Thanks for all the knowledge you share on your channel! I built my first NAS last summer, and could not have done it without your guidance and advice. I’ll keep following you for updates, upgrades, and other interesting information.
Will selfish Synology play nice and recognize the drive? We all know how Synology is clamping down on non synology drives. I know you mention it, but would like to see it tested.👍👍👍
Ironwolf Pro & Exos drives are obnoxiously loud for a home setup unless you update the firmware and disable their EPC settings. Just make sure you do that before using them because it's a real mess doing it after. That might be an idea for a video, testing to see the difference that makes to say, Exos X18 set of drives.
It's confusing to me that the Pros are supposed to be that loud. According to the official specs they're the quietest 20 TB drives (20 db idle/26 db seek). I honestly don't know which drives to buy at this point as the others seem to be even louder. Exos don't have any official noise specs but I presume they're comparable to the Pro if not louder.
Thanks for the video. Can you also tell me what would be the difference between the two models of WD Ultrastar - 20TB DC HC560 #0F38755 vs. #0F38785. I talked with WD - they did not share any information of what is new/changed/fixed... Hope you can help!
I've been looking at a drive for my media files, I could spend £550+ for a ready-made portable drive, but this drive + an enclosure will be way cheaper...much appreciated.
really enjoy your videos on high end cmr HDDS! i use a ton of exos drives myself so many uses from nas to gaming apretiate the info! keep it up im hoping they keep innovating hdds as data is getting bigger and bigger especially for games. i have 40tb for data, games, and digital dvds.
I bought 3 x Ironwolf 16TB ST16000VN001 as part of the Boxing Day sales. Of the 3, two had the traditional branding and the 3rd had exactly the same new branding as what you have shown. For the newly branded drive, all I can say is what an absolutely TERRIBLE drive ... it's noisy as hell and the "clunking" just drives you insane. Returned it and the replacement was exactly the same. Note the other two drives with the old branding are whisper quiet. Don't know what Seagate have done but it has certainly now put me off buying any more of their drives.
We don't have this type of 20TB in our market I have ordered one from Amazon the question can be formatted using WINDOWS 10 version. Need a quick answer if possible from u
I'm a new subscriber and I recently watched this video and ended up buying one but my DS920+ will not recognize it. I called Synology support and they tell me that my unit doesn't support 20tb, 18tb max is allowed. How did you get yours to work? Confused, thanks
@@bellwang5368 Hi, no I was not able to find out how NASCompares was able to use the 20tb drive. I checked all over the internet without luck. Fortunately I was able to return the drive for a refund. If you figure it out, I sure would like to know. Good luck
@@j.r.r.2185 I was really looking forward to adding this to my NAS, as drive space is limited. Maybe I’ll hold out a bit until more people have tried it. Have you plugged the drive into a computer to see if it would run? Might also be a defective drive like mine.
@@bellwang5368 Unfortunately, I had no way to test it, but it was brand new so it should have worked. I replaced it with a 16tb drive and my NAS recognized it immediately. So I can assume that Synology was correct that the 20tb was not compatible.
Thanks a lot for these reviews, especially regarding real life noise testing. However maybe I messed it, but a key element is also the actual size of these disks in terms of TB, currently I have 4 "12"TB drives in a 920 (WD red plus WD120EFBX), but Synology rates them at 10.9, not 12. How many do these rate on a synology ? (or other brand)
Erm.... why would you do that on a laptop? Get a SATA SSD or Nvme SSD (if your laptop supports it) that has a 5 year warranty. Crucial is a good brand that comes in mind.
8:45 Funny how the moving needle against a circular background on the dB meter pretty much looks like a visual representation of the disk's actuator moving across the spinning platters. Nice in depth review with lots of useful info. No matter how much I would love to have a raid array filled with 20TB drives, I don't think I would pick the Ironwolf for the same reason as why I wouldn't buy WD Red drives. That noise would drive me crazy. I use 10TB WD Gold enterprise drives for a a few years now and they are also pretty quick but running whisper quiet most of the time.
Amazon are selling them for a bargain but the failure rate 28%. That means Amazon employees are throwing them all over the place before their shipped out. If you don't believe me then read the reviews.
We tend to stay away from high-capacity drives as a) they do generate a lot more heat b) are indeed a bit nosier c) when they do fail, the shear amount of data on the failed drive (size) takes considerable time to rebuild again. (sometimes several days). If you have a few drives, 20TB might be tempting to have a very decent amount of storage but I rather have smaller HDD's (8, 10, 12TB maybe 14TB) spread over more NAS-ses if more capacity is needed. And if I calculate the price per TB, I believe this HD is more for the professionals whom do not care that much about the prices.. So, sorry but I have to pass.
