Step 6: MiniTool ShadowMaker is starting cloning the system disk to your hard drive. After cloning, you will get the following information window.

Looking at the specs, the IronWolf has a much higher 27/7 operation workload of 180 TB/year vs the Barracuda’s 55 TB/year. So if your data requirements are within the Barracuda’s rating, you can use it instead of a NAS drive. Engineered for reduced wear and tear, virtually no noise/vibration, no lag or downtime, improved file sharing performance, lower power consumption, and additional data protection – even in the event of a power outage. Unrecoverable Read Errors: Its unit is usually bits and it refers to every time how many bits of data are read from the hard disk, there may be an error that cannot be corrected. It is one of the most important parameters for evaluating the stability of the hard disk. In the above part, we show you how to clone the system free with MiniTool ShadowMaker. In addition to MiniTool ShadowMaker, MiniTool Partition Wizard is also a great tool to clone a hard drive. Here is how to clone the system with MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Reliable and Consistent

Comparing real-life benchmarks of the Ironwolf 4TB vs. Barracuda 4TB, overall the IronWolf is much faster with an effective speed advantage of 30%. Reliability Seagate comes out slightly on top since Western Digital doesn't offer any 7,200 RPM drives unless you pay more for the Red Pro series. Everything else is pretty much identical between the two storage families. This extra speed found in higher capacity drives from Seagate means increased access speeds, which is essential for storing and loading files on your server — looking for hard drives to install into your NAS? Go with the Seagate IronWolf. The Pro drives also have a higher workload rating of 300TB/year, compared to 180TB/year for the Ironwolf. Overall, Seagate seems to be less reliable at lower capacities. IronWolf provides a three-year limited warranty, while IronWolf Pro a five-year limited warranty. IronWolf vs IronWolf Pro: Price To clone OS to the new hard drive, MiniTool ShadowMaker is competent with the Clone Disk feature. And now, we will show you how to migrate the operating system to the IronWolf or IronWolf Pro with MiniTool ShadowMaker. In this part, I will make a chart to show you Seagate Ironwolf vs WD Red in the aspect of specifications:

IronWolf is designed for NAS enclosures with less wear and tear, little to no noise/vibration, no lag or downtime, improved file sharing performance, and more. Although both IronWolf and IronWolf Pro drive deliver great performance, the IronWolf Pro offers some benefits for high-end users looking for a high level of reliability. If you have gotten the IronWolf or IronWolf Pro, you may want to transfer your system to the new hard drive. To migrate the system and files from an original hard drive to IronWolf or IronWolf Pro without data loss, the clone tool is required. So, the professional SSD cloning software – MiniTool ShadowMaker is strongly recommended. Load/Unload Cycles: It refers to the number of times the head moves in/out of the hard disk when powered on. This factor has nothing to do with the hard drive failure, but it will affect hard drive lifespan. NAS hard drives are hard drives designed specifically for NAS. In general, NAS hard drives with the same capacity are much more expensive than desktop hard drives, because NAS drives will adopt some unique designs, for example, NAS hard drives are heat-resistant and vibration-resistant, and can be read and written continuously for several weeks.IronWolf targets home, SOHO and small business NAS drives with up to 8 drive bays. IronWolf Pro is for businesses and digital artists who need extreme performance from a NAS server. IronWolf vs IronWolf Pro: Capacity If you’re in the market for a NAS drive either for home or small office usage, I’m sure that the Seagate IronWolf drives are capable of delivering the performance and reliability to ensure your data are well kept. MTBF: It is short for Mean Time Between Failure and refers to the average working time between two adjacent failures. MTBF can reflect the relative reliability of a series of products and disk array products generally have an MTBF of no less than 50,000 hours. IronWolf internal hard drives are the ideal solution for up to 8-bay, multi-user NAS environments that require powerful performance.

Note: Some disk companies have recently begun to use AFR (Annualized Failure Rate) instead of MTBF, because AFR can indicate the reliability of a single product.

Seagate IronWolf NAS drive vs. Barracuda Internal Hard Drive – Comparison Table

Workload: It shows the NAS hard drive will have low failure rate if the drive reads and writes below a certain amount of data per year. Otherwise, the drive is most likely to fail. In a professional working environment, the reliability of a NAS plays a particularly important role, so that the data is as secure as possible. According to the manufacturer, the optimised IronWolf 4TB (ST4000VN008) therefore achieves an average failure interval of 1 million hours. A value that is usually not reached by normal hard drives in the consumer sector. Should something happen, Seagate offers a 3-year warranty on its IronWolf products. You may want to consider buying the pro version if you think the 750 MB/s of this model is too slow because the file transfer speed is better. The hard disk does not include the connection cables to connect it, although they are not necessary if you already have a hard disk of the same type installed. Low Power Consumption Easily monitor NAS drive health with the integrated IronWolf health management system and enjoy long-term reliability with a 1.2 million hour MTBF. We are getting the expected real life read and write speed from the IronWolf drive. The sequential read and write speeds are matching with the product specifications. For a 5,900 rpm drive, the transfer speed is quite fast.If you ever decide to install the IronWolf as your PC’s secondary storage, it should work relatively fine. However, do take note that BarraCuda drives are more suitable for PC environment because it is more optimised for everyday computing, lower price and faster read/write speed. However be aware that the Barracuda doesn’t have rotational vibration sensors. Also worth noting is the similar Nonrecoverable Read Errors Rate of both drives. Noise Levels