Really happy with these drives, I use them as a back up for film video files and writing to them is pretty quick for a 7200 rpm hard drive.100GB in around 10 minutes usually.Early days, but would buy again.

Efficient Item.

Efficient Unit.

Noisy

Not sure if it's the drive or the mounting in my Iomega NAS drive, but the thing hums a high-pitch tune which is really annoying. I hate to give this drive a bad rating cause I'm not sure it's the drive. It's quick though!

Second Time, I'm Very Happy!

This is the second time I've ordered this exact drive refurbished from this seller and both have worked without issue and have been reliable, quick and quiet. I'm keeping the seller in mind in the future as they sell quality parts at competitive prices!

Segate EXOS Drives

I hope this review is helpful to anyone looking at this line of drives and worried about some of the posted reviews related to experience/reliability. I have several hundred of the Seagate EXOS series drives from 1Tib to 14Tib deployed on production systems which I own, rent or administer - in all types of environments from climate controlled datacenter deployments to hot and dirty network closets in industrial environments. These products shine in Mission Critical NAS/SAN Storage, High availability Transactional Databases, Corporate Video Surveillance Storage Systems, Web Server Clusters and Email Server Clusters. I also deploy them in high powered workstations where endurance is necessary and/or desired. All of this endurance/reliability does not mean these drives ... MoreI hope this review is helpful to anyone looking at this line of drives and worried about some of the posted reviews related to experience/reliability. I have several hundred of the Seagate EXOS series drives from 1Tib to 14Tib deployed on production systems which I own, rent or administer - in all types of environments from climate controlled datacenter deployments to hot and dirty network closets in industrial environments. These products shine in Mission Critical NAS/SAN Storage, High availability Transactional Databases, Corporate Video Surveillance Storage Systems, Web Server Clusters and Email Server Clusters. I also deploy them in high powered workstations where endurance is necessary and/or desired. All of this endurance/reliability does not mean these drives are not at ease in the average home computer because they work great in an 'everyday' application if you don't mind the cost of entry. The workstation where I am writing this review has a pair of 1Tib Segate Enterprise drives in RAID 1 which have been happily spinning along for 5+ years. The bottom line is this: if your data or the data of your clients is important, these discs are an exceptional choice for reliability and high ROI (return on investment). I see reviews complaining about disc failures related to the EXOS/Enterprise line, I can confidently pass on that I have experienced no such problem with this line of drives. I have NEVER had an EXOS/Enterprise drive come DOA. This doesn't mean that DOA drives don't show up, I have simply never experienced this issue. Again, these drives are targeted for ENTERPRISE level storage systems - they can and do fail like any equipment. That being said, Seagate has NEVER failed to Warranty a failed disc (within the warranty period) from the systems within my responsibility. The difference here might be - ENTERPRISE users keep backup drives on site and in stock for immediate replacement when eventual failures occur so this generally does not become a game ending issue and warranty processing wait times are non-critical. As a service to people looking at this line of drives I checked the average age of my running drives and 65% of the deployed stock has been installed in production environments for 5+ years (approximately 250 drives). I have not had an EXOS disc failure in 235 days (as of this review). I generally purchase some of my discs directly from NEWEGG when the prices are right. Never a warranty issue related to direct purchase from a Seagate authorized reseller. MY CONCLUSION/OPINION: This is an exceptional line of ENTERPRISE level products with a good warranty and superb return on investment.

So far so good.

For the price, it is a great deal for a backup. Will continue to use it and see how it continues to function.

Strange

It seems a bit ridiculous to review a server hard drive a week after installation. I'm guessing there was no human intervention in the generation of this request for a review.This hard drive came well packaged in an easy to open box. The four screw holes accepted the screws with no problem. The hard drive slid easily into the bay.After one week, this hard drive has not failed. I give it two thumbs up.

The products are just what we needed

Working with the team at CDW was painless. Shipping products came a day earlier than promised. Overall a great experience.

Works well, not quiet

It's been a little over a year since I've bought this. The device has and still is working well and is now going towards my in-house media server.