Love your work but really, as a foreigner, your accent is so strong that i cant focus at all lol. Seems like you are talking with 1l of water in the mouth
I'm an American native English speaker. He has only a mild accent and excellent pronunciation. Your problem is probably his speech speed. He speaks unusually quickly for an Englishman, thank God. 🙂 Turn on closed captions if your English listening skill can't keep up with his speech.
@@R50_J0 no, i understand all the world and dont seems too fast to me, its not this the "problem". Simply seems too "full" as sounds, as i said like he has something in his mouth. I listen almost all videos on RUclips in english and its the first time i say something like that to someone. Obviously is nothing serious
@@frozWnX not criticizing, it was just a joking comment. About my language obviously, you're right, im not good enough with english atm (especially in writing/spearking), but even considered that im better than 99% of the native english speakers that hardly know there are languages other than their.
Thanks for all the knowledge you share on your channel! I built my first NAS last summer, and could not have done it without your guidance and advice. I’ll keep following you for updates, upgrades, and other interesting information.
Seagulls at 10:30! Was hoping to hear some.
Thank you and is the seagull noise filter option running? 😊
seagulls are nice, cheers to the ocean :>
10:00 - I don't like it when my hard disks made seagull noises! 🤣
Will selfish Synology play nice and recognize the drive? We all know how Synology is clamping down on non synology drives. I know you mention it, but would like to see it tested.👍👍👍
If anyone cares, there's also no IHM for the 20GB drives on Syno NASes.
Ironwolf Pro & Exos drives are obnoxiously loud for a home setup unless you update the firmware and disable their EPC settings. Just make sure you do that before using them because it's a real mess doing it after. That might be an idea for a video, testing to see the difference that makes to say, Exos X18 set of drives.
Which program to use to make this happen? I'm about to upgrade to 6x - 20TB with Raid 6. Ironwolf Pro 20TB are my first choice.
It's confusing to me that the Pros are supposed to be that loud. According to the official specs they're the quietest 20 TB drives (20 db idle/26 db seek). I honestly don't know which drives to buy at this point as the others seem to be even louder. Exos don't have any official noise specs but I presume they're comparable to the Pro if not louder.
@@symphony137I believe the exos drives have noice specs it’s just quoted in another scale.
Thanks for the video. Can you also tell me what would be the difference between the two models of WD Ultrastar - 20TB DC HC560 #0F38755 vs. #0F38785. I talked with WD - they did not share any information of what is new/changed/fixed... Hope you can help!
I've been looking at a drive for my media files, I could spend £550+ for a ready-made portable drive, but this drive + an enclosure will be way cheaper...much appreciated.
Fantastic work!
really enjoy your videos on high end cmr HDDS! i use a ton of exos drives myself so many uses from nas to gaming apretiate the info! keep it up im hoping they keep innovating hdds as data is getting bigger and bigger especially for games. i have 40tb for data, games, and digital dvds.
the new version of the disk is compatible with the synology? DS+ series, i can't find them on the compatibility list
ST4000NT001 have 2x2TB platters or 3x2TB platters short-stroke?
I bought 3 x Ironwolf 16TB ST16000VN001 as part of the Boxing Day sales. Of the 3, two had the traditional branding and the 3rd had exactly the same new branding as what you have shown. For the newly branded drive, all I can say is what an absolutely TERRIBLE drive ... it's noisy as hell and the "clunking" just drives you insane. Returned it and the replacement was exactly the same. Note the other two drives with the old branding are whisper quiet. Don't know what Seagate have done but it has certainly now put me off buying any more of their drives.
Have you tested this drive on a DS1520+? I want to put one of these on mine but would hate to spend the money just to find it doesn't work
We don't have this type of 20TB in our market I have ordered one from Amazon the question can be formatted using WINDOWS 10 version. Need a quick answer if possible from u
I bought the 16TB Iron Wolf Pro. Dead in 2 months. Seagate warranty is so hard to deal with too.
can i buy a ds220+ and put this ironwolf 20tb into in it and use it?
I'm a new subscriber and I recently watched this video and ended up buying one but my DS920+ will not recognize it. I called Synology support and they tell me that my unit doesn't support 20tb, 18tb max is allowed. How did you get yours to work? Confused, thanks
Hi, did you ever get this issue solved? I am also thinking of adding this to my DS920+.
