CONCLUSION

   Whenever we test a storage media device there are three things we look for, performance, endurance / durability and capacity. Not many products excel on all three but the IronWolf Pro does since not only is it one of the 3 fastest HDDs in our charts but it’s also among the most durable ones (300TB per year with an MTBF of 1.2 million hours) and on top of that it’s also covered by a 5 year warranty and Seagate’s Rescue Data Recovery Service Plan (best in-class warranty plan currently). Of course we were quite surprised to see that for some unknown reason the IronWolf Pro didn’t do that well in PCMark 7 but in others it was able to hit and even surpass 240MB/s in both read and write (largely thanks to its 256MB cache). Now to all the above add the fact that the IronWolf Pro 10TB only uses up to 6.8W on average and it’s clear that this is one of the best hard disk drives currently in the market especially for use with NAS servers.

   The IronWolf Pro 10TB hard disk drive by Seagate doesn’t only feature the highest available storage capacity currently but it also packs many state of the art technologies and is cover but what is perhaps the best warranty to date for one such product so we never expected it to be “affordable”. Still we were quite surprised to see that currently the IronWolf Pro 10TB HDD (ST10000NE0004) retails for USD399.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 425Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk) a price tag which is actually just USD50 / 30Euros higher compared to the regular IronWolf 10TB model. With that in mind there’s simply no reason not to go for the IronWolf Pro model not only because it’s highest endurance numbers and 5 year warranty (2 extra compared to the IronWolf) but also because of Seagate’s 2 year Rescue Data Recovery Service Plan which alone costs USD10 / 8.5Euros (if you get many drives the difference in price grows larger but again we feel the Pro model is well worth the extra money). Long story short you simply can’t go wrong with the Seagate IronWolf Pro 10TB HDD and for that it gets our Platinum Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (300TB / 1.2 Million Hours MTBF)
- Excellent Performance
- 256MB Cache
- 10TB's Capacity
- Temperatures / Noise Levels / Power Consumption
- Enclosure Material (Low Temperatures)
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
- 2 Year Rescue Data Recovery Service Plan

CONS

- Price (For Some)