Designed for use in 1-8 bay NAS environments within home, SOHO, and SMB environments, the 12TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD (CMR) from Seagate is built to withstand 24x7 operations, or 8760 hours per year. This 12TB drive has been equipped with a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, a 3.5" form factor, and a 256MB cache, providing users with an ample storage capacity and data transfer speeds of up to 210 MB/s. This IronWolf hard drive also has an MTBF rating of 1 million hours, 600,000 load/unload cycles, 1 in 10¹⁵ non-recoverable read errors per bits read, and a workload rate of up to 180TB per year.

12TB Storage Capacity    3.5" Form Factor    SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface    256MB Cache    7200 rpm    Up to 210 MB/s Data Transfer Rate    1 Million Hours MTBF    Workload Rate: 180TB per Year    8760 Power-On Hours per Year    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles

AgileArray is built for dual-plane balancing and RAID optimization in multi-bay environments with advanced power management

IronWolf Health Management focuses on prevention, intervention, and recovery

Improved performance means reduced lag times or downtime for users during high traffic time for the NAS

IronWolf comes standard with RV sensors to maintain high performance in multi-bay NAS enclosures

IronWolf provides a workload rate of 180TB per year, which means that multiple users can upload and download data to the NAS server, knowning that IronWolf can handle the workload, whether you are a creative professional or small business

Access data on your NAS virtually any time, whether remotely or on site

IronWolf provides 256MB of cache memory, allowing your NAS to serve data faster

This represents an improved total cost of ownership (TCO) over desktop drives with reduced maintenance costs

Access your data on your NAS at virtually any time, whether remotely or on site

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Will the 8TB work in the LaCie 2 Big Raid?

A: The Seagate 8TB IronWolf 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD (OEM) would work on a Lacie 2 big raid

Q: 2. Is the 4TB internal HD compatible with a 2012-mid year Mac Pro?

A: Yes, this drive would work with your Mac.

Q: 3. Is this compatible with Synology DS923+?

A: The Seagate 12TB IronWolf 3.5" Internal NAS Drive (4-Pack) BH #SEST12000V84 (B&H Kit) is compatible with the DS923+.

Q: 4. What is the unrecoverable bit read error rate is for the new 8TB IronWolf?

A: 1 per 10E15. you can look up the spec sheet at the seagate ironwolf site.

Q: 5. On the product description it says model ST4000VNA08, but the on the picture the model says ST4000VN008? Which drive is this? Also, what is the difference between the two models?

A: This is ST4000VN008, the vendor/ manufacturer did a special sku (looks like retail package) for retailers like B&H. The drive would be the same

Q: 6. Is the version of ST12000VN0008 that you are shipping compatible with the Synology DS224+ ?

A: Yes, this Seagate 12TB IronWolf 3.5" Internal NAS Drive, B&H # SEST12000V8, is compatible with the Synology DS224+ NAS.

Q: 7. What is the manufacturer date?

A: As of now, all of the stock we have for the Seagate 12TB IronWolf 3.5" is recently manufactured, and distributed to us from Seagate in 2022.

Q: 8. Would this work in a single hard drive dock such as Plugable?

A: Yes, this will work with the Plugable USB 3.1 Gen 2 SATA Vertical Hard Drive Dock BH #PLUSBCSATAV.

Q: 9. How is the noise? Most drives seem to come with Preventive Wear Leveling, how noticeable is it(in desktop w/ anti-vib gromets)?

A: The Seagate IronWolf 3.5" Internal NAS Drive has an ambient noise rating of 2.8 dB (Active) and 1.8 dB (Idle).

Q: 10. CAn this be used as a desktop storage device?

A: Yes, you can use this as a desktop storage drive.