Which drive is best for your NAS? In this indepth review we test not only the performance but the noise levels as well. Can you guess which one is faster and noisier?

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Seagate IronWolf: https://vtudio.com/a/?a=seagate+ironwolf
Seagate IronWolf Pro: https://vtudio.com/a/?e=seagate+ironw...
4 Bay QNAP TVS472XT: https://vtudio.com/a/?a=qnap+tvs472xt
8 Bay QNAP TVS872XT: https://vtudio.com/a/?e=qnap+tvs872xt

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REVIEW
The IronWolf Pro is the all round solid bet as it comes with a 5 year warranty and supports up to 16 bay NAS units. While the IronWolf only has a 3 year warranty. Officially the pricing of the IronWolf Pro is a lot more expensive than the IronWolf, however I personally managed to get my IronWolf Pro from eBay brand new for the same price as I bought my IronWolf from an actual computer hardware store.

Regarding performance the IronWolf drives do perform around 7% faster than the IronWolf Pro drives in sequential read and write operations which also leads to around 7% more noise. However the IronWolf Pro drives perform around 18% faster at in out operations per second, than the IronWolf drives, at a cost of around 20% more noise.

The difference between IOPS and sequential operations, is sequential means reading from one file, for example opening a large video file, the IronWolf can copy it faster than the IronWolf Pro. IOPS is random access, for example listing out the number of files in a directory or accessing multiple files at the same time.

For heat, the IronWolf drives ran around 2 degrees celsius hotter.

Overall, while there is pros and cons on the performance for both, it's not going to be the kind of difference you find between a HDD and SSD, or even a slower 5400 RPM drive. So, for me personally I would base the buy primarily on the warranty vs the best deal you can find at the time of purchase.

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