Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 32 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST31000528AS-Bare Drive (Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging)

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 32 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST31000528AS-Bare Drive (Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging) Review

Brand : Seagate

I purchased this drive on November 11, 2009 for use with my Netgear NAS. As I write this, I've owned the drive for about a month and it has performed fine so far - no reallocated or bad sectors, etc. However, periodically I notice it making two clicks in a row - "click, click". Not sure if this is due to its being in the NAS - as opposed to installed in a computer - or what, but it seems to perform fine otherwise and the health logs in my NAS do not indicate any issues at all. The clicking is not constant, so perhaps it is because the drive is syncing with the other one or something....who knows. If the drive does fail, well, my data is mirrored onto the other drive on my NAS and backed up to two separate external USB drives AND backed up onto my netbook, and then I guess I'll deal with Seagate's warranty.

With technology, you cannot have too much redundancy. :-)

I purchased this drive because it is on the ReadyNAS compatible hardware list and the Seagates seemed to have fewer issues than the Western Digital drives.

As far as performance, well, it seems just fine. My NAS came with a 500GB drive from the factory, and I believe it too was a Seagate. I've noticed no significant performance difference at all since installing the drive, so I'm happy as my NAS was performing fine before this drive. I'd wager a bet that performance will be more directly and noticeably affected by what interface you are using to connect to the drive, rather than the drive itself.

For what it's worth, I had a 1TB USB Western Digital that I was using prior to my purchasing the NAS, and it never gave me any problems during the year I owned it.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 32 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST31000528AS-Bare Drive (Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging) Feature

• Spindle Speed is 7,200 RPM
• Delivers 1 TB capacity, 32 MB Cache
• Interface option is SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
• 12th generation of the world¿s most popular desktop hard drive
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB 7200RPM SATA 3 GB/s 32 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive ST31000528AS-Bare Drive (Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging) Overview

Combining proven components, state-of-the-art technology and industry-leading manufacturing expertise, the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drive - the 12th generation of this award-winning desktop hard drive family - delivers 1TB of high-performing, eco-friendly digital storage.

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Customer Reviews

A terrible failing addition to any loving family. - Joshua A. Miller - Akron, OH
I received a working hard drive that was wonderful for a few months. Then it died, but it was just a firmware issue on four of the five I bought (ranging from 120gb to 500gb) so some repairs and mailing I got back a working harddrive.

All of the harddrives I have sent in for repair came back and failed within months of use. No replacement offered, blackballed as out-of-warranty. I thought at some point maybe this was all in my head, or maybe it was handling but slowly but surely every harddrive I sent in for repair has failed shortly after. So either there is some severe mishandling or Seagate makes a terrible product. As I'm not alone in this (from the reviews) remember that you pay what you get for...and with the cheap price you get a resounding: shotty terrible hardware plagued with firmware issues, joke warranty, poor handling procedures by the *repair* techs...and the sense that your data will never be safe again. The five Year or even three year warranty seems to be out of warranty after a year? How strange.

Buy something else, anything else...but remember they own maxtor too so I wouldn't really recommend them either.

Four Failed Harddrives out of five bought is a bad track record. You've wronged me bad, Seagate. And may never get me or any person I meet back as a customer. My four Harddrives, all failed after about 1000 hours total of use. On the dot.




Working as expected - HeGe - CA USA
I ordered four of these for my Qnap TS-410 a month ago, and none of them have yet crashed, so I am satisfied :-) When it comes to performance I do not think that I would see any difference between another good brand in this class and the Seagate Barracudas, and price is about the same.
QNAP TS-410 4-Bay Desktop Network Attached Storage




Solid Drive for a Solid Price - Bruce M. Herbertson III - Erwin, TN USA
What can I say. This hard drive was the most simple thing to set up. No jumpers to deal with, No IDE cords to find room for. Just 2 simple plugs and VOILA. The hard drive was working. The cost was wonderful. I purchased 2 instead of purchasing a single Tb hard drive.

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