Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – CMR Inch SATA 6GB/S 7200 RPM 256MB Cache for Raid Network Attached Storage, Data Recovery Rescue Service (ST16000NE000)

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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 supplied StorageReview with 8 samples of their new NAS HDDs, which we configured in RAID6. All the drives were tested in our NETGEAR ReadyNas 628X.

The standard deviation latency results, the 16TB IronWolf Pro 720.78ms (CIFS) and 584.24ms (iSCSI) in the terminal queue depths. There are many data points to go over in the specifications that explain why Seagate offers three NAS-optimized models. We will be starting with the IronWolf and IronWolf Pro from the Guardian Series of consumer and prosumer products. Our next test shifts focus from a pure 8k sequential 100% read/write scenario to a mixed 8k 70/30 workload. This will demonstrate how performance scales in a setting from 2T/2Q up to 16T/16Q. In CIFS, the 16TB IronWolf Pro started at 582 IOPS while ending at a leading 1,415 IOPS in the terminal queue depths. In iSCSI, we saw a range of 395 IOPS to 571 IOPS.So what makes IronWolf Pro worth the extra cost? It largely comes down to much higher capacities, going up to a whopping 20TB. Each drive has 256MB of cache and a motor that can spin the platters at 7,200 RPM, resulting in faster data transfer speeds.

The IronWolf Pro is an NAS family of HDDs designed for 24×7 performance in a multi-drive environment. For this review, we will be looking at the new 16TB model, which expands on the 14GB Pro from earlier this year. This makes for a whopping 384TB inside an 24-bay NAS, allowing users to store a huge amount of data without having to add any expansion units. This is certainly great for creative professionals, SOHO users and all types of growing businesses that work with large datasets, as it offers them a more cost-effective way to scale as data requirements grow. The Seagate IronWolf line features the usual 6Gb/s SATA interface, 7200rpm spindle speed and 1.2 million hours MTBF.The IronWolf Pro is available in a wide range of other capacities, including 14TB,12TB, 10TB, 8TB, 6TB, 4TB, and 2TB. This allows the IronWolf Pro to fit into pretty much any organization’s or creative professional’s budget, which adds a ton of flexibility. In addition to its 5-year limited warranty, the IronWolf Pro line comes with a 2-year subscription to the company’s Rescue Data Recovery plan, a service that provides data recovery from mechanical, accidental, or natural disaster incidents. Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB NAS HDD Specifications Standard Model Number The IronWolf Pro reached a whopping 272MBps and 265MBps read/write speeds on Crystaldiskmark, the fastest non-SSD speeds we’ve recorded to date and not very far from some of the slowest SSD we’ve looked at over the past couple of years. It took 122.5 seconds to transfer a single 10GB file, which translates into a real-life speed of just under 82MBps. The competition Seagate understands your unique data storage challenges, and crafted the IronWolf and IronWolf Pro 16 TB network attached storage (NAS) hard drives to help you achieve your goals.

High performance means no lag time downtime for users during workload traffic for the NAS. Seagate leads the competition with the highest-performing NAS drive portfolio. When it comes to performance, the IronWolf Pro 18TB is rated for an up to 260MB/s sustained transfer rate as well as an average latency of 4.16ms. As for power consumption, the drive is rated for up to 8W average operating power as well as 5.2W idle power. The features In max latency, the 16TB IronWolf Pro posted a range of 1,424.4ms to 11,171.2ms in CIFS, while iSCSI showed 3,229.25ms through 7,665.47ms in the terminal queue depths. hours MTBF, 5-year limited warranty represents an improved total cost of ownership (TCO) over desktop drives with reduced maintenance costs.IronWolf Pro is designed for everything business NAS. Get used to tough, ready, and scalable 24 x7 performance that can handle multidrive environments across a wide range of capacities. Potential competitors include WD’s 20TB OptiNAND drives that rely on energy-assisted perpendicular magnetic recording (ePMR) and use flash memory (NAND) on the HDD to store and retrieve small bits of data, thus improving performance.