Seagate IronWolf ST12000VN0008 - Hard drive - 12 TB - internal - 3.5" - SATA 6Gb/s - 7200 rpm - buffer: 256 MB Mechanical Hard Disk

I've read a lot of reviews about these IronWolf drives that say they're very noisy. Whilst I've found that some random spin-ups can catch me off-guard whilst in my quiet office, I've found the noise to be tolerable, especially in the case in which it's housed.After running it in before moving data to it, it's performing as expected. I've found speed to also be as expected and haven't experienced any issues whatsoever. I also find it to be value for money compared with its closest competitor, which is typically more expensive. Furthermore, I've had 4 of the competitor's 8TB drives and 1 started having issues within the first two weeks of use so things are looking positive for this drive, which has been going strong for a couple weeks now.

Works perfectly, no issues so far.

Purchased three specifically for a NAS unit. They are plug and play, work as expected.One driver developed a fault pretty early on. It started making grinding noises and after a couple of days died completely. Amazon were very good and sent me a replacement straight away. Before I returned it I also checked the serial number on Seagate website which indicated that the drive was under warranty so that would have been another option if Amazon hadn't replaced it.Edit: Three months later and 2 of the 3 drives have failed. The first one was replaced by Amazon with overnight shipping - top notch customer service as always. The second one unfortunately was outside the 30 day window and I was referred to the manufacturer Seagate. They were happy to accept it for replacement however they refused to cover shipping costs and I had to pay to return it to Seagate. They also would not dispatch a replacement device to me until they received the faulty one so I was left without a running drive. I eventually received a replacement approximately 7 days later which was NOT a brand new device but in fact a refurbished device! Absolutely appalling customer service. I don't know whether other manufacturers are any better but I will not be taking a chance with Seagate again.

I've been using the IronWolfs and Pros for a number of years now and would highly recommend. They are rock solid and good performers. Super trustworthy and great price for this capacity. They run pretty quiet and cool.

Delivery was prompt and arrived, exactly as expected.Purchased this external hard drive to use in my recently purchased Synology NAS to store photos and videos on. It was very simple to install and set up, even for a tech novice like me.So far, has proved reliable and quick. Plus, the 12tb is more than enough storage to last me for now.NAS is a 2 Bay drive so I will be purchasing a second as a backup drive to this original. Will probably wait till it's on offer though to ensure I get the best value.

Seagate are a good brand, this drive relaced a failing drive.All my past hdd's have lasted well, using pc's since the 90's most of the drives were seagate.WD also are also a good choice. the price of this drive had gone down in price, hence the Seagate.As for the seller estimate in a week, turned into next day delivery, so 5 stars for that.

Perfect working on NAS, but on the beginning was little bit woried when I see how they was packed by amazon. puting drives to paper bag it's big mistake in my opinion.

SMART data and tests show all OK but drive read/write noise is the loudest Ive ever heard in 30 years of working with computers. It may be a manufacturing fault and I certainly wouldn't keep anything on it mission critical but will keep monitoring setup!