Anyone try the 8TB Seagate Archival drives yet?

[JesterJJZ]

Anyone try the 8TB Seagate Archival drives yet? At $300 they are real tempting.

 

[af896]

I have not for this particular model but I have tried the other data 8TB Seagate HHDs, ST8000NM0045 and ST8000NM0055 and both are very good.

 

[pastrychef]

I picked up five them back in April to use in my NAS. I have not had any problems with them yet and I just picked up three more last week to get all the drives in my NAS to be 8TB.

If you search on Amazon, they can be found for around $230 each now.

 

[jterp7]

i was gonna pick up one for general storage, but reviews say they are slower than normal and should get 6tb instead?

5tb has also been stated to be unreliable.

 

[matreya]

Not only that I've read reports that they get very hot too, and can be rendered inoperable unless you have them in an enclosure with good fan(s).