Toshiba N300 8TB Internal NAS Hard Drive, 3.5’’ SATA HDD, 7200 RPM, 24/7 Operation, Supports 1-8 bay systems, 512MB Cache, 180TB/Year workload, 3yr Warranty (MN10ADA800S)

12 months ago I bought four of the 6tb versions of this drive for my new NAS and they have been rock sold and reliable. As I now needed more space I was quite happy to replace them with another 4x 8tb Toshiba drives. Bad mistake as within 24 hours one of the drives showed a S.M.A.R.T error and went faulty and when replacing another, that one made a grinding noise and wasn’t recognised. So I ordered another two drives to replace them, finished the upgrade and within 12 hours one drive was again reporting as S.M.A.R.T = Bad. So 75% of the drives I purchased were faulty so I had completely lost faith in Toshiba’s reliability. Toshiba seemed to have a serious quality control issue or there was a bad batch in circulation. All the drives came from a batch with Serial Nos beginning 62H0A, from June 2022. So I gave up on Toshiba as the last thing you want with a NAS is dodgy disks. Now ordered 4x Seagate Iron Wolf 8tb NAS drives which hopefully will be more reliable. UPDATE In the end I decided to give Toshiba drives a 2nd chance as my previous experience with them had been absolutely fine and they are faster than the Seagate Iron Wolf so waited a few days and ordered another another set of four. This time they had a completely different set of Serial number (6270A) so hopefully from another batch. And this time everything has been fine so far with no S.M.A.R.T or other issues fingers crossed. I can only assume that the faulty first batch was an unfortunate one off. So I am happy to recommend them.

I've had a N300 6TB for 2 years now: hasn't missed a beat. This was an order for 2 8TB equivalents, intended for installation into a NAS as a ZFS mirrored pair. It's only been two days, but their S.M.A.R.T. statistics are all that I could have hoped for -and definitely prove the drive is factory-fresh. They arrived extremely well packaged, which is not always true of hard disks sourced from Amazon, and a reason for me having generally bought disks from alternative, electronics-specialist, online vendors in the past couple of years. However, the price for these was too good to miss, so Amazon it was and fingers crossed for the packaging... except, as I say, they came in individual cardboard boxes, three pieces of thick white foam each, good antistatic bags and lots of bubblewrap, too. So: zero complaints. As for this particular brand of disks: as I say, nothing but reliable in the 6TB version. I've seen other people say they are noisy: these are currently installed in a 1U server which sounds like a rocket taking off at the best of times, so I can't complain about any additional disk noise even if it existed (which I don't think it does). Short version: nicely packaged, good quality, very decent price, thoroughly recommended.

Good running speed can last up to 200MB/s for a long time. High temperature but understandable as a NAS disk. The noise can be accepted after fixing with sponge pad. Most importantly, it is not SMR. But I noticed that it was for the Chinese market and I had no idea why it was in the UK in plain packaging. So its provenance may be a bit suspect and after-sale service is worrying. The packaging of the hard disk itself is very simple and crude , In a ziploc bag between two sponges. What's even more ridiculous is that Amazon simply put it in its much larger and less fixed delivery box. This will definitely cause the hard drive to crash in the box and damage, rather than just mail the hard drive. In summary, if you need a high speed CMR hard disk and don't want to buy a more expensive WD product, could try it. But be prepared for the possibility of receiving a damaged hard drive. Hope Amazon improves the packaging and offers a retail version

Great little (or massive data) drive. I am using it with another N300 in my DS223 NAS in a Raid 1. It has been faultless to date, runs quietly and the drive is active 24/7 for the past 2 months as i am video encoding my DVD collection, hasnt missed a beat. Well recommended by me. Toshiba has now become my drive make of choice.

I run 2 pieces in my Synology DS224+ for over a year. They are fast, reliable and when there is no load: silent.

