Seagate released the IronWolf NAS— their professional range of drives. The range is focused on businesses and prosumers who need serious capacity and reliability in their storage solutions. Seagate designed IronWolf for single to eight bay NAS, but you can also use it in your desktop as a secondary storage device.
The 8TB NAS HDD variant costs PHP 14,000 and comes with a standard 3-year warranty as well as Rescue Data Recovery Services.
Specifications
Here’s the following specification for the IronWolf NAS HDD 8TB variant. For the complete spec sheet please click here.
| Specifications | IronWolf NAS HDD |
| Capacity | 8 TB |
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Cache3,450 | 256 MB |
| Recording Technology | CMR |
| Idle Power Average | 7.6 W |
| Dimensions (LxWxH) | 101.85 mm x 26.11 mm |
| Weight | 722 g/1.59 lb |
Benchmarks
Temperature: Using Crystal Disk Info, we got 41° max temp for the IronWolf NAS 8TB HDD and got decent results which are at par with a normal HDD.
Sequential Q8T1 Benchmark: Moving along with our CrystalDiskMark 8 Sequential Q8T1 Benchmark, we got 241.9 Mb/s for the read speed. And also hitting a write speed of 242.29 Mb/s which is quite impressive for this HDD.
Random 4K Q32T1 Benchmark: As for the Random 4K Q32T1 Benchmark, we got 2.45 Mb/s for the write speed and a write speed of 2.83 Mb/s.
Conclusion
Moving to our final thoughts for the IronWolf NAS 8TB HDD, if you are looking for a reliable storage for your important files, then Seagate’s got your back. However if you’re only looking for games storage, it’s best to opt for a normal HDD instead since you can buy those at half price. The Seagate IronWolf NAS 8TB HDD provides an excellent combination of performance and capacity with a price point of PHP 14,000.
