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  • IronWolf internal hard drives are the ideal solution for up to 8-bay, multi-user NAS environments craving powerhouse performance.Data Transfer Rate:6Gbps.Specific_uses_for_product : Business, personal. Write speed : 240 gigabytes_per_second.Operating temperature (max °C) : 65°C (Drive Reported Temperature)
  • Store more and work faster with a NAS-optimized hard drive providing ultra-high capacity 12TB and cache of up to 256MB
  • Purpose built for NAS enclosures, IronWolf delivers less wear and tear, little to no noise/vibration, no lags or down time, increased file-sharing performance, and much more
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Tough. Ready. Scalable.

Designed for consumer and commercial NAS for 24×7 performance in multi-bay, networked environments.

Connected-Home, SOHO, and SMB NAS

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Optimized for NAS with AgileArray

Enables dual-plane balancing and time-limited error recovery to deliver best-in-class RAID performance in multi-bay systems.

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Always On. Always Accessible.

Designed for 24×7 usage—access your data anytime, anywhere.

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All-CMR Portfolio

All IronWolf drives use conventional magnetic recording for consistent, best-in-class NAS performance.

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Up to 18TB

A broad range of high-performance capacity options deliver scalable and cost-efficient storage solutions.

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Tough. Reliable. Dependable.

Up to 1M hours MTBF and 180TB/year workload rate to seamlessly store and work with large amounts of networked data for hassle-free storage and best-in-class TCO.

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Rotational Vibration (RV) Sensors

IronWolf drives deliver built-in RV sensors for vibration tolerance and consistent performance in multi-bay systems.

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IronWolf Health Management (IHM)*

Actively protect your data with prevention, intervention, and recovery recommendations to ensure peak system health.

*IHM is enabled on all leading NAS systems. Please check with your NAS vendor or a Seagate sales representative for more details.

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Three years of in-house Rescue Data Recovery Services* providing in-house secure facilities with an industry-leading 95% success rate, so you don’t have to incur high recovery costs in the event of accidental data corruption or drive damage.

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Price $474.45 no data
Ideal for Home, SOHO Creative Pro, Medium-to-Large Business NAS Storage Solutions Creative Pro, SMB
# of bays Up to 8-bay NAS Unlimited
Capacity 1TB to 18TB 2TB to 20TB
Health Management (4TB+) 4TB to 18TB 4TB to 20TB
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    Purpose built for multi-user NAS environments, IronWolf is perfect for teams needing to store more and work faster. Designed for up to 8 bays and speeds of up to 180MB/s, these internal hard drives are specifically built for less wear and tear, little to no noise/vibration, no lags or down time, increased file-sharing performance, and lower power consumption. Easily monitor the health of hard drives using the integrated IronWolf Health Management system and Enjoy long-term reliability with 1M hours MTBF and included is a three year Seagate Rescue Data Recovery service and 3-year limited warranty protection plan.

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    Customers find the hard drive performs better than external drives, with plenty of space for large amounts of data and good value for money. The drive is easy to install, particularly with NAS systems, and customers appreciate its storage capacity for pictures and games. While some customers report the drive is relatively quiet during regular operation, others mention loud noise issues. Speed performance receives mixed feedback, with some customers impressed while others find it slower than expected. The drive failure aspect is concerning, with reports of high failure rates and multiple drives arriving dead.

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    2,034 customers mention "Works well"1,831 positive203 negative

    Customers report that the hard drive performs reliably without any failures, and one customer mentions it has been trouble-free for 14 months of usage.

    "...Perhaps that's why my mileage has varied, such that I have had no failures whatsoever and my server is 100% uptime...." Read more

    "Pretty solid drive as far as I can tell. I've had it for a few months now without any problems. I'm using it to back up movies and videos on my Mac...." Read more

    "...So far, they have been reliable, with no early failures. However......" Read more

    "...However, it is reliable as can be thus far, having had an uptime of 3704 hours as I type this...." Read more

    1,182 customers mention "Drive quality"976 positive206 negative

    Customers find the hard drive to be of good quality, with plenty of space for large amounts of data and solid performance for long-term storage.

