Seagate IronWolf, 4TB, NAS, Internal Hard Drive, CMR 3.5 Inch, SATA, 6GB/s, 5,900 RPM, 64MB Cache, for RAID Network Attached Storage, 3 year Rescue Services, FFP (ST4000VNZ08)

Product Information

Although both IronWolf and IronWolf Pro drive deliver great performance, the IronWolf Pro offers some benefits for high-end users looking for a high level of reliability. If you migrate Windows that is installed on a GPT disk, ignore the above two points since there are no options. Easily monitor NAS drive health with the integrated IronWolf health management system and enjoy long-term reliability with a 1.2 million hour MTBF.

Much like Seagate, WD has been making storage solutions for PCs for many years, and it offers reliable drives for any NAS. As with the Seagate drives, I recommend at least 4TB. WD's Red Plus hard drives are manufactured for NAS use and can be deployed in systems that support up to eight bays. IronWolf internal hard drives are the ideal solution for up to 24-bay, multi-user NAS server environments requiring powerful performance. We are getting the expected real life read and write speed from the IronWolf drive. The sequential read and write speeds are matching with the product specifications. For a 5,900 rpm drive, the transfer speed is quite fast.If you ever decide to install the IronWolf as your PC’s secondary storage, it should work relatively fine. However, do take note that BarraCuda drives are more suitable for PC environment because it is more optimised for everyday computing, lower price and faster read/write speed. Western Digital and Seagate are the two giants for storage, and both companies offer an almost identical offering specifically designed with servers in mind. This makes it easy to select the right drive(s) for your NAS. You can even equip one with an SSD if you're looking for something a little faster. If you have gotten the IronWolf or IronWolf Pro, you may want to transfer your system to the new hard drive. To migrate the system and files from an original hard drive to IronWolf or IronWolf Pro without data loss, the clone tool is required. So, the professional SSD cloning software – MiniTool ShadowMaker is strongly recommended.Note: Some disk companies have recently begun to use AFR (Annualized Failure Rate) instead of MTBF, because AFR can indicate the reliability of a single product.

Engineered for reduced wear and tear, virtually no noise/vibration, no lag or downtime, improved file sharing performance, lower power consumption, and additional data protection – even in the event of a power outage. Workload: It shows the NAS hard drive will have low failure rate if the drive reads and writes below a certain amount of data per year. Otherwise, the drive is most likely to fail. The Pro drives also have a higher workload rating of 300TB/year, compared to 180TB/year for the Ironwolf. Overall, Seagate seems to be less reliable at lower capacities. IronWolf provides a three-year limited warranty, while IronWolf Pro a five-year limited warranty. IronWolf vs IronWolf Pro: Price Seagate 's IronWolf 4TB (ST4000VN008) is a hard drive that has been optimised by the manufacturer for use in network-attached storage, or NAS for short, with up to 8 drive bays. The model from the IronWolf series is not only aimed at private households but also specifically at creative professional groups, home office users and small companies who use a NAS and may want to use it from several workstations. The product is characterised above all by its high level of reliability and – unlike conventional hard drives – is suitable for 24-hour operation. Reliable and Consistent

Performance

However be aware that the Barracuda doesn’t have rotational vibration sensors. Also worth noting is the similar Nonrecoverable Read Errors Rate of both drives. Noise Levels MTBF: It is short for Mean Time Between Failure and refers to the average working time between two adjacent failures. MTBF can reflect the relative reliability of a series of products and disk array products generally have an MTBF of no less than 50,000 hours. To clone OS to the new hard drive, MiniTool ShadowMaker is competent with the Clone Disk feature. And now, we will show you how to migrate the operating system to the IronWolf or IronWolf Pro with MiniTool ShadowMaker. If you’re in the market for a NAS drive either for home or small office usage, I’m sure that the Seagate IronWolf drives are capable of delivering the performance and reliability to ensure your data are well kept. When selecting a NAS drive, the capacity is an important factor. Thus, this part is about IronWolf vs IronWolf Pro for capacity.