Best products in the Hard drives category
Here's a ranking of the best products in this category. To give you a quick overview, we've also added some key information about the products.
1. WD Red Plus
WD Red Plus NAS drives from Western Digital are designed to meet the needs of a wide range of storage systems, delivering performance and reliability for continuous operation 24 hours a day, seven days a week. WD Red Plus 2.5" NAS drives are designed specifically for shared operation in NAS environments (with up to 8 drive bays) and offer fast access speeds, data mirroring and large storage capacity.
Made for NAS
When it comes to NAS drives, settle for nothing but the best. You need performance, capacity and reliability. WD Red Plus drives are ideal for archiving and file sharing, as well as rebuilding RAID arrays on systems with ZFS and other file systems.
Compatible with NAS systems
Every WD Red Plus has NASware 3.0 built in to precisely control performance in NAS environments under continuous operation.
Keeps cool in tight situations
NAS drives operate in tight spaces. That's why WD Red Plus hard drives are designed to run cool and quiet with low vibration.
Red Plus Power
WD Red Plus hard drives are designed to be the heart of your digital media collection with large storage capacity, fast access and the ability to stream at home, in the office and over any internet connection.
Benefits for small businesses
A small NAS device is a wise investment for small businesses. Load it with WD Red Plus hard drives to access your apps, files and important documents over any internet connection.
Benefits for small and medium-sized businesses
NAS arrays scale as your business grows. WD Red Plus NAS hard drives are suitable for systems with up to 8 drive bays. So you can start small and add new drives to the array as needed.
Designed for NAS
Popular desktop drives are not designed specifically for NAS environments. Choose a purpose-built drive that's up to the task - WD Red Plus.
Noise and vibration protection
Desktop drives are designed to operate individually, so they typically offer little or no protection against the noise and vibration found in multi-drive systems. WD Red Plus hard drives are designed for NAS systems with multiple drive bays.
2. Seagate IronWolf
Seagate Hard Disk IronWolf SATA 3.5 8 TB.
3. Seagate Ironwolf Pro
The IronWolf Pro is designed for reliable performance in environments with persistently demanding workloads. It is designed for high performance in commercial and enterprise multi-bay NAS storage solutions with multiple users and applications.
Optimised for NAS: thanks to AgileArray AgileArray enables bi-level balancing and time-limited error correction for best-in-class RAID performance in multi-bay systems.
Continuous operation, continuous availability IronWolf Pro hard drives are designed for continuous operation, so users can access their data anytime, anywhere.
Full portfolio with CMR: All IronWolf Pro hard drives use Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) for consistent, best-in-class NAS performance. Up to 20TB A wide range of high capacities enables scalable and cost-effective storage solutions.
Robust: IronWolf Pro hard drives offer a workload rating of 550TB/year. This allows businesses and enterprises to seamlessly store, share and collaborate on large amounts of networked data on NAS systems.
Unrivalled reliability and longevity: IronWolf hard drives offer an MTBF of up to 2.5 million hours and a 5-year limited warranty for worry-free data storage and a premium total cost of ownership (TCO).
Torsional vibration sensors: Integrated torsional vibration sensors combined with dynamic adjustment of the read/write head distance to the magnetic disk to correct for external vibrations for sustained high performance and reliability in multi-bay systems.
IronWolf Health Management (IHM): Active protection through prevention, intervention and data recovery recommendations for optimal system integrity.
Data Recovery Peace of Mind: Three years of Rescue Data Recovery Services are included with IronWolf Pro drives to help users avoid high recovery costs. For in-house facilities, accidental data or drive damage is safely recovered by us with a 95% success rate.
4. Toshiba MG09 Series
The MG09ACA18TE from Toshiba's MG09 series of enterprise capacity hard drives implements Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR) technology to increase the density of conventional magnetic recording (CMR) to 2TB per disk for a total capacity of 18TB. The drive is designed for end-to-end operation, with a workload of 550 TB per year. It also supports Toshiba Persistent Write Cache technology, which can improve performance when handling data in the event of a sudden power failure. This makes the MG Series suitable for enterprise-class storage arrays and industrial server and storage systems. With its capacity and state-of-the-art technology, it meets the specific requirements of data centres and cloud-class infrastructures.
