Expand your home server with Seagate’s 20TB IronWolf Pro HDD — the massive capacity NAS drive is almost $100…
Seagate's IronWolf Pro HDDs have always proved a great way to add storage capacity to NAS systems. And while we rarely see these high-capacity drives drop in price, right now the Seagate IronWolf Pro 20TB HDD is down to $670 (was $764) at Newegg.
This is CMR (not SMR) technology across 10 2TB platters, with the dual-plane balancing and rotational vibration sensors Seagate builds into its Pro-tier drives specifically for multi-bay systems.
It's rated for 24/7 operation, which matters if you're running this on an always-on home server or a small-business NAS.
Why we recommend it
In our full review, we found it offers real gains over the outgoing 18TB model without a steep price jump, which is exactly the kind of upgrade path that makes sense for anyone building out a multi-bay NAS array.
Sequential read and write speeds improve by close to 10% over the...
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