Seagate Ironwolf Review

All the drives were tested in our netgear readynas 628x.

Seagate ironwolf review.

If you re thinking of using this drive in your nas at home then it s. Its primary drawback is its high price. Seagate ironwolf 16tb 94 breaking all the rules of nas storage we are not exactly sure how seagate was able to cram a ninth platter into a standard 3 5 inch form factor chassis but the results do speak for themselves. The 3 84tb model we tested sells for 750 and.

Additionally it is also joined by the advanced power management features. Seagate supplied storagereview with 8 samples of their new nas hdds which we configured in raid6. Seagate ironwolf pro and ironwolf nas 14tb review ironwolf drives introduction and features nas drives have gained tremendous popularity over the last few years but none more so than the rejuvenated ironwolf series from seagate technology. Seagate ironwolf 4tb seagate completely rebranded their hdd lineup during 2016 where each of their specific function drives is reintroduced as one of the guardian series.

In the following section of this review we will show the 16tb seagate ironwolf s performance in both iscsi and cifs configurations and will compare them to other ironwolf models. Seagate ironwolf 4tb nas hard drive review high capacity nas drives that don t fail the new nas drive from seagate is integrated with the agile array feature a nas specific technology that aids in optimizing your drive s system agility and reliability with the raid and dual plane balancing optimization in a multi bay environment. A hard drive made for nas that s pretty fast it excels at sustained throughput and boasts features that help compensate for vibration. Seagate supplied storagereview with eight samples of their new nas hdds which we configured in raid10 in a synology diskstation ds1815.

Barracuda drives for everyday computing skyhawk drives for surveillance systems and finally the ironwolf for network attached storage nas systems. Seagate states it can handle a workload of 180tb a year which is quite a decent amount for small to medium sized businesses. Looking at comparable drives the seagate ironwolf 6tb is definitely a strong contender and would make a great fit inside any home nas as a file server for a plex server or any on demand type.