Unfortunately, we had 2 of the 5 drives go bad and report bad sectors. i have not gone through the RMA process 4 times and still do not have replacement drives. they make you pay for advanced replacement, their credit card processing does not work and people contact you about the case with no intent...

You might wonder why we need these traditional 'old school' technology hard drives these days. But now that I have one in my new computer build, it definitely makes a lot of sense.

Good capacity and several times faster than the older 8TB archive drives.

It may have taken more than what we were all hoping for but finally 4k Ultra High Definition material (primarily movies) has begun to arrive in large numbers so the data storage capacity needs of many people we know are most certainly about to skyrocket.

- Build Quality (300WRL / 1 Million Hours MTBF; - Top Of The Charts Performance (SATA; - 256MB Cache; - 12TB's Capacity; - Temperatures / Noise Levels / Power Consumption; - Enclosure Material (Low Temperatures; - 5 Year Limited Warranty

- Price (For Some

It spins up fast And big in storage size It's called Seagate BarraCuda For all this data I will plan on storing Twelve thousand GBs and we go beyond Store my things, oh hard drive Oh hard drive Upgrade this computer Store like never before Oh hard drive I'll upgrade this computer.

It is always a race for who can deliver the first hard drive with a higher capacity to the Hardware.Info test lab. This time it is Seagate to win it and they do it with style. The Barracuda Pro 12TB is not only the biggest, but also the fastest hard drive that we have ever tested. More good news

This hard drive offers fast sustained write speeds. Was getting 227 MB/s write speeds copying large video and RAW photos over from a SSD. The only thing is the drive's a bit noisy. I have a quiet case but still noticed the noise level this drive produces compared to my older WD Black Drive.

Seagate's standard BarraCuda desktop hard drive range ends at 4TB, the BarraCuda Pro range however, goes way past this to the new flagship of the lineup, the leviathan 12TB drive. Although there are even bigger drives to be had in the enterprise segment, in the desktop space, the 12TB BarraCuda Pro...

Huge capacity; 5-year warranty

Expensive

Seagate has launched the latest update to their high-performance desktop 3.5" HDD line in the BarraCuda Pro family. Now available in capacities up to 12TB, the BarraCuda Pro is designed to meet the needs of professionals who want the high capacity that 3.5" hard drives offer, with as much...

Highest capacity desktop drive; Strong 2MB IOMeter performance; Strong HTPC and Gaming performance compared to other non-hybrid HDDs

Seagate BarraCuda 10TB; Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB; WD Blue SSHD Desktop 4TB; WD Black 4TB; WD Black 6TB; Highest capacity desktop drive; Strong 2MB IOMeter performance; Strong HTPC and Gaming performance compared to other non-hybrid HDDs

The first one of these was DOA but the RMA process via NCIX was easy enough amd the second is working fine. I think the drive is pretty good but also expensive with a price tag close to $500.

-big capacity; -good warranty time (5 years) and data recovery assistance (for the first 2 years I believe; -fast drive

-little louder than I thought it would be and slow to spin up fully at boot