THE ENTERPRISE NAS HDD 8TB

Once again we received a standalone sample inside the usual clamshell package which we've seen numerous times in the past.

Appearance-wise the 3.5" enclosure of drive is identical to that of the 6TB version so nothing new here.

Typically a very large sticker placed at the top of the drive contains useful bits of information such as barcodes, serial number, model number, part number, factory rollout date (in our case it's September 3rd 2015), electrical requirements and of course the firmware number (seems it got updated with the latest version shortly before reaching our lab).

As usual all of the modules are placed on the opposite side of the PCB for increased protection.

The standard SATA power and data connectors are located at the rear of the drive right next to three pins probably used for FW updates.