    "...The system i put this drive in claims it can store one events only HD feed and three 4k feeds continuously for about 150 days which i think seems to..." Read more

    "...was simple and straightforward, and the amount of storage you get for the price is excellent...." Read more

    "This is a great drive. I got two of them to put into a QNAP NAS last year and am very pleased with them." Read more

    "...I definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a large, reliable HDD drive at a reasonable price point!" Read more

    1,044 customers mention "Value for money"960 positive84 negative

    Customers find the hard drive to be reasonably good value, offering the most storage for the money.

    "...fired right up same passwords etc. great buy and saved a ton. i think soon i will buy a spare 6tb sata harddrive to keep on hand...." Read more

    "...It is a fast 4TB drive for a reasonable price. I got it at a VERY good price since it was used with only minor cosmetic issues, but it is a hard..." Read more

    "...them to anyone looking for a large, reliable HDD drive at a reasonable price point!" Read more

    "...own HDDs for support reasons, Seagate IronWolf remains an affordable option for users...." Read more

    833 customers mention "Ease of installation"742 positive91 negative

    Customers find the hard drive easy to install, particularly noting that it plugs and plays in NAS systems, with one customer mentioning seamless integration into their OMV NAS rack.

    "This hard drive offers a lot of bang for your buck. Installation was simple and straightforward, and the amount of storage you get for the price is..." Read more

    "...They installed fine and had no issues formatting. All of them have been in 24/7 service for over a year with no issues." Read more

    "Great product, easy install, easy packaging, great usability...." Read more

    "...It was very easy to set up, connected immediately and has worked flawlessly since I installed it...." Read more

    498 customers mention "Storage capacity"495 positive3 negative

    Customers appreciate the hard drive's storage capacity, noting it can hold many games and pictures, with one customer mentioning it works well as a NAS drive.

    "...If you're looking for a spacious and speedy drive without breaking the bank, this is a solid choice...." Read more

    "...They installed fine and had no issues formatting. All of them have been in 24/7 service for over a year with no issues." Read more

    "...It connects easily, works great, and is sturdy. Easily fits in my hard drive bar, and the transfer rates are super speedy...." Read more

    "In short: I’m an IT guy and I find this drive highly recommended for local storage at home...." Read more

    1,021 customers mention "Noise level"498 positive523 negative

    Customers have mixed experiences with the hard drive's noise level, with some finding it relatively quiet during regular operation while others report loud noise.

    "...The drives never spin down and are active 100% of the time...." Read more

    "...So why am I only giving it 4 stars? It has a lot of vibration to it...." Read more

    "...I’ve found it to be reliable and relatively quiet in my setup...." Read more

    "...Not enough to bother you during the day but noisy enough to interfere with sleep if it is in the same room as you...." Read more

    1,018 customers mention "Speed"675 positive343 negative

    Customers have mixed opinions about the hard drive's speed, with some being very impressed while others find it fair bit slower than expected.

    "...has varied, such that I have had no failures whatsoever and my server is 100% uptime...." Read more

    "Got my security camera system up and running love the responsiveness now I get to trackmy cats, mice, and other critters while scrolling though my..." Read more

    "...So, I bought the 8TB and a generic USB housing. This is not the fastest drive out there, but I am using it in an external housing, so it would be..." Read more

    "...Read and write speeds, while not as fast as an SSD, are fast enough. Takes less than a minute to back up a few gigabytes...." Read more

    599 customers mention "Drive failure"0 positive599 negative

    Customers report significant reliability issues with the hard drive, noting a 66% failure rate and multiple instances of drives crashing within 555 hours of use.

