The best drives for NAS | January 2021

Do you have to store a large amount of data? You just have to buy a NAS, devices designed to store huge amounts of data and make them available 24 hours a day on the network; the data is saved on hard drives specially developed for continuous use. In NAS (acronym for Network Attached Storage), it is not advisable to insert traditional HDDs that are mounted in PCs, in fact, units that can withstand intense workloads (video surveillance, continuous access to data, backups, etc ...) are needed. br>
This is the main difference between consumer HDD and NAS disks: the latter are designed for continuous operation, are usually slower, develop less heat and have more cache memory to speed up file operations . We have compiled a guide to the best drives for NAS, products suitable for both individuals and small and medium-sized businesses, and we have classified them by price.

The best drives for NAS

Western Digital Red Toshiba N300 Western Digital SA500 Seagate IronWolf Seagate IronWolf Pro

Western Digital Red

| Western Digital is an interesting product. The format is 3.5 inches, costs just over 80 euros (44% discount on Amazon) and boasts a cache of 64 MB. It is a HDD that we recommend to individuals who want an inexpensive drive to store personal files.

»Click here to buy Western Digital Red 3 TB

Toshiba N300

Toshiba N300 is a solid and good performance NAS HDD. We offer you the 6 TB cut in 3.5 inch format. It is suitable for bays up to 8 drives, the platters spin at 7200 RPM and consume 9.6W when running and 5.2W at idle. Toshiba claims a noise level of 30 dB, a data transfer speed of 204 MB / s and has a cache of 128 MB. It is a product that we recommend to small businesses.

»Click here to buy Toshiba N300 6TB

Western Digital SA500

Usually, magnetic disks are recommended because of their value for money; That said, not everyone tolerates their loudness and for those who keep the NAS in the office, this is a nightmare. Well, if you want to solve this problem, you should buy an SSD; we recommend WD's SA500 SATA model.

»Click here to buy Western Digital SA500 2TB

Seagate IronWolf

Seagate IronWolf is a high-end NAS hard drive that we recommend for small and medium-sized businesses. We offer you the 10 TB cut in 3.5 inch format. The platters spin at 7200 RPM, the unit has a maximum consumption of 7.8 W, 5 W in idle and 0.8 W in stand-by. The data transfer speed is 210 MB / s, while the buffer cache is 256 MB. The manufacturer's warranty is for three years.

»Click here to buy the Seagate IronWolf 10 TB

Seagate IronWolf Pro

We conclude our buying guide with Seagate IronWolf Pro, a class of products also suitable for large and medium-sized companies, which the American giant supports with a 5-year warranty and a team of experts for data recovery in case of sudden failures (the percentage data recovery success is 90%, according to the company). The 16TB model in 3.5-inch format supports a workload of 300TB / year and has a maximum power consumption of 7.6W, 5W in idle and 1W in stand-by. Platters spin at 7200 RPM (maximum noise is 32 dB), data transfer speed reaches 255 MB / s, and the buffer cache is 256 MB. This disk can be accommodated in NAS up to 24 bays (bays).

»Click here to buy Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB