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Wasn't this $260 end of August? Is it even a good deal? Should I go for it?
I'd think so. Prices have skyrocketed since then. HDDs and Ram chips. No end in sight due to the AI data center boom. The 16tb WD Red Pro is also on sale at B&H for $280. Both solid drives for an NAS.
Is there much of a difference between these drives and Exos? I just purchased a couple refurbished 26GB Exos drives for my NAS that are roughly the same price each.
Is there much of a difference between these drives and Exos? I just purchased a couple refurbished 26GB Exos drives for my NAS that are roughly the same price each.
I use a mix of IronWolf Pro and Exos drives at home, and there are a few differences worth calling out. On my QNAP, the IronWolf Pros expose IHM/health monitoring through IronWolf Health Management, while the Exos drives don't provide that extra NAS-specific telemetry, so the NAS treats them more like generic hard drives. On the otherhand, the Exos line usually carries a higher stated MTBF so you'd expect to replace them left often... THAT being said, they are built for enterprise or data-center workloads, where large drive populations make failures routine and as such replacements are simply part of normal operation.
IronWolf Pro drives, on the other hand, include Seagate's NAS-tuned AgileArray firmware, which adds vibration sensors, RAID-optimized error recovery, and caching and power behavior designed specifically for smaller multi-bay enclosures. Exos drives generally lack these extra tuning features because enterprise SANs and server environments rely on the storage system itself to handle vibration control, error recovery, and rebuild behavior. In that world, predictability and quick failure detection matter more than drive-level optimization.
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IronWolf Pro drives, on the other hand, include Seagate's NAS-tuned AgileArray firmware, which adds vibration sensors, RAID-optimized error recovery, and caching and power behavior designed specifically for smaller multi-bay enclosures. Exos drives generally lack these extra tuning features because enterprise SANs and server environments rely on the storage system itself to handle vibration control, error recovery, and rebuild behavior. In that world, predictability and quick failure detection matter more than drive-level optimization.
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