NOTE: These HDD is used by Datacenter Servers for about 3 Years period. HDD was refurbished and data wiped with DoD standard. It’s fully tested & passed HGST factory diagnose software test. Since this is heavy duty enterprise HDD with a 2. 5M-hour MTBF rating. We are confidence that to honor another 5 Years for these hard drives. Buy with confidence & worry free HGST Ultrastar HE8 delivers the hermetically sealed, helium hard drive, the Ultrastar He8 for massive scale-out environment. Why does helium make a difference? Helium has only one-seventh the density of air. Replacing air with helium inside a hard drive dramatically reduces the turbulence caused by the spinning disks, cuts power consumption and results in a lower temperature within the disk drive. The reduction in turbulence for the spinning disk allows HGST to deliver a seven-disk design in a traditiol 3. 5- inch form factor. In addition to being the world’s first helium-filled hard drive, HGST Ultrastar He6 is also the first hard drive in the industry to o er a 6-terabyte capacity. This design provides a 50 Percent capacity gain and still reduces the energy needed to run the drive by up to 23 Percent. HelioSeal Delivers Twice the Capacity Using One-Quarter Less Power One-third more capacity and 23 Percent lower energy consumption. Available today. That’s the power of helium. Delivering the industry’s leading capacity at 8TB, Ultrastar He8 is based on the widely accepted and proven HelioSeal platform. HelioSeal technology replaces air with helium inside the drive, reducing air turbulence and ebling 7Stac, a seven-disk design in a traditiol 3. 5- inch form factor. Ultrastar He8 goes beyond what any air-based HDD can do and seamlessly integrates into virtually any mainstream enterprise environment. Cooler and quieter with industry-leading power efficiency (Watts/TB) and no-compromise performance, the Ultrastar He8 lays NOTE -These HDD is used by Datacenter Servers for about 3 Years period. HDD was refurbished and data wiped with DoD standard. It’s fully tested & passed HGST factory diaGnose software test. Since this is heavy duty enterprise HDD with a 2.5M-hour MTBF ratinG. 8TB, 128MB Cache, 7200RPM, SATA III 6.0Gb/s – DesiGned for 24/7/365 Heavy Duty, 2.5M-hour MTBF Works for Any SATA Server, NAS (network storaGe), RAID, PC, Mac, CCTV DVR, Surveillance System, CCTV DVR Bare Drive Only, SinGle Pack, (No Screws, Cables or Accessories included) -Friendly Reminder- Please FORMAT HDD on system in order to be detected, shows on system.
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8 reviews for HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium (HUH728080ALE601) 8TB 7200RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5in Enterprise Hard Drive (Renewed)
6 so far and no problems – UPDATE July 2023
I bought these to replace slower smaller ones in my nas. Some of the reviews warned about high hours, so I started with 2. They both had 40000+ hours, about 4.5 years, but both had only 20 or so power up cycles. Both are perfect, so I bought 4 more. All perfect. The seller has been around for a while and is guaranteeing them for 5 years AFTER YOU buy them!. They record the serial number when you buy them so nothing on your end is required. Time will tell but these are awesome so far ! Shout out to CrystalDiskInfo. Great program.UPDATE July 2023: Still happy. Nothing to report. Drives run 24/7 in a NAS and have not logged a single error. Working as they should. Great performance, quiet. Great price for data-center drives.
Refurbished enterprise > new consumer
I have had terrible, terrible luck with a major brand of hard drives that is seemingly always on the deepest discount during sales — I won’t name names but let’s say “water fence” — so to replace these crappy drives as they inevitably fail, I started looking into refurbished enterprise-grade drives, thinking the higher build quality might offset the fact that they’re used. I have yet to be disappointed by HGST; I have bought a few now, and while they do show runtime in their logs, they also show excellent performance qualities, too. They are simply built to a higher standard than the drives that will no longer tempt me every Black Friday. If you are curious, I’d say it’s worth the risk, as I’ve got at least 4 of these things running now with no trouble or even warning signs whatsoever.
Drive received had 76059 Power On Hours, not <3 years as advertised.
