Seagate IronWolf Pro HD: Seagate is famous for making performance Hard Drives, as their Hard drive has good reading speeds and people love to buy their hard drives because of their 24 by 7 performance. As noted, Seagate has launched their new Hard Drive which is IronWolf Pro CMR, which is reliable and faster. So, in this article, I’ll tell the Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB CMR Hard Drives review and whether this hard drive is faster than other HDs.
Here is the IronWolf Pro Quick Review
Seagate IronWolf Pro Capacity
You can get this IronWolf Pro in many variants, if we talk about numbers then there are 12 variants: 24TB, 22TB to 2TB. People prefer their Hard drives because of their performance as well as you can even get 4TB HD on a budget. You can get any of the capacity that comes in your budget, you must go for 8TB if you’re an editor and 4TB is quite enough if you want to store games or any files.
Seagate IronWolf Pro Performance
The main feature of this Hard Drive is the beast performance as this HDD allows users to access data anytime and anywhere. It has a 300TB/Year workload rating with this, it has 2.5M Hour MTBF, with 5 5-year limited warranty. It has many performance features it as Spindle Speed, Interface Access Speed, and Rotational Vibration @ 10-1500 Hz.
Seagate IronWolf Pro Features
If we talk about the key features, it has Drive Bays support which is unlimited if you get any capacity Hard drive, It has recording technology, it has a rotational vibration sensor, it has cache (MB) up to 512 MB in 24TB HD and 22TB HDD, and 256 MB in rest of capacity.
The main feature of Seagate IronWolf Pro 24TB CMR Hard Drives is that it has 3 year recoverable date, which means if you delete or lose the date then you can recover the data within 3 years, which is super cool.
Seagate IronWolf Pro Power Consumption
If we talk about the power consumption of this HD then it has a Startup current of 2.0A, idle power of 6.3 W in 24 and 22TB and 5.7 in 20TB, 5.0 W in 18 and 16TB with average operating power of 6.3 W to 5.0 W, as the operating power in different variants of capacity.
Here are the Seagate IronWolf Pro Details
| Feature | 24TB (ST24000NT002) | 22TB (ST22000NT001) | 20TB (ST20000NT001) | 18TB (ST18000NT001) | 16TB (ST16000NT001) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 24TB | 22TB | 20TB | 18TB | 16TB |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s | SATA 6Gb/s |
| Recording Technology | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR |
| Drive Design | Helium | Helium | Helium | Helium | Helium |
| Workload Rate Limit (WRL) | 550 | 550 | 550 | 550 | 550 |
| Cache | 512 MB | 512 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB |
| MTBF (hours) | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Power Consumption (Idle / Average / Standby) | 6.3W / 7.8W / 1.1W | 6.0W / 7.9W / 1.2W | 5.7W / 7.7W / 1.2W | 5.0W / 7.5W / 1.0W | 5.0W / 7.6W / 1.0W |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7,200 | 7,200 | 7,200 | 7,200 | 7,200 |
| Max Sustained Transfer Rate (MB/s) | 285 | 285 | 285 | 285 | 270 |
| Operating Temperature (°C) | 5-65 | 0-65 | 0-65 | 0-65 | 0-65 |
| Non-Operating Temperature (°C) | -40-70 | -40-70 | -40-70 | -40-70 | -40-70 |
| Height (mm) | 26.11 | 26.11 | 26.11 | 26.11 | 26.11 |
| Width (mm) | 101.85 | 101.85 | 101.85 | 101.85 | 101.85 |
| Depth (mm) | 146.99 | 146.99 | 146.99 | 146.99 | 146.99 |
| Weight (g) | 685 | 690 | 690 | 680 | 670 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
So, this was an amazing feature of the Seagate IronWolf Pro, so if you’re thinking of buying one just go for it.
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