Review: Seagate ARCHIVE 8TB HDD

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 01/19/2016 10:36 AM | source: | 17 comment(s)

If you need a lot of GB for cash then the Seagate ARCHIVE 8TB HDD might be your thing. We review the Seagate ARCHIVE 8 TB HDD. Though SSDs are the thing to purchase these days, if you need massive bulk volume storage then you'll need a HDD. We are not disappointed at all in regards to price and value for money.

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Anarion
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#5220677 Posted on: 01/19/2016 03:47 PM

Does it make annoying chirping head parking noises like pretty much all (if not all) newish Seagate HDDs?

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#5220835 Posted on: 01/19/2016 11:46 PM

Does it make annoying chirping head parking noises like pretty much all (if not all) newish Seagate HDDs?

If this drive gets used correctly it shouldn't matter if it farts a couple of times per day let alone chirp.
This drive if people don't know is meant for infrequent data access and/or long term data dumps. I use a ton of them at work for our dumps for projects that have long been not needed. And my 20ish of them don't chirp. Not to nuthug Seagate or anything btw. I have tons of drives from WD, Seagate, and HGST.

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#5220878 Posted on: 01/20/2016 01:49 AM

Does it make annoying chirping head parking noises like pretty much all (if not all) newish Seagate HDDs?

I've had mine for 6-7 months now. It does chirp every hour or so. I have mine to never spin down. It seems to do it much much more frequently if your room is cold 65 F or below

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#5220894 Posted on: 01/20/2016 03:11 AM

got five of these in a raid5 configuration for a little over a year now and no failures or issues so far. performance wise, they are only so-so, but seriously, for storage, NAS and big files, these drives are fantastic.

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#5220943 Posted on: 01/20/2016 09:22 AM

I've had mine for 6-7 months now. It does chirp every hour or so. I have mine to never spin down. It seems to do it much much more frequently if your room is cold 65 F or below

on hot too lol

it's seagate... but doesn't mean it will fail at all... it's just the noise.

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