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Seagate 6TB IronWolf NAS SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 128MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST6000VN0041)

Seagate 6TB IronWolf NAS SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 128MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST6000VN0041)

Bottom line: The Seagate 6TB IronWolf NAS SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 128MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal: 7200RPM spin speed with sustained transfer rates up to 210MB/s; main trade-off: only a 3-year warranty, shorter than Pro-tier NAS drives.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓ 7200RPM spin speed with sustained transfer rates up to 210MB/s
  • ✓ Rated for 24x7 operation in multi-drive NAS enclosures
  • ✓ 180TB/year workload rating suits busy SOHO file servers
  • ✓ IronWolf Health Management adds drive monitoring on compatible NAS
  • ✓ Fits 1- to 8-bay NAS units, from home to small business

Cons

  • ✗ Only a 3-year warranty, shorter than Pro-tier NAS drives
  • ✗ 3.5-inch SATA form factor rules out compact 2.5-inch bays
  • ✗ Health Management needs a compatible NAS to work at all

Manufacturer description

Seagate Iron Wolf drives (up to 14TB) come with Agile Array technology that focuses on drive balance, RAID Optimization with Error recovery control, and power management on 1- to 8-bay NAS enclosures. Purpose-built for connected home, SOHO, and small- to medium sized business, the drives offer Iron Wolf health management (on compatible systems) for dependable drive health monitoring on enabled NAS systems.

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Key Features

  • Designed for everything NAS, iron wolf offers tough, ready, and scalable 24×7 performance and can handle multi-drive environments
  • Fastest hard drive, delivers up to 7200Rpm spin speed along with sustained data rates up to 210MB/s and burst data rates of 6GB/s
  • 3-Year product and 180TB/Year workload limit
  • Compatible with 1- to 8-Bay network attached storage (NAS) servers, home, SOHO, and small business NAS
  • Actively protect your NAS with iron wolf health management focusing on prevention, intervention, and recovery
  • The available storage capacity may vary.

Full Specifications

BrandSeagate
Color6TB
Model NameIronWolf NAS
Read Speed210 megabytes_per_second
Unit Count1 Count
Form Factor3.5-inch
Media Speed210 MB/s
Model NumberST6000VN0041
Built-In MediaIronWolf™ 6TB SATA
Item Type NameSeagate 6TB IronWolf NAS SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 128MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive (ST6000VN0041)
Hard-Drive Size6 TB
Mfr Part NumberST6000VN0041
Number of Items1
Special FeaturePortable
Hardware PlatformPC
Installation TypeInternal Hard Drive
Compatible DevicesPC
Data Transfer Rate750 megabytes_per_second
Additional FeaturesPortable
Hard Disk InterfaceSATA 6 GB/s

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