HGST Ultrastar He8 HUH728080ALE604 8TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5in 128MB 512e HDD (0F23668) (Renewed)

Hdd were well packaged. It arrived in a well protected box with anti static bag for the hdd as well as full instructions leaflet. Worked right out of the box. Crystaldisk showed usage of only about 68k hours.

I ordered two of the 8TB drives to backup information from 3 different mirrors I have (4TB, 2TB and another 2TB). I’m concerned about any one of the controllers failing and losing that data. While one of the drives fired right up and has been working great, the second drive powered on and was recognized by the OS but never spun up giving an IO error. I went through the easy to follow return/exchange prompts in Amazon and the company overnighted me a replacement! Amazing! I honestly thought something was wrong with the replacement drive when I received it as it only showed as 2TB in the OS but it turns out the older USB to SATA adapter I was using with that drive doesn’t recognize anything larger. I picked up a new adapter on Amazon which supports up to 16TB and the drive is now recognized as 8TB and functioning properly!

These drives offer excellent value, providing enterprise-level performance with 50,000 to 60,000 hours of use at a very reasonable price. Despite their long expected lifespan, there is some inherent risk in purchasing used drives. I ordered two drives, and while one failed a self-test, the seller promptly replaced the defective unit. Overall, I believe this is a tremendous value, but buyers should be prepared for the possibility of receiving a less-than-perfect drive.

Lots of storage, Works like it should.

Ordered two of these, after about 3 days one drive failed and was making a banging noise. Contacted the seller and they denied that the drive came from them based on the serial number on the drive. I sent them the order number and they stopped responding. I have not purchased this brand of HDD before so I know that it came from them. I ended up having to file a claim with amazon and amex to get my money refunded. Lets hope the other one does not fail!Update - the second drive failed. I never got the refund for the first drive because per Amazon, the refund comes from the seller and they chose not to refund it. Amex said the seller is claiming the drives returned did not match any serial numbers they sold. I also find it suspicious that in the box there was a card saying “we track all drive serial numbers if you have issues contact us”

Works Well, but mounting pins don't line up on caddy.

todo bien, llegó bien embalado a Chile, via chilexpress y bien cuidado, todo ok, funciona correctamente

Been working as an external backup drive for months without any issues. HGST renewed drives in general have been very reliable for me over the years.