Seagate IronWolf Pro, 14 TB, NAS Internal Hard Drive, CMR 3.5 Inch, SATA 6 Gb/s 7,200 RPM, 256 MB Cache, for RAID Network Attached Storage, 3 years Rescue Services, FFP (ST14000NE0008)

I'm not sure why this has relatively low scoring reviews. This is an Ironwolf, after all. As far as I could tell this was new, coming sealed in its waterproof envelope.I'm having to up my raid-5 NAS, swapping my 10TB drives with 16TB, so I'm buying one of these a month. Pretty straightforward with Synology, just replace one at a time, and so far I've not had any issues. Well, I've just purchased a second one, so I think that speaks volumes, excuse the pun.

The drives I got all worked and were all new, but 5 of them were registered in asia, so instead of the 5 year warranty, they only got about 2, neither seagate support, nor amazon support could fix it on their end, so now im going to have to return them and hope I dont get any of the dodgey drives that are floating about, or that they once again are from the wrong region, and I get the feeling this could be like a game of whack a mole, where I have to keep returning until I get both a new fully working drive and one with the correct warranty (the dodgey drive part is based on the reviews from this pages reviews for this drive)If the replacement drives are all new and have the correct warranties, ill change this to a 4 star, if I get a bad batch the next time, ill probably lower it to one, more so if its with multiple drives.[EDIT]I got a second batch, only one of the warranties are any good, after which i ordered 4 more... all of the 4 that came after only have 2 year warranties, warranties that seagate cant fix to the 5 they should have,at this point they have broken me, I give up, im just going to accept the new drives and if/when any of them break, im going to change them out to a WD Gold. it doesnt feel worth it to keep trying.

Massive storage perfect for all my photos.

The HDD I received was not packaged in OEM packaging (it was a generic cardboard box lined with foam) - it was not sealed as it should be if it were new. There were no Seagate papers inside (e.g. warranty information, safety information) like I would normally see in OEM packaging.The date of manufacture was June 2022 -- not unbelievable but its not usual for a HDD to sit in a warehouse for 3 years.The 5 year warranty that is advertised is also not valid for the drive serial number I received.The drive showed signs of previous use, make strange clicky noises, and ultimately failed within 24 hours of being installed in a low stress and low load environment (no other disks or sources of vibration, low heat, and only ~200GB of space was used by the time it failed).All this suggests that the disk I received was used (likely a used ex-enterprise disk), which would have required deliberate tampering to reset the SMART data (it showed 0 hours use at initial installation - I am sure this is not true). Considering it is listed as "New", this is not a good sign...Sending it back to Amazon - hopefully the refund comes through OK.

2 out of the 4 failed within a week but having returned those the remaining three seem to work fine

Great these. You can files to them and everything. They are at home with others in their cozy encasement. The only ones failing now are my 3TB ones that have been spinning for years. #recommended

The 3 16gb Ironwolf Drives arrived well packed and looked brand new, no problems with them, they are fairly loud in operation but I have my NAS right behind my sofa, will probably relocate it somewhere else at some point.

I purchased a Seagate HDD from this seller expecting a brand new drive, but after running diagnostics using smartmontools, it’s clear this is not a new drive at all.The SMART report revealed:• Power-On Hours: 28,000+ hours• Start/Stop Count: Extremely high (indicating long-term use)• Reallocated Sector Count & UDMA CRC Errors: Present – early signs of potential failure• Firmware & Serial Info: Shows signs of tampering – possibly from a data center or crypto farmThe drive clearly came from a heavily used environment, likely repurposed from a server or mining/farming setup, and someone attempted to reset or manipulate the SMART data to hide its real condition. Fortunately, not all SMART attributes can be reset easily, and this is how I uncovered the deception.This is a huge red flag. Selling a drive with over 3 years of usage (24/7) and marketing it as brand new is outright dishonest and dangerous for buyers relying on these drives for storage integrity.If you’re considering this seller, double-check your drive with smartmontools right after receiving it. Any genuine new drive should show:• Power-On Hours: 0–1• Start/Stop Count: 0–1• No reallocated sectors or errorsHope this helpsDo NOT trust this listing if you’re expecting actual new hardware. Avoid unless you’re comfortable dealing with used enterprise drives and possibly failing hardware.