Model: HAT5320-8T
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Storage: 8TB
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Designed to tackle demanding, high-volume workloads in 24/7 environments, the 8TB HAT5320 SATA III 3.5" Internal Enterprise HDD from Synology delivers greater multi-client sequential read performance and high levels of reliability. The HAT5320 has a Mean Time Before Failure (MTBF) rating of 2 million hours, a yearly workload rating of 550TB, and is filled with regular air. Also featured is a storage capacity of 8TB, a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 512MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, all of which help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with sustained speeds of up to 281 MB/s.
Only buy HDDs for bulk media storage and backups; never use an HDD as your primary boot drive for Windows. Look for CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) drives over SMR (Shingled) for better write performance. Available from $424.99.
Mechanical hard disk drives (HDDs) are cheap to own, using a few watts of power while spinning. The main hidden cost is cloud backup subscriptions, as HDDs will eventually fail and data recovery is exorbitant.
Common Failure Modes
HDDs consist of spinning platters and delicate read/write heads, making them highly susceptible to physical shock and mechanical wear. When an HDD fails, it is replaced, not repaired, unless expensive data recovery is required.
Only buy HDDs for bulk media storage and backups; never use an HDD as your primary boot drive for Windows. Look for CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) drives over SMR (Shingled) for better write performance.
Mechanical hard drives have moving parts that wear out over time. They typically function reliably for several years before mechanical fatigue sets in.
The Synology 8TB HAT5320 SATA III 3.5" Internal Enterprise HDD is available at bhphoto, starting at $424.99.
Mechanical hard disk drives (HDDs) are cheap to own, using a few watts of power while spinning. The main hidden cost is cloud backup subscriptions, as HDDs will eventually fail and data recovery is exorbitant.
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