I purchased a 12tb Seagate NAS Drive from Box.co.uk 4 weeks ago for £249, was faulty and had to be returned, I then went to purchase another one when I saw the Toshiba NAS hard drive 14tb for £279, Seagate's 14tb was over £330 so it was a no brainer on which to buy. After reading the reviews quite a few said that Amazon's packaging was awful, to be honest mine arrived in a box cushioned in Foam and worked without issue once placed in a caddy. The hard drive took seconds to setup in Windows 10 and format, it will be used in a Synology NAS eventually when I get the money together (Synology DS920+). According to Amazon Toshiba offer a 3 year warranty. Update Installed in the NAS 4 weeks ago, touch wood have had no problems at all. Am now looking for a 3rd to be utilised in full SHR mode. It's had a hammering with over 12tb being copied and it now up and running as a media server I recently heard above Toshiba's having Disk_Shift Errors but a question on here and no issues, I also haven't had any issues

I bought this drive in April 2022 and it died after 6 months of use, clicking noise coming from it. Requested a warranty RMA and returned to Toshiba, which was a fairly simple process at least. 6 months of use with the replacement drive and it failed again also, clicking noise. I have returned it again and am awaiting another replacement, I will delegate this drive as a backup and purchase a WD for future.

Great harddrive. No issue after a year of use. Brought to add to my Unraid Plex server. Works a treat. It's quiet and sits in my tower server in my living room next to my TV, I don't really notice it much. Very slight background noise occasionally, but not distracting at all.

I bought it initially to increase my NAS capacity but does not support HDD above 10TB,. Anyhow I am using it for backups of plenty of things. With an external USB 3.0 case , is a nice backup solution.

ME ENCANTA... un disco en silencio, muy rápido para lo que se espera de él y por ahora de total fiabílidad.

He comprado el N300 de 6TB. El modo de escritura es CMR, por lo que no tendréis problemas de escritura sobrescribiendo capas y crear archivos corruptos. Lo utilizo como 2º disco interno de almacenamiento para guardar películas. Lo tengo en el salón justo al lado del sofá, y os aseguro que no se oye nada. La lectura es rápida, tengo el disco duro casi lleno, y el indice de películas se me carga en un momento y las películas también. Desde que un amigo ingeniero informático me recomendó Toshiba en discos duros porque es los que utiliza en su empresa, ni un solo problema, y lo digo por propia experiencia, dado que tengo 3 seagates y un WD rotos con menos uso que mis otros Toshiba. De momento contentísimo, si cambia algo, os lo digo sin problemas.

Tengo dos de estos montados en un RAID 0 y van geniales. Apenas hacen ruido. Muy buen velocidad y estabilidad.

Ottimo disco da NAS, affidabile e molto silenzioso! Questo disco è progettato specificamente per l'uso in sistemi NAS, offrendo alta capacità, affidabilità e prestazioni adatte all'uso continuo in ambienti con più unità. La tecnologia CMR e la cache ampia lo rendono particolarmente adatto per applicazioni che richiedono accesso frequente ai dati e alta affidabilità. Toshiba N300 da 8TB: Capacità: 8TB Formato: 3.5 pollici Interfaccia: SATA 6Gb/s Velocità di rotazione: 7200 RPM Cache: 256MB Velocità di trasferimento dati (max): Buffer to Host: 6 Gb/s Host to/from Drive (sostenuta): 230 MB/s Tecnologia di registrazione: CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) Design specifico per NAS: Sì, fino a 8 bay Workload Rating: 180TB/anno MTTF (Mean Time To Failure): 1,000,000 ore Sensori di vibrazione rotazionale (RV): Sì Caratteristiche NAS: Supporto operativo 24/7 Compatibilità con sistemi RAID Consumo energetico: In funzione: 9.2W (tipico) In idle: 6.2W (tipico) Livello di rumore: In idle: 30 dB In cerca: 34 dB Dimensioni (LxPxA): 147 x 101.85 x 26.1 mm Peso: 770 g circa Temperatura operativa: 0°C a 60°C Resistenza agli urti: In funzione: 70G/2ms Non in funzione: 250G/2ms