    "2 days prior to leaving out of town our DVR decided to die...." Read more

    "...I’ve had to do 2 system restores in less than 2 years. These drives are the worst." Read more

    "...Acronis gave it a 30% Health, meaning failure imminent, and I was able to save 4.1 of the 4.3 TB stored on it...." Read more

    "...It was loud, clicked a lot and failed within two weeks...." Read more

    Reliable cheap storage runs better than advertised
    5 out of 5 stars
    Reliable cheap storage runs better than advertised
    Found on sale sub-$75 range and chose it over competition. The read/write speeds are better than expected for a 5400 RPM HDD; it took around an hour to back up about 500 GB of data on an AM5 starter platform PC running 32 GB DDR5 6000 Mt/s RAM. I was transferring from a fast gen 4 NVME SSD (runs about 7400/6400 Mbps read/write speed). Thanks for the freedom of never having to download my huge games again!!!
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    • Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2025
      Style: IronWolf ProCapacity: 24TBColor: NAS PROVerified Purchase
      Unlike many others here, I am running an UNRAID server rather than a Synology or QNAP NAS. Perhaps that's why my mileage has varied, such that I have had no failures whatsoever and my server is 100% uptime.

      I am running (2) 24TB Ironwolf Pro for parity, (8) 12TB Ironwolf Pro for the array and (3) 4TB Samsung EVO NVMe for the cache pools. This all runs on an Intel i9 14th Gen Processor, Gigabyte Aorus Elite motherboard, 128GB Ram and 16-Bay Tower.

      My workload consists of 24/7 reads and writes including, at times, up to a simultaneous 6-8 4K video streams. The drives never spin down and are active 100% of the time.

      I've been running this setup for a little over a year now and have had not a single error with parity checks running twice a month and SMART monitoring 24/7. With that said, I think a lot of what makes a drive last is the hardware connected to it and the workload associated with it. I don't expect these to last forever, though. I've been using Seagate drives for over 20 years and I can usually expect 5-8 years before they fail (with constant use). All in all, I'm very happy with these drives and carry very high expectations for the future.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2025
      Style: SkyHawk AICapacity: 20TBColor: SURVEILLANCE AIVerified Purchase
      Got my security camera system up and running love the responsiveness now I get to trackmy cats, mice, and other critters while scrolling though my video feeds! Better than national geographic because you can fast forward without too much buffering, maybe my system, but I think this dive is contributing to this at least a little bit. The system i put this drive in claims it can store one events only HD feed and three 4k feeds continuously for about 150 days which i think seems to be good use of 20 TB.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2025
      Style: BarraCudaCapacity: 8TBColor: PCVerified Purchase
      Pretty solid drive as far as I can tell. I've had it for a few months now without any problems. I'm using it to back up movies and videos on my Mac. Read and write speeds, while not as fast as an SSD, are fast enough. Takes less than a minute to back up a few gigabytes. That's fantastic as you would have to pay so much more to get 8TB worth of SSDs.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2025
      Style: BarraCudaCapacity: 4TBColor: PCVerified Purchase
      just put this 4tb sata hardrive into my lorex DVR instead of buying a new lorex DVR and learning a whole ton of bothersome new ways to operate the new dvr. best decision i have made. the instructions on my old lorex dvr said it can take up to a 6tb hardrive. but i did not want to spend that much. anyway my old hard drive was 1tb and with 8 cams it could record continuously for only 3 days. but with this new 4tb hardrive it can record continuously for11 days with 8 cams. so i am really happy with it. it also was a piece of cake to open the hard dr and remove the old hd and put in the new one. fired right up same passwords etc. great buy and saved a ton. i think soon i will buy a spare 6tb sata harddrive to keep on hand. my old 1tb was supposed to last up to 5 years but it lasted 10, way longer than it was supposed to last...so this new one will be about permanent, unless i just decide to increase its capacity to 6tb.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025
      Style: BarraCudaCapacity: 8TBColor: PCVerified Purchase
      I have purchased 3 of the Seagate Barracuda drives in the past 2 years, to replace much older (think 10+ years) Seagate drives I use as network storage. So far, they have been reliable, with no early failures. However...

