Product Comparison: Seagate IronWolf vs Western Digital Red
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General Specifications
Brand
Seagate
Western Digital
Model
IronWolf
Red
Origin
China
Thailand
About the Product
IronWolf is perfect for teams needing to store more and work faster. Designed for up to 8 bays and featuring 8TB and speeds of up to 210MB/s, these internal hard drives are specifically built for less wear and tear.
Businesses thrive on productivity and efficiency – two of the guiding principles built into the design of WD Red drives. NASware 3.0 technology allows for seamless integration with your existing network.
Key Specs
Storage Drive Type
HDD
HDD
Cache
256 MB
256 MB
Capacity
8 TB
8 TB
Rotational Speed
7200 RPM
5400 RPM
What customers say about "Key Specs"
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive
- High capacity 256MB Cache which is 2X the Cache on WD RED or HGST NAS Drives.
- The drives are quite fast considering and the capacity is excellent.
- You can't beat that drive. Fast drive with all that cache and RPM.
- They're a little slower than some of the higher end drives you can buy.
- I bought two Seagate 8TB IronWolf NAS. One of them had 1256 bad sectors. Couldn't use it on my NAS.
Western Digital Red 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive
- Good price for a lot of disk space with pretty fast responsiveness.
- I have plenty of space for new media and the reliability of WD. Highly recommend.
- 5400 RPM is adequate and keeps the power and heat lower than 7200 RPM drives.
- Large file copies are steady state and maintain a real nice read/write rate.
- There's been a steady increase of bad sectors in two drives over the past couple months in addition to frequent disconnects.
Size & Weight
Height
1.03 in.
1.03 in.
Depth
5.79 in.
5.79 in.
Width
4 in.
4 in.
Weight
1.52 lbs.
1.58 lbs.
Seagate IronWolf
Western Digital Red
Seagate IronWolf
Western Digital Red
Seagate IronWolf
Western Digital Red
Features
Form factor
3.5 in.
3.5 in.
Transfer Rate
210 MB/s
210 MB/s
Interfaces
SATA
SATA
OS Compatibility
Windows
Windows
Extras
Optimised for NAS with AgileArray, No Lag Time, Rotational Vibration sensors
Exclusive NASware 3.0, Engineered to run cool and quiet, Designed for RAID environments, Noise and Vibration Protection
What customers say about "Features"
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive
- Seagate Tools provides an excellent suite of testing and drive monitoring software to test drives before Installation.
- The drive is working well for my always-on Plex server, no complaints.
- The drive works great and mounts in a standard case.
- Solid performer with excellent stats (6 GB/s SATA), NCQ, 256MB cache that makes it a solid workhorse for home NAS use.
- The loud noise from these drives is hard to tolerate. I have four of these drives in a NAS. My NAS now sounds awful.
Western Digital Red 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive
- These aren't noisy drives; far from it, they're far quieter than the drives they replaced.
- They can operate 24.7 without much heat. Needless to say I will purchase more in the future.
- This drive is great for mass media and backup applications and that is what it's designed to do.
- This disk does exactly what you'd expect for a top tier NAS marketed drive.
- I would highly recommend this NAS for people that care about low noise levels.
Power
Wattage
8.8 Watts
5.3 Watts
Warranty / Certifications
Manufacturer Warranty
3 year(s)
3 year(s)
Certifications
CE, RoHS
CE, ICC, RoHS
Other Information
MSRP
239.99 $
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