Seagate Ironwolf Vs Wd Red

Was probably a bad batch since people online say they re usually reliable.

Seagate ironwolf vs wd red.

Both the seagate ironwolf and the wd red come with a 3 year limited warranty which is longer than most warranties for internal hard drives. The seagate ironwolf series is the company s solution for nas setups rivaling the western digital red but with faster speeds and larger storage capacities available. Performance seagate ironwolf wins reliability tie noise wd red wins. I bought 5 4tb wd red all at once and they have all failed within 3 years.

I have been using wd red drives in my qnap ts 253a and can confirm that these drives are super quiet. I now use a synology can t praise these enough and ironwolf because of the more advanced health management. Up to 8 bay or rack mounted. Wd red becomes less hot though and uses less power.

I have my nas in my living room inside the tv unit and can barely hear the drives when they are active. The pro version includes 2 years more warranty than the standard version and has a higher rotation speed. The ironwolf runs at higher rpms compared to the wd red so its no surprise that the ironwolf is also louder on average than the wd red drives. Wd red pro.

Also happened to me with seagate drives a while back. Wd red has a slower rotation speed than seagate ironwolf so you can t transfer files as quickly. Back to menu. Max sustained data transfer rate.