Seagate IronWolf 7TB

NAS HDD

Part number ST7000VN0002 · IronWolf series · SATA 6Gb/s (SATA III). If your machine is listed below, this drive is officially supported — not a forum workaround.

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273

Compatible NAS models

0 Syn · 273 QNAP · 0 Asus · 0 TM

By vendor

7 TB

Listed capacity

Seagate

Manufacturer

NAS

Product line (manufacturer rating)

7200

Spindle speed (RPM)

CMR

Recording

256 MB

Cache

180 TB

Rated workload / year

Specifications are the manufacturer's published ratings for this product series; verify the exact part number before purchase.

Strong pick as a cold copy

Rated CMR (conventional magnetic recording) — the right recording type for a large cold copy. CMR keeps a full-library backup pass fast even at 16–24 TB, which is the whole point of the offline slot in a 3-2-1 plan: rotate two drives monthly, keep one powered off, and the backup tooling (Veeam, Duplicati, Hyper Backup, HBS 3) does the scheduling. Full rule and vendor tool table: 3-2-1 for NAS.

Compatibility verdict

It appears on the official compatibility lists of 273 machines and series — 273 QNAP. This is a NAS-class drive: built for 24/7 operation with vibration compensation for multi-bay enclosures — the right tier for most 1-8 bay home or small-office NAS units. Its series rating is on file as CMR (conventional) — what RAID rebuilds and full-library copies want.

Compatible NAS models

QNAP HS-251 See its full HCL → QNAP HS-251+ See its full HCL → QNAP REXP-1000 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP REXP-1200U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP REXP-1220U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP REXP-1600U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP REXP-1620U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TAS-168 See its full HCL → QNAP TAS-268 See its full HCL → QNAP TDS-16489U See its full HCL → QNAP TDS-16489U R2 QES See its full HCL → QNAP TDS-16489U R2 QTS See its full HCL → QNAP TL-R1220Sep-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TL-R1620Sep-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TR-002 See its full HCL → QNAP TR-004 See its full HCL → QNAP TR-004U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1079 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-112P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-119P+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-119P II See its full HCL → QNAP TS-120 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-121 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1231XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1231XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1232PXU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1232XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1232XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253BU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253BU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253DU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1253U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1263XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1270U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1273AU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1273U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1277 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1277XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1279U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-128 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1283XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-128A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-131 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-131K See its full HCL → QNAP TS-131P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1635 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1635AX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1673AU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1673U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1677X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1679U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-1685 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-212-E See its full HCL → QNAP TS-212P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-219P+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-219P II See its full HCL → QNAP TS-220 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-221 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-228 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-228A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231K See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231P2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-231P3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-251 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-251+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-251A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-251B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-253A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-253B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-253Be See its full HCL → QNAP TS-253D See its full HCL → QNAP TS-253 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-328 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-332X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-351 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-419P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-419P+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-419P II See its full HCL → QNAP TS-419U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-419U+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-419U II See its full HCL → QNAP TS-420 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-420U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-421 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-421U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431K See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431KX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431P2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431P3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431X2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431X3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-431XeU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432PXU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432PXU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-432XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-451 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-451+ See its full HCL → QNAP TS-451A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-451U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453BT3 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453BU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453BU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453Be See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453Bmini See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453D See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453DU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453DU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-453mini See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-463XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-470 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-470 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-473 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-473A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-531P See its full HCL → QNAP TS-531X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-563 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-651 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-653A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-653B See its full HCL → QNAP TS-653D See its full HCL → QNAP TS-653 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-670 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-670 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-673 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-673A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-677 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-831X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-831XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-831XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832PX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832PXU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832PXU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-832XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-851 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853BU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853BU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853DU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-853 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-863XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-870 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-870U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-870 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873A See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873AU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873AU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-873U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-877 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-877XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-877XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-879U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-879 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-883XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-883XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-932PX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-932X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-963X See its full HCL → QNAP TS-977XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-977XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-983XU See its full HCL → QNAP TS-983XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1080 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1279U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1279U-SAS-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1280U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1280U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1679U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1679U-SAS-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1680U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC1680U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC2480U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC2480U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC879U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC880U See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC880U R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-EC880 Pro See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h1277XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h1283XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h686 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h886 See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h973AX See its full HCL → QNAP TS-h977XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1271U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1272XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1282 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1282T See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1282T3 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-1582TU See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-463 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-471 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-471U See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-471U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-472XT See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-473 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-473e See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-663 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-671 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-672N See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-672X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-672XT See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-673 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-673e See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-682 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-682T See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-863 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-863+ See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-871 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-871T See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-871U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872N See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872XT See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872XU See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-872XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-873 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-873e See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-882 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-882BR See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-882BRT3 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-882T See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-951X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-972XU See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-972XU-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1080 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1080+ See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1280U-SAS-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1280U-SAS-RP R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1580MU-SAS-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1580MU-SAS-RP R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC1680U-SAS-RP R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC2480U-SAS-RP See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC2480U-SAS-RP R2 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-EC880 See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-h1288X See its full HCL → QNAP TVS-h1688X See its full HCL → QNAP TX-500P See its full HCL → QNAP TX-800P See its full HCL → QNAP UX-1200U-RP See its full HCL → QNAP UX-500P See its full HCL → QNAP UX-800P See its full HCL → QNAP UX-800U-RP See its full HCL →

Same-capacity alternatives

Other drives listed at 7 TB capacity, ranked by how many machines list them:

Seagate ST7000VN0002 - 2EL11B 82 machines · IronWolf Synology SAT5210-7000G 75 machines · SAT5210

Quick answers

Is the ST7000VN0002 officially compatible with my NAS?

It appears on the official compatibility lists of 273 machines and series — 273 QNAP. Every machine page linked below shows the vendor's own list entry, refreshed daily.

Is the ST7000VN0002 CMR or SMR?

As a Seagate IronWolf drive, it is rated CMR. CMR (conventional magnetic recording) is what a RAID array wants: SMR drives slow rebuilds dramatically. See the <a href="/faq/cmr-vs-smr-nas-drives/">CMR vs SMR guide</a> for the full series table.

Is the ST7000VN0002 a good NAS drive?

This is a NAS-class drive: built for 24/7 operation with vibration compensation for multi-bay enclosures — the right tier for most 1-8 bay home or small-office NAS units. Its series rating is on file as CMR (conventional) — what RAID rebuilds and full-library copies want.

Can I use the ST7000VN0002 for a 3-2-1 cold backup copy?

Rated CMR (conventional magnetic recording) — the right recording type for a large cold copy. CMR keeps a full-library backup pass fast even at 16–24 TB, which is the whole point of the offline slot in a 3-2-1 plan: rotate two drives monthly, keep one powered off, and the backup tooling (Veeam, Duplicati, Hyper Backup, HBS 3) does the scheduling. Full rule and vendor tool table: 3-2-1 for NAS.

What are alternatives to the ST7000VN0002?

At the same capacity, the most widely listed alternatives are Seagate ST7000VN0002 - 2EL11B (82 machines), Synology SAT5210-7000G (75 machines). The full ranked list is below.