Seagate BarraCuda Internal Hard Drive 8TB SATA 6Gb/s 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch (ST8000DM004),Mechanical Hard Disk

I have researched and tried to find a storage solution for my company's large number of movie projects in .mp4 and .mov with editing files, and concluded that the best solution is to get HDs (especially when they go on sale to save a few $$) along with an inexpensive HD adapter like the Sabrent and backup all our projects on those HDs. At around 100-120.00 each we can store anywhere between 20-30 projects on an 8TB HD. Even making backup of backup the cost is far better than any online solution (at least for the time being) that store these project at the same HD or SHD resolution.

It does the job. Not much noise, good price for the size.

Works as it should, from a reputable brand, and holds a lot without being too expensive. Its about as fast as any other hdd I've had. Works well for photo/video storage and large games that dont need it all loaded at once. I wouldnt put an OS on it in this day and age, but thats just my opinion. Not sure what else to say.

I purchased quite a few of these drives for cold storage of company data. Several of them have experienced extreme data loss events within 3 years of the purchase, but the factor I think people considering a purchase should think about is what happened when I contacted Seagate support to ask about warranty information. With every single drive I purchased, (4) 8TB, (2) 6TB, (1) 12TB and (2) 18TB versions of the drives from various vendors on Amazon, Seagate informed me the warranty had expired within 2 months of when I purchased them with some nonsense about vendors "holding" the drives for years in warehouses. Every single drive. Different vendors, same result with Seagate.This smacks strongly of Seagate trying to limit losses due to a technological fail causing the drives to not last as long as they were expected to. I've read articles about how the high capacity HDD drives that are filled with inert gasses like Xenon weren't lasting as long as they were supposed to, I believe this is where that reality is translating into company policy: regardless of what they tell you the warranty is when you are purchasing them, the company is using cheap tricks to avoid actually having to uphold that warranty.Personally, I don't really care about the drive replacement, it's the data reliability that hurts. Most people, myself included, switched to SSD for main system storage over a decade ago. But I was still using HDD for cold storage, which I am reluctantly realizing is no longer something anyone with critical data should be doing. SSD storage is ~2-4 times as expensive, which pinches, but drives need to be able to last 5-10 years for cold storage to be viable, and I'm seeing 2-3 years on these drives. Do what you like, but I wouldn't count on these drives to be as reliable as claimed in product descriptions, nor would I count on the company honoring the warranties if you run into issues. For me, at least, the age of HDD has come to an end.

8 TB model is not CMR as suggested in the q&a query. Identified as SMR on the manufacturer webpage.

Good performance and transfer speed. Lots of storage and plug and play for my nas.

So, I use this drive as one of three backup drives for my photography work. After months of moving large RAW files around, it's shown no sign of wear. It arrived in perfect condition, and every sector was good. Now, it's still silently purring away, with no bad sectors. It's been a solid drive, which is exactly what I needed. It may not be the fastest thing ever, but it definitely gets the job done.

El producto cumple con lo que dicen, tiene muy buena velocidad de lectura y escritura, se ve bastante resistente, y el almacenamiento es lo que dicen