Question about Seagate IronWolf

3 years ago

My new 8TB Ironwolf roars extremely loudly when data is transferred. I have them in a Synology 920+ which is much worse damped compared to my old Synology 1511+. Can it really be that the new 8TB are so unbearably loud when transferring data? I bought four of them, so I have the feeling that this noise is a feature and not a bug.

3 years ago

I have the 1x8 TB version in my desktop, which is muffled, and I have 4x 6TB in my Synology 1019+, which is in a closet. It is known that Ironwolf are "slightly" louder than WD Red, but we are talking about 1-2dB maximum.

Of course, the question is what you mean by "unbearably loud". I myself can say that under a long full load, a slight buzzing can be heard, but no roaring/rattling (if I leave out the cabinet or the housing cover).

So I would rather say that one of your hard disks has a defect. That's why I would recommend a SMART test via Synology DSM. Hopefully it will show the culprit.

I had a DoA once before, because the hard drive was not doing well in the post. So it would not be surprising.

Your data. Your choice.

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