HGST Ultrastar He12 | HUH721212ALE601 | 0F27454 | 12TB 7200 RPM 256MB SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Cache | 512E | BitLocker Hard Drive Encryption | Power Disable Function |

Used 3rd party software to check the integrity of the the hard drive and there were no bad sectors/blocks/bytes. These enterprise drives usually are only written on once, and spend the rest of their lifetime reading data.. meaning that they are in excellent condition and will usually outlast a brand new consumer grade drive. Been using this in my plex server and its been on for over 60 days straight with zero issues.

As a recent purchaser of the Helium Platform Enterprise Hard Disk Drives for my customized computer, I am thoroughly impressed with their performance and reliability. These drives have seamlessly integrated into my system and have exceeded my expectations in terms of speed and durability. Their high-density storage and optimized data transfer rates ensure efficient operation, even with heavy workloads. The helium-sealed design not only enhances reliability but also contributes to quieter operation, which is a bonus. Overall, these drives have proven to be a valuable addition to my setup, offering the performance and reliability required for my demanding computing needs. Highly recommended for anyone in search of top-notch storage solutions for their enterprise setup.

Complete hit or miss on these. I bought one 6+ months ago for $148, and now’s it’s $300!!! One before that failed after 1yr. Gimme a break, it’s a refurbished drive!!!! Mine died 3 months into use. This price hike has nothing to do with tarrifs, just a reason for sellers to raise cost. I can but a NEW Ironwolf for $350.

Bought these a while back as a pair after I had a disk failure on my synology. Gained considerable space and hammer them 24/7 with i/o without issue so far. Don't let "refurbs" scare you off. These are good drives, and previous refurbs I've bought have also been just as dependable as fresh buys.

I ordered 6 for a 4 bay NAS figuring at least one would be DOA and to keep one as a spare since it was such a good price. 1/6 was DOA sounded like maybe an actuator was bad tough to tell if it was due to shipping. They are shipped in antistatic bags in plastic shock resistant harddrive caddys in a cardboard box. SMART data is consistent with their description. Lowest time on for me was 29000 hours average seemed to be around 32000. Power cycles were low on all about 20. Extended tests on the 5 working drives all showed healthy without any bad sectors or incorrectables. Great deal for enterprise drives with a great warranty. These work well for those that have some fault tolerance so that if you do need to use the warranty it’s not a big deal. At 5 years I am expecting to RMA at least 2 but that is not a problem with my fault tolerance. I’m still spending much less money than buying new. Thanks goHarddrive!

I've been running 4 of these drives in my NAS (RAID-10 array) for about a month running low-bandwidth but consistent read-write workloads(aka no drive sleep), as well as some burst read-write workloads. Unfortunately my sample size is too low and too short to make any assumptions, but all drives passed my initial tests, and reported no SMART errors thus far. I am wary of cheap drives, but these are reasonably fast and cheap. I would say if you wish to purchase this product, make sure you have a good backup plan in place (RAID is not a backup). Only thing that makes my wary is that these drives are abnormally loud when compared to my experience with enterprise drives, however I'm unsure if the drive noises are 'normal' for this model or early signs of failure. Although you probably won't notice this externally unless you try to listen. I will update this review occasionally to provide feedback as time passes. But these drives appear good. 3 month update: No drives failed, still noisy, but fully functional with no issues.

Drive shows 100% health, only 23.5K hrs on it. Wicked fast shipping (overnighted from Florida to Maine). Great drive for backup or data hoarding, not that fastest or most responsive drive but great for bulk backup. Helium drives are noisy when the heads move and formatted capacity is 10.9TB. Super happy with the purchase! I'd have no problem loading a NAS with a bunch of these. If you don't see this updated there has been no change in the drive since this review was posted.

Recertification can't fix crap design. Multiple of these drives failed to even start to spin up, or even show up in the bios, of my main computer. One did work with a spare NAS I had sitting around, but when the drive's firmware isn't even recognized by all motherboards -- you know you're dealing with a BAD refurbishment process.