Backblaze swear by them, they have a lower failure rate than their Ironwolf cousins, more reliable than the 16tb model, and are up there with the WD enterprise drives in terms of failure rates for 200$ less, for the average joe you couldn't get a better hard drive, they run cool, can be noisy at times but most enterprise grade drives are. I've always been skeptical of Seagate, but this is one drive they got right.