items from your stores in Calgary as well as in Maple Ridge (BC).I have always been pleased with the quality of your products and service, but this last experience is not an invitation to return to Staples for further purchases.
So far a good reliable performance. It fitted into a spare bay and connected easily. It's slightly noisier than my main drive as it occasionally makes a clicking sound when idling but to be honest it's not too loud to be bothersome.
Drives didn't work. Ended up returning them. Tried them in three different PC's and an external docking station and aren't recognized at all. They were DOA. Seller was easy to work with for the return. Wished they had worked. I've used these types of drives in the past with no issues as they are small and fast.
after being a loyal Seagate [Barracuda] customer. The Seagate drive (ST1000LMA48) did not ever perform as expected. The as my machine got slower and slower without and apparent reason I turned to the SeaChest utilities which indicated the drive was ok but looking at the output of the Sea Chest tools every read was having to retry (it did not report how many for each read) the data did contain how long each test read took to complete and some reads were taking 999.7ms to process of the 14946 reads the test performed 9621 took more that 100ms. 4040 reads took more than 500ms. None of this was being reported by S.M.A.R.T. because some of the Thresholds were "Threshold set to always passing" round and round with Seagate the would not tell me what the Thresholds should ... Moreafter being a loyal Seagate [Barracuda] customer. The Seagate drive (ST1000LMA48) did not ever perform as expected. The as my machine got slower and slower without and apparent reason I turned to the SeaChest utilities which indicated the drive was ok but looking at the output of the Sea Chest tools every read was having to retry (it did not report how many for each read) the data did contain how long each test read took to complete and some reads were taking 999.7ms to process of the 14946 reads the test performed 9621 took more that 100ms. 4040 reads took more than 500ms. None of this was being reported by S.M.A.R.T. because some of the Thresholds were "Threshold set to always passing" round and round with Seagate the would not tell me what the Thresholds should be but did offer warranty replacement of the drive. I just wonder how many other are pulling their hair out trying to figure out why there system is so slow when its the disk all along
I recently built a machine, and being a newbie at it, I didn't plan well on components. I tried to have 3 regular sized hard drives in there. It was a mess. Then I noticed an ad for laptop drives and realized there was nothing stopping me from using at least one of those little guys in the machine.So there it is. Working beautifully. Smaller than I even imagined. More airflow now in the machine. Probably will buy another one soon to free up more space. No problem, the replaced drives will be much needed external storage.
| Hard drive | |
| Hard drive interface transfer rate | 6 Gbit/s |
| Bytes per sector | 4096 |
| Hard drive size | 3.5" |
| Hard drive speed | 7200 RPM |
