CONCLUSION

   When we reviewed the Enterprise NAS 6TB model a while back we were all impressed with both its performance results and the “reported” reliability numbers. I even recall thinking as to why Seagate would release a NAS oriented HDD model which was even faster in some cases than their Enterprise Capacity line. Today I feel the same exact way since the 8TB model is the fastest (overall) HDD we’ve reviewed to date. This of course is probably due to the 256MB cache used in this new batch of HDDs so the new Enterprise Capacity V5 8TB which also features the same amount should do even better. For some weird reason as you can all see Sisoftware Sandra Pro doesn’t like this particular drive since (or its cache) but I’m certain this will be resolved soon. Of course we can’t really comment on the reliability aspect of the drive but the 1.2 million hours MTBF reported by Seagate although not the highest we’ve seen with one of their drives still it’s a very good number.

   8TB capacity drives are only second to 10TB ones and as many of you know we haven’t seen those in the market yet. So naturally prices of 8TB drives are still set quite high and thus the Enterprise NAS model (ST8000NE0001) currently retails for USD583.05 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 525Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk). Let’s not forget however that for casual users Seagate has the much cheaper Archive HDD 8TB and although it’s nowhere near as fast as the Enterprise NAS 8TB model it’s still quite fast. With that out of the way if you want the fastest and highest capacity NAS oriented HDD in the market currently the Enterprise NAS 8TB is a one way which is why it gets our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Enterprise Class Quality
- 1.2 Million Hours MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Top Of The Charts Performance
- 256MB Cache
- 8TB's Capacity
- AcuTrack & PowerChoice Technologies
- Temperatures/Noise Levels
- 5 Years Warranty

CONS

- Price (For Some)
- Power Consumption (Compared To Other NAS Drives)