First, I would like to thank Seagate for sponsoring the IronWolf HDD for the NAS CAD Review. Getting in touch with them was a breeze and their support team was very helpful in accommodating my needs. Their IronWolf hard drive lineup is specifically designed for the NAS use-case and as such is very fast and reliable. Seagate has proven to be a reputable and reliable company with excellent products. Here is a list of what makes the Seagate IronWolf hard drive worth checking out:
- Perfect for Connected home or small office home office NAS
- 1 to 8 bays
- Available capacity: 12TB, 10TB, 8TB, 6TB, 4TB, 3TB, 2TB, 1TB
- NAS Optimization through AgileArray™ with CMR technology
- Rotational Vibration Sensors in 12TB, 10TB, 8TB, 6TB, 4TB version
- Multi-User Optimization for 180TB/year
- Up to 256MB cache
- Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of 1 million hours
- Warranty of 3 years
- Rescue Service Available if purchased after 01.01.2020
If you are looking for a reliable storage solution for your NAS, then I highly suggest you check out Seagate. For a more in-depth account of the IronWolf features, check out this specification page.
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First, I would like to thank Seagate for sponsoring the IronWolf HDD for the NAS CAD Review. Getting in touch with them was a breeze and their support team was very helpful in accommodating my needs. Their IronWolf 510 lineup is specifically designed for the NAS use-case to enable SSD read / write caching and as such is very fast and reliable. Seagate has proven to be a reputable and reliable company with excellent products. Here is a list of what makes the Seagate IronWolf 510 worth checking out:
- Perfect for Creative pro, SOHO, and SME NAS
- M.2 2280 form factor
- Available capacity: M.2 2280 single-sided (240, 480GB) double-sided (960GB, 1.92TB)
- PCIe Gen3 x4, NVMe 1.3 Interface
- IronWolf Health Management is available on compatible NAS systems (contact Seagate Sales for more information)
- Rescue Data Recovery Services of 3 years
- Limited Warranty of 5 years
If you are looking for a reliable cache solution for your NAS, then I highly suggest you check out Seagate. For a more in-depth account of the IronWolf 510 SSD features, check out this specification page.
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First, I would like to thank Samsung for sponsoring the 860 PRO SSD for the NAS CAD Review. Getting in touch with their marketing department was a breeze and their team was very helpful in accommodating my needs. Their SSDs are not specifically designed for the NAS use-case; however, they are world great products which work very fast and reliable. Samsung has proven to be a reputable and reliable company with excellent products. Here is a list of what makes the Samsung 860 Pro worth checking out:
- TRIM support
- S.M.A.R.T support
- AES 256-bit Encryption (Class 0) TCG/Opal IEEE1667 (Encrypted drive)
- Sequential read up to 560 MB/s
- Sequential write up to 530 MB/s
- Device sleep mode support
- WWN support
- GC (Garbage Collection): Auto Garbage Collection Algorithm
- RELIABILITY (MTBF): 1.5 Million Hours Reliability
- 5-year Warranty
If you are looking to speed up your storage solution for your NAS either through faster storage or through installing some SSD cache but cannot afford SSDs specifically developed for the NAS scenario, then I highly suggest you check out what Samsung has to offer as they have proven to make very reliable and fast SSDs.