Cheetah 15K.7 600 GB 15000RPM SAS 6 Gb/s 16MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Bare Drive ST3600057SS

Replaced two drives that were supposedly new from another vendor. Both those drives failed. These work perfectly.

I bought this drive because I needed one that was identical to a drive that failed in a Dell PowerEdge server with a 3-drive RAID. As expected, it performs just like the original one did. However, at this point in time, 600GB is small for a server hard drive, and since the failed drive was the exact same model as this one, I won't know for some time if these drives only last about 4 years or if the failure of the original drive was a fluke.

Was used in an older Dell server with raid. Since this disk does not have software from dell, it lights up yellow in the raid, but works without problems. Original disks through dell cost 3-4 times as much. Maybe it can turn green by updating the disk controller.

The two drives came sealed in an antistatic bag and was exactly what I ordered to replace the bad hard drives in a Dell server. They were brand new drives that had been manufactured in 2012. While they are only 600 GB, they are 15,000 RPM (which can be noisy when spinning at top speed), matching what they replaced. The Dell System Manager does show a yellow triangle warning that they are not Dell drives, but that is not a problem: they just don't have the Dell code in the drive controller. I would definitely buy again if my client needs more.

Very disappointed! Although this product was sold as NEW, and the fresh new anti-static bags with stickers made them appear new, this was clearly NOT new product. These drives were purchased to replace a failed drive in a RAID array. During the process, the disk controller showed that it had a previous configuration, called a "foreign config" by the controller. I used a second "new" drive and had the same results. As the failed drive had to be replaced immediately, I cleared this status and used the drive. But the remaining drives were returned. Our company relies on Amazon to have reliable, trustworthy providers. I will be sending them a complaint about this situation, because if Amazon isn't aware of these issues, they can't do anything about it. This is unacceptable.

Though the model number is exactly the same, this is NOT a suitable replacement for a Dell branded hard drive with the same model number. When I plugged one of these into our RAID array, the size was 0.12GB different, and the RAID array would not rebuild. If you need a hard drive to replace a hard drive in a Dell server, particularly if part of a RAID array, this is NOT the correct product. Hopefully this helps someone else form a mistaken purchase. Otherwise working with the seller for the return has been great.

Worked for a month then registered a failure - sent back

Although the drive works it is not a Dell certified drive so I have a warning message in my server manager. I should have looked for the certification information more carefully. I would appreciate it is the drive would say up front both Certified by Dell or Not Certified by Dell. It would make it easier but at the end of the day I know; If I wanted Certified I should have bought a drive that specifically said certified.