Seagate IronWolf Pro 18TB NAS HDD, ST18000NE000 SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" (Renewed)

I have a number of NAS devices around used for different purposes. Some for entertainment. Some for security purposes. In all cases I need a reliable drive that performs well and can handle the rigors of running 24x7x365. I have used a number of brands over the years but I believe I have now standardized on these Seagate Ironwolf NAS disks. The price is very reasonable. The capacity is flexible enough that I promise you can find the size you need. The installation is always easy and the speed and performance has never let me down. I'm very satisfied.

Bought to replace a 8TB and so far I have had no issues with it. SMART tests all look good and only had about 102 power on hours recorded.

This was my first time buying a renewed drive. I'm upgrading my media server so I was super excited waiting for the delivery. Unfortunately, the drive that came was vibrating to the point it was shaking my entire desk and when I formatted it, it sounded like nails on the chalkboard. I was very bummed to say the least. However, the exchange got here before I was even able to drop off the return and it's running like new. It's just the chance you take buying renewed / refurbished.

I run a private media server and I own 10 of these now. If that doesnt speak volumes to you, well I dont know what more that I can say other than its fairly quiet, easy to install, its speed was as advertised and overall a good quality purchase. I have two more drives coming. I hope this will last me until the 40s come out OR the petabyte dvd's are released.

I spent 24 hours writing test checksum files to this the 18TB drive only to have it start throwing errors. I do the same thorough test with every one of my hard drives and this is the first time I've ever seen one fail. I tested it in a dock as well as directly connected to my motherboard to verify it was not a cable issue.I'm pretty sad since the price was low, but I can't trust a drive that's throwing errors out of the gate. The drive had "0 hours" and only 1 start/stop count, so I bet the smart data was wiped.

I replaced an older 8TB Ironwolf HDD with this. I was able to format it with EXT4 filesystem, clone my data to it from the 8TB Ironwolf, and resize this new drive it to it's full capacity. Everything is working perfectly for now, however there was a strange clicking/grinding noise of initial boot/power up(I know HDD make noise spinning up but this sounded odd to me). I will still have to monitor it, as like many here, I am very cautious of renewed/refurbished computer components. I'll only update if the drive fails, otherwise it is working fine and was half the price so I am happy.

Works great. No issuess

I'm giving it 5 stars for the sole reason of Seagate Recovery Service. I bought 2 of these drives and after I got all my family videos transferred, they failed one after the other. I was heart broken. However, these drives come with Seagate Recovery Service, which helped me recovered my precious videos, and I was given new 18TB replacement drives (refurbished). Seagate has awesome customer service, they are courteous and professional, no fluff, go straight to the point and get your need taken care of.