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Avoid Seagate ST8000VN0002 - Horrible noise issue!
Hi, I have installed four of the Seagate ST8000VN0002 in my RN716x and just finished the resync of all disks. Unfortunately I now have an annoying beeping/humming noise when the disks are idling....
All of them made the same annoying noise.
This is a bit late for you Campus but I have been talking with someone from Seagate and shown them your video and explain the noise and when it happens.
I've given him the serial numbers for my hard drives ST8000ne0001 and a Seagate engineer will discuss this with someone at Netgear/ReadyNAS.
Since for me the noise only occurs at idle - If you perform a defrag/scrub or copy/read a large amount of data it is normal operation noise.
So hopefully between Seagate and Netgear one or the other can work out a firmware update or a fix/patch to resolve the issue. I would assume that the fix for one model would be the same or similar for both.
I'll update this thread once I hear back the outcome (and hopefully solution) from Seagate.
Thanks for the interesting information. But does this mean that the ST8000ne0001 have the same problem as the ST8000vn0002?
Mine do. I've tested 3 of the 6 drives and all make the same noise even in my desktop PC. Much quieter one by one but the noise is still there.
I work in IT and the supplier I purchased them from have a strong relationship with Seagate so they have put me in contact with someone there to help rectify the issue.
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