Seagate is not to be outdone by Western Digital and their 8TB Red drive and have released their own 8TB NAS HDD. The model which eTeknix reviewed is designed for SMBs and users that have a huge amount of content they plan to store in the long term. That results in a 3 year warranty, a limit of 8 drives in a NAS and rated workload of 180TB per year, somewhat less than the Enterprise model, however it is also less expensive. eTeknix uses a different battery of tests than we do here at PCPer, you can see how the drive is rated in AIDA, Anvil, Crystaldisk and others over in their full review, the numbers are similar to the WD Red drive even with the lack of a rarefied atmosphere.
"Just as you wouldn’t use a low-end graphics card for high-end usage, you shouldn’t use the wrong hard disk drive in your storage system either. There is a reason for every product and you should always pick the one suited for the task at hand, especially when you deal with your storage. Today I’m taking a closer look at Seagate’s impressive 8TB NAS HDD and we will take a look at how well it performs."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review @ NikKTech
- Patriot Magnum2 USB 3.1 Flash Drive @ The SSD Review
- Transcend SSD370S 512GB @ Kitguru
- Crucial BX200 960GB SSD Review @ NikKTech
“Just as you wouldn’t use a
“Just as you wouldn’t use a low-end graphics card for high-end usage, you shouldn’t use the wrong hard disk drive in your storage system either. There is a reason for every product and you should always pick the one suited for the task at hand”
Someone has been drinking waaaaaay too much marketing kool-aid…
I wouldn’t think there would
I wouldn’t think there would be much difference between a desktop hard drive and a NAS hard drive, at least in the consumer space. Although, even consumer NAS devices are probably always on so there could be some optimization for always on vs. frequent power cycling. I actually don’t have any consumer NAS boxes; do they spin down the drives when idle?
I do wonder how much is
I do wonder how much is marketing-speak sometimes. I use WD Reds as single disk daily drivers (alongside SSDs) purely for the extra one year warranty. The extra ~$20 over a Green or Blue is worth it for me.
180TB? Come talk to me when
180TB? Come talk to me when your products join the PB club.