5. Seagate Exos X20
SEAGATE Exos X20 20TB, HDD, SATA, 6Gb/s, 7200RPM, 256MB cache, 3.5 inch, 512e/4KN.
6. Seagate Exos X18
Exos X-Series hard drives are the most scalable drives in the data sphere, offering the latest technology to support a secure and reliable cloud data centre. Designed for maximum storage capacity of up to 18TB and efficient utilisation of available rack space.
7. Seagate SkyHawk
SkyHawk hard drives for video applications SkyHawk hard drives are intelligent and secure drives for NVR applications. Designed specifically for AI-based video analytics, SkyHawk AI supports up to 64 HD cameras and 32 additional AI streams and is available in capacities up to 20TB. Thanks to ImagePerfect AI, there is no frame loss and the enterprise-grade workload rate of 550 TB/year offers high reliability. Workloads that occur 24 hours a day, 7 days a week can use up to 8 TB with hard drives for DVR and NVR systems. SkyHawk video hard drives feature enhanced ImagePerfect and SkyHawk Health Management to help you tackle your toughest challenges. When integrated with compatible NVR systems, these drives improve overall system reliability thanks to SkyHawk Health Management (SHM).1 In addition, SkyHawk drives include a three-year Rescue Data Recovery Services plan for data recovery.
8. Toshiba MG10 Series
The MG10 series features Toshiba's fourth-generation helium-sealed design with 10 hard drives to increase CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) density to 2TB per drive and achieve a total capacity of up to 20TB. The industry-standard 3.5-inch form factor offers 7200 RPM performance and integrates easily into cloud storage infrastructures, mission-critical servers and storage, and file and object storage solutions. The massive 20TB CMR capacity is delivered through Toshiba's innovative Flux Control Microwave Assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR) technology. These advances help the MG10 Series deliver optimal storage capacity and application compatibility with unsurpassed data reliability. Available with a 6.0Gbps SATA interface, MG10 Series models integrate easily into standard 3.5-inch drive bays to reduce the footprint and operational load of cloud storage infrastructures, file and object storage systems, and mission-critical servers and storage systems.
9. Synology Plus Series HAT3300-4T
Powerful HDDs with concentrated power for home users and SMBs The Synology Plus Series HDDs offer concentrated power and are specifically designed to meet the reliability, endurance and performance requirements for continuous operation in Synology's SMB storage systems. Rigorously tested and with streamlined, easy-to-perform firmware updates via Synology DiskStation Manager, the HDDs stay up to date with the latest technology and ensure continuous, smooth operation.
Built to last
Synology Plus Series HDDs have a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 1 million hours and a workload rating of 180TB per year - up to three times that of traditional desktop HDDs. Over 300,000 hours of compatibility and load testing ensure smooth operation even in multi-user environments.
Convenient firmware updates
Users are automatically notified of available firmware updates for Synology Plus Series HDDs and can easily update the drives in DiskStation Manager (DSM) on their Synology storage system. No external tools are required, nor do the drives need to be removed for the update.
Reliable Recording Technology
Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) provides consistent performance
10. Toshiba MG08 Series
With the industry-leading 9 hard disk drive design first introduced by Toshiba, the MG08 series offers 16TB of CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording) capacity and 7,200 rpm speed. The industry-standard 3.5-inch form factor easily integrates with cloud-sized storage infrastructure, business-critical servers and storage, and file and object storage solutions. Toshiba's precision laser welding technology is used to safely seal the helium in the 9-plate mechanism. The enormous storage capacity of 16 TB is provided with proven CMR recording technology for optimal application compatibility and data reliability. The MG08 series models, equipped with a 6 Gbps SATA or 12 Gbps SAS interface, fit conveniently into a standard 3.5-inch drive bay, reducing the footprint and operational drawbacks of a cloud-sized storage infrastructure and mission-critical servers and storage systems.