Seller claimed to be selling an enterprise hard drive with <= 3 years of use. The drive I received had 8 years, 8 months, 9 days, 3 hours of continuous use. Not sure how much life a drive has after 9 years online, but at least 6 years less than advertised. Here is smartctl output for the drive I received:Model Family: HGST Ultrastar He8Device Model: HGST HUH728080ALE604Serial Number: 2EJXEYJXLU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 23be91dc6Firmware Version: A4GNW7J0User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB]Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physicalRotation Rate: 7200 rpm...9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 76059
Durable Drives but more on time than advertised
Updated: The 4 drives that I have purchased 2 to 4 years ago and older are still all running cool with no issues at nearly 60kh on one, 58,000h (6.5years) on another, 1200 power cycles with no errors or issues.These drives are extremely well made. HGST focused on reliability, something many drive manufacturers today seem unfamiliar with. They are not quite as fast at short transfers or transferring lots of small files as newer models, but I have been using two of these drives for several years. On transfers of video files between two of these drives, I see a sustained 140MB/sec. They are not very quiet, and they take a bit to spin up after being idle for a while, but otherwise good drives. Lost one star for my one complaint which is that of the 3 that I have purchased, 2 had 5 years of on time, though only about 50 power cycles.
Not only a great drive, but a great warranty
I’ve ordered about 26 of these drives over the last couple of years. They have been fantastic in a Raid 6 moderate usage environment with low noise and reasonable heat generation (per spec). I have only had one drive fail in the 2 years, so had an opportunity to see whether the RMA process was going to be straightforward or painful. I’m pleased to report that (so far) it has been seamless. They asked for the drive details and the order, responded quickly with an RMA number and have been very responsive.I will likely buy more as time goes on. Very good deal and outstanding service.
5 Years
So far so good. Drive shipped to me was in use for just over 5 years, previously. I wish it was only 3 years in use as stated in the description but I’m hoping there is still a lot of life here. Can’t be worse than the drive it replaced and the read/write performance as well as capacity are great. Buying used is a risk but at least I know this drive was happily functioning for 5 years and looks to be in good shape at this time.Ordered from “Worldwide Product Importer”. Intended to buy from goHardDrive but I must have gotten my wires crossed somewhere.Edit Jul 2024: I got about a year and a half out of this before the sound it was making started to worry me. Drive was functioning fine (never gave me trouble) when I replaced it but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had no more helium. Finances were a bit better at this point and I bought new to replace. I wouldn’t get another like this unless I was desperate now that I understand better that the helium slips out over time.
Don’t Use the Quick Format Option
This is my 4th renewed 8TB HDD with the 5-year warranty. All are still working fine. I buy them especially for the warranty period. If a single HDD in the Media Center server dies, it’s not a problem for me because I have duplication set on all the important stuff. New HDDs don’t even have the 5-year warranty. So, this is a better value for my money.EDIT: 2023-12-10. I just went through receiving 2 defective 8TB HDD’s from a seller. Both drives initially passed the Quick Format option, but both failed the Full Format which checks the entire HDD. You need to fully test these used HDDs with the Extended testing or the Full Format option to ensure the drive is healthy. I contacted the seller, twice, about the defective replacement drive I received, but they did not bother to provide any tech support or even a response. Fully test these used HDDs before it’s too late.
Austin Higgs –
6 so far and no problems – UPDATE July 2023
I bought these to replace slower smaller ones in my nas. Some of the reviews warned about high hours, so I started with 2. They both had 40000+ hours, about 4.5 years, but both had only 20 or so power up cycles. Both are perfect, so I bought 4 more. All perfect. The seller has been around for a while and is guaranteeing them for 5 years AFTER YOU buy them!. They record the serial number when you buy them so nothing on your end is required. Time will tell but these are awesome so far ! Shout out to CrystalDiskInfo. Great program.UPDATE July 2023: Still happy. Nothing to report. Drives run 24/7 in a NAS and have not logged a single error. Working as they should. Great performance, quiet. Great price for data-center drives.
