SeagateExos x10 10TB SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache Enterprise Hard Drive 3.5" (ST10000NM0086)

I am increasing the capacity in my older NAS and this drive fit the need perfectly. It is among the largest it will recognize and is a good enterprise drive. It was delivered quickly and at a good price. The NAS is working with no problems at all.

I am always skeptical of purchasing hard drives from marketplace sellers, as I have had many issues with receiving a slightly different model than the listing describes (for example, if the listing model number was a drive with self-encryption, I might receive the standard variant without self-encryption) and recieving hard drives that are OEM or otherwise non-warrentiable.To my delight, all of the drives I purchased here were of the correct model (ST10000NM0086), the "Standard" variant of the Seagate Exos x10 SATA 10TB, and all of the drives immediately validated when their serials were run through the Seagate website for registration. This seller offers great prices and a legitimate, correct, product.As for the disks themselves, these are some beastly hard drives, with a large 256MB write cache, an excellent advertised MTBF of 2.5 million hours, a 0.35% AFR (average failure rate) for 24/7 operation, a competitive maximum non-recoverable read errors rating of 1 sector per 10E15 bits read, reasonable power consumption requirements of 4.5W (for idle) to 8.4W (under max load), a 550TB/yr workload rate limit (which is multiples better than all consumer drives, and even some same-in-class drives), and of course, a wonderfully lengthy 5-year warranty from Seagate.Whether you plan to put this in a NAS, server environment, or even a workstation PC, this drive is a great choice, especially for those who require 24/7 operation and consistent writes.

I first ran this drive outside of any enclosure. Runs at 82-84° under load (in my house, before hitting my super cold datacenter.) -- faster than any single HDD I've owned and I'd call it nearly silent. I read people saying it was "the LOUDEST DRIVE EVER." --- f*$%in liars! The sound is nearly non-exsistent WITHOUT an enclosure.Super impressed. When something runs that quiet, smooth and quick... it just feels like there's reliability in the future. Only time will tell.I've put the drive through an >10TB in a couple of days. It could have done much more... it rested a lot. From one computer nerd to another... it feels to me like this drive loves to work. Again, only time will truly tell.

We purchased 2 of these 10TB drives to replace smaller (3TB WD) ones in our home NAS. Our selection process was based on data that suggested these were very reliable. Thus, when one mechanically/audibly failed within days of installation, needless to comment we were surprised and disappointed. We returned both and replaced with two similarly sized drives of different manufacture. Yes, we know that even the most reliable of products can suffer the occasional 'infant mortality' . . . but with our positive track record with 'the other' manufacturer, we saw no reason not to return to that which hadn't failed us.

Quality product, speedy delivery and great price

The product came properly packaged with the disk protected inside some tube-like air bag made from a very resistant rubber material. This prevents the disk from suffering hard hits, which is essential for HDDs.This 10TB drive is amazing. I've seen read speeds of 280MB/s and write speeds up to 120MB/s, but sometimes it even feels faster for an HDD when writing some big files after the system being idle.Of course these speeds are far from nvme SSDs, but it's pretty good for an HDD, considering that the upgrade was made over a drive writing at a rate of 20MB/s.The speed will be a bit lower if you will be copying your entire OS or partition table from another drive because the process can be long and the drive cache will get filled after some time, slowly lowering the write speeds to 60-70MB/s. Even still, copying everything I had was a lot faster than if I was to do the same thing with older drives, which makes the process a lot less stressful.It's still too early to judge its reliability, but I'm sure I will have much more peace of mind knowing that my data is protected in an enterprise-grade drive.I've setup my system to boot from an nvme SSD for fast boots and to not have to stress the HDD everytime I want to turn the computer on, which would lower its lifespan. The drive will only be storing passive data and I hope it to have a long long life until I have to move the data to a larger disk or even with new technology.