@@bellwang5368 Hi, no I was not able to find out how NASCompares was able to use the 20tb drive. I checked all over the internet without luck. Fortunately I was able to return the drive for a refund. If you figure it out, I sure would like to know. Good luck
@@j.r.r.2185 I was really looking forward to adding this to my NAS, as drive space is limited. Maybe I’ll hold out a bit until more people have tried it.
Have you plugged the drive into a computer to see if it would run? Might also be a defective drive like mine.
@@bellwang5368 Unfortunately, I had no way to test it, but it was brand new so it should have worked. I replaced it with a 16tb drive and my NAS recognized it immediately. So I can assume that Synology was correct that the 20tb was not compatible.
Thanks a lot for these reviews, especially regarding real life noise testing. However maybe I messed it, but a key element is also the actual size of these disks in terms of TB, currently I have 4 "12"TB drives in a 920 (WD red plus WD120EFBX), but Synology rates them at 10.9, not 12. How many do these rate on a synology ? (or other brand)
Will this work in ps4 pro?
I'm thinking of buying a new laptop, any clue how to make sure you can fit one of these into it?
Erm.... why would you do that on a laptop? Get a SATA SSD or Nvme SSD (if your laptop supports it) that has a 5 year warranty. Crucial is a good brand that comes in mind.
is it just me or has the audio and video been out of sync in the last few videos
8:45 Funny how the moving needle against a circular background on the dB meter pretty much looks like a visual representation of the disk's actuator moving across the spinning platters.
Nice in depth review with lots of useful info. No matter how much I would love to have a raid array filled with 20TB drives, I don't think I would pick the Ironwolf for the same reason as why I wouldn't buy WD Red drives. That noise would drive me crazy. I use 10TB WD Gold enterprise drives for a a few years now and they are also pretty quick but running whisper quiet most of the time.
I can't find the NT version ANYWHERE for purchase no matter how hard I look. How do you get this thing? All I can find is the ST
Hoping 18TB drives get cheaper
Amazon are selling them for a bargain but the failure rate 28%. That means Amazon employees are throwing them all over the place before their shipped out. If you don't believe me then read the reviews.
I bought one from Amazon as well. Got it returned because it was DOA. Would never buy another Hard drive from them again.
@@bellwang5368 I don't blame you. What I don't understand is that the employees don't give a shit.
I only buy EXOS drives the last 2 yrs, they are cheaper and i think better than the NAS series drives.
That's why I get the Seagate backup plus external HDD. All four have had the exos 14tb drives inside
Sqaw Sqaw Sqaw! Yay Seagulls!
Shame they haven't able to reduce cost of HDD even in 20 years. Addinng more TB and rasing cost at the same time is pointless.
I have the 10TB version is way more powerful than WD or Barracuda
We tend to stay away from high-capacity drives as a) they do generate a lot more heat b) are indeed a bit nosier c) when they do fail, the shear amount of data on the failed drive (size) takes considerable time to rebuild again. (sometimes several days).
If you have a few drives, 20TB might be tempting to have a very decent amount of storage but I rather have smaller HDD's (8, 10, 12TB maybe 14TB) spread over more NAS-ses if more capacity is needed.
And if I calculate the price per TB, I believe this HD is more for the professionals whom do not care that much about the prices..
So, sorry but I have to pass.
Love your work but really, as a foreigner, your accent is so strong that i cant focus at all lol. Seems like you are talking with 1l of water in the mouth
I'm an American native English speaker. He has only a mild accent and excellent pronunciation.
Your problem is probably his speech speed. He speaks unusually quickly for an Englishman, thank God. 🙂
Turn on closed captions if your English listening skill can't keep up with his speech.
@@R50_J0 no, i understand all the world and dont seems too fast to me, its not this the "problem". Simply seems too "full" as sounds, as i said like he has something in his mouth. I listen almost all videos on RUclips in english and its the first time i say something like that to someone. Obviously is nothing serious
@@Llyonard idk why you're criticizing anyone's pronunciation, considering I could only make out half of what you just wrote lol
@@frozWnX not criticizing, it was just a joking comment. About my language obviously, you're right, im not good enough with english atm (especially in writing/spearking), but even considered that im better than 99% of the native english speakers that hardly know there are languages other than their.
@@R50_J0 And this is impressive given English deviated in the U.S. some time ago (says this Canuck with cheeky love).