Outstanding HDD. Enterprise quality. HPE Utilizes this exact drive, just relabeled with HPE part number for enterprise grade HDD.
Super quiet. Low power consumption. Fantastic all around. MANY MANY options to choose from. 4k vs 512. Encryption options. You MUST know what you are doing when ordering this drive. Once you do the research and select the correct drive for your application, you will NOT be dissatisfied. I have 30 +/- of these running in various RAID 5 or RAID 6 array for storage of medical data (patient charts). Obviously, that information is ultra critical, and, quad-redundant and tiered. In other words, active patient data on faster 2.5" 10k or 15k drives, or even NVMe SSD arrays. Backups go to these He8 drives (warm storage) via 2 different arrays with 2 different retention policies. Then, we have a tape robot for archival cold storage. Clearly - an enterprise setup running HPE servers (DL, ML, BL Blades, and Synergy systems - all HPE). Coms stack is all Ubiquiti Enterprise.
This drive is MORE then up to the task and I would have no problems recommending it to ANY consumer or "prosumer" for all your needs.
For those who gave these drives 1 star - clearly, they have absolutely no clue what they are talking about and likely ordered the wrong drive model, such as a 4Kn format when their consumer-grade system requires 512. If you don't know what the difference is between 4Kn and 512, then either do your homework before purchasing this drive, or, order a cheap consumer grade "green" or "blue" class WD (Western Digital) HDD where things are simplified and dumbed down to the point of choosing "your favorite color" for your home entertainment system to store movies.
If you need to store 500TB of medical data in quad-redundant fashion and have that 100% 24-7 up, and know what that means - BUY THESE DRIVES. They are phenomenal.
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