Dan Amrich –
Refurbished enterprise > new consumer
I have had terrible, terrible luck with a major brand of hard drives that is seemingly always on the deepest discount during sales — I won’t name names but let’s say “water fence” — so to replace these crappy drives as they inevitably fail, I started looking into refurbished enterprise-grade drives, thinking the higher build quality might offset the fact that they’re used. I have yet to be disappointed by HGST; I have bought a few now, and while they do show runtime in their logs, they also show excellent performance qualities, too. They are simply built to a higher standard than the drives that will no longer tempt me every Black Friday. If you are curious, I’d say it’s worth the risk, as I’ve got at least 4 of these things running now with no trouble or even warning signs whatsoever.
Amazon Customer –
Drive received had 76059 Power On Hours, not <3 years as advertised.
Seller claimed to be selling an enterprise hard drive with <= 3 years of use. The drive I received had 8 years, 8 months, 9 days, 3 hours of continuous use. Not sure how much life a drive has after 9 years online, but at least 6 years less than advertised. Here is smartctl output for the drive I received:Model Family: HGST Ultrastar He8Device Model: HGST HUH728080ALE604Serial Number: 2EJXEYJXLU WWN Device Id: 5 000cca 23be91dc6Firmware Version: A4GNW7J0User Capacity: 8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB]Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physicalRotation Rate: 7200 rpm...9 Power_On_Hours 0x0012 090 090 000 Old_age Always - 76059
OG_Engineer –
Durable Drives but more on time than advertised
Updated: The 4 drives that I have purchased 2 to 4 years ago and older are still all running cool with no issues at nearly 60kh on one, 58,000h (6.5years) on another, 1200 power cycles with no errors or issues.These drives are extremely well made. HGST focused on reliability, something many drive manufacturers today seem unfamiliar with. They are not quite as fast at short transfers or transferring lots of small files as newer models, but I have been using two of these drives for several years. On transfers of video files between two of these drives, I see a sustained 140MB/sec. They are not very quiet, and they take a bit to spin up after being idle for a while, but otherwise good drives. Lost one star for my one complaint which is that of the 3 that I have purchased, 2 had 5 years of on time, though only about 50 power cycles.
Amazon Customer –
Not only a great drive, but a great warranty
I’ve ordered about 26 of these drives over the last couple of years. They have been fantastic in a Raid 6 moderate usage environment with low noise and reasonable heat generation (per spec). I have only had one drive fail in the 2 years, so had an opportunity to see whether the RMA process was going to be straightforward or painful. I’m pleased to report that (so far) it has been seamless. They asked for the drive details and the order, responded quickly with an RMA number and have been very responsive.I will likely buy more as time goes on. Very good deal and outstanding service.
BigXYZ –
5 Years
So far so good. Drive shipped to me was in use for just over 5 years, previously. I wish it was only 3 years in use as stated in the description but I’m hoping there is still a lot of life here. Can’t be worse than the drive it replaced and the read/write performance as well as capacity are great. Buying used is a risk but at least I know this drive was happily functioning for 5 years and looks to be in good shape at this time.Ordered from “Worldwide Product Importer”. Intended to buy from goHardDrive but I must have gotten my wires crossed somewhere.Edit Jul 2024: I got about a year and a half out of this before the sound it was making started to worry me. Drive was functioning fine (never gave me trouble) when I replaced it but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had no more helium. Finances were a bit better at this point and I bought new to replace. I wouldn’t get another like this unless I was desperate now that I understand better that the helium slips out over time.
gtaus –
Don’t Use the Quick Format Option
This is my 4th renewed 8TB HDD with the 5-year warranty. All are still working fine. I buy them especially for the warranty period. If a single HDD in the Media Center server dies, it’s not a problem for me because I have duplication set on all the important stuff. New HDDs don’t even have the 5-year warranty. So, this is a better value for my money.EDIT: 2023-12-10. I just went through receiving 2 defective 8TB HDD’s from a seller. Both drives initially passed the Quick Format option, but both failed the Full Format which checks the entire HDD. You need to fully test these used HDDs with the Extended testing or the Full Format option to ensure the drive is healthy. I contacted the seller, twice, about the defective replacement drive I received, but they did not bother to provide any tech support or even a response. Fully test these used HDDs before it’s too late.
Omar Pinzon –
Nice Product!
Work as intendeed