CONCLUSION

   Ever since I started testing HDDs from Seagate’s Enterprise line several years ago I’ve yet to be disappointed not only in terms of performance (which you can all see is beyond comparison to most HDDs out there) but also in terms of durability. Now many of you know how i support transparency in everything so I have to admit that we’ve had a couple of Constellation ES.2 drives fail on us after roughly 4 and 1/2 years of “mostly” continuous 24/7 use but if drives (and electronics devices in general) were guaranteed to last at least as long as their warranty periods then what need would we have for those warranties in the first place? The reason I’m even mentioning this I guess is because some people feel that when they buy an HDD it should last for as long as they deem acceptable and in a perfect world I’d agree with them (it’s not a perfect world now is it?). One thing’s for certain however just by looking at our charts, if you need the highest performance drive (overall) with the highest durability the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v5 8TB by Seagate should be at the top of your to buy list.

   Enterprise class HDDs are not cheap and that’s something we’ve seen time and again not only while testing 3.5” models but also 2.5” ones. So the current price tag of USD372.49 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and 505Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk) attached to the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v5 8TB (ST8000NM0055) is what most people reading these lines would call affordable. Still leaving out its upcoming 10TB variant this is the top of the line HDD model by Seagate both in terms of performance and durability and that’s why it gets our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Enterprise Class Quality
- 2 Million Hours MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Top Of The Charts Performance
- 256MB Cache
- 8TB's Capacity
- RAID Rebuilt / Advanced Write Caching / PowerChoice / PowerBalance Technologies
- Temperatures/Noise Levels
- 5 Years Warranty

CONS

- Price (For Some)