      My most recent purchase from Amazon, in April 2025, was for an 8TB Barracuda that was manufactured in August 2020. It came in a plain brown box, unlike my other two that had the normal green and black Seagate labeling. Some of the info on the box had been re-labeled with a sticker. It seemed off, so I checked the serial number on the Seagate Warranty page. It came back with "Check with the seller, this was sold as part of a larger system". Hmmm...

      I got into a chat with a Seagate CS agent, who informed me that particular drive shipped in September 2020 and its warranty had expired in December 2022. I can only imagine the nightmare that would've been involved if I ran into an issue with this drive. I'm not sure if this drive had an adventure before finding its way to me (the "Old sold as new" issue I've read a lot about lately) or if it was just sitting on a shelf gathering dust for more than 5 years, but since it had no warranty according to the manufacturer, back it went. I've included photos of the typical Seagate packaging vs. what I got with this last order.
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      4.0 out of 5 stars
      Caveat Emptor, expired goods

      Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025
      I have purchased 3 of the Seagate Barracuda drives in the past 2 years, to replace much older (think 10+ years) Seagate drives I use as network storage. So far, they have been reliable, with no early failures. However...

      My most recent purchase from Amazon, in April 2025, was for an 8TB Barracuda that was manufactured in August 2020. It came in a plain brown box, unlike my other two that had the normal green and black Seagate labeling. Some of the info on the box had been re-labeled with a sticker. It seemed off, so I checked the serial number on the Seagate Warranty page. It came back with "Check with the seller, this was sold as part of a larger system". Hmmm...

      I got into a chat with a Seagate CS agent, who informed me that particular drive shipped in September 2020 and its warranty had expired in December 2022. I can only imagine the nightmare that would've been involved if I ran into an issue with this drive. I'm not sure if this drive had an adventure before finding its way to me (the "Old sold as new" issue I've read a lot about lately) or if it was just sitting on a shelf gathering dust for more than 5 years, but since it had no warranty according to the manufacturer, back it went. I've included photos of the typical Seagate packaging vs. what I got with this last order.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2025
      Style: BarraCudaCapacity: 8TBColor: PCVerified Purchase
      As a Mac user with the inability to upgrade my storage, I had to resort to an external drive. So, I bought the 8TB and a generic USB housing. This is not the fastest drive out there, but I am using it in an external housing, so it would be bottlenecked by the USB connector anyway. However, it is reliable as can be thus far, having had an uptime of 3704 hours as I type this. I use it for storing my movies for my Plex collection as well as all the various documents generated by my job. One piece of advice - if you plan on using between your Mac and PC, format this drive as exFAT. I recommend this drive any time, any day.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2025
      Style: Surveillance AICapacity: 8TBColor: multi-colorVerified Purchase
      Need a DVR rated Hard Drive for a new DVR system I am putting together. Had an old desktop and the 8TB storage capacity of this device will give me hours of Video footage. The speed of the drive allows me to grab 4k video streams.
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    • Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2025
      Style: BarraCudaCapacity: 4TBColor: PCVerified Purchase
      Found on sale sub-$75 range and chose it over competition. The read/write speeds are better than expected for a 5400 RPM HDD; it took around an hour to back up about 500 GB of data on an AM5 starter platform PC running 32 GB DDR5 6000 Mt/s RAM. I was transferring from a fast gen 4 NVME SSD (runs about 7400/6400 Mbps read/write speed).

      Thanks for the freedom of never having to download my huge games again!!!
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      5.0 out of 5 stars
      Reliable cheap storage runs better than advertised

      Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2025
      Found on sale sub-$75 range and chose it over competition. The read/write speeds are better than expected for a 5400 RPM HDD; it took around an hour to back up about 500 GB of data on an AM5 starter platform PC running 32 GB DDR5 6000 Mt/s RAM. I was transferring from a fast gen 4 NVME SSD (runs about 7400/6400 Mbps read/write speed).

      Thanks for the freedom of never having to download my huge games again!!!
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