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Seagate 10TB BarraCuda Pro

Redefining the term High Performance Hard Drive Review

GaK_45 by GaK_45
May 1, 2018
in Reviews, Recent, Storage
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3. Guardian Series Primer

  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Features and Specifications
  • 3. Guardian Series Primer
  • 4. Multi-tier Caching Technology
  • 5. Closer Look
  • 6. Testing Methodology
  • 7. Sequential Read/Write Results
  • 8. ATTO Disk Benchmark
  • 9. Crystal DiskMark and AS-SSD Results
  • 10. IOMeter Results
  • 11. OS load and Real World Results
  • 12. Adobe and VMWare Results
  • 13. Borderlands 2 and CoD Load Time Results
  • 14. Partial and Full Drive Performance
  • 15. Score Card and Summary
  • 16. Closing Statement

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Before we begin a bit of background information and explanation is in order. As mentioned in the previous introduction page, Seagate has indeed gone back to the drawing board to create a new lineup meant to stem the incursion of Solid State Drives into their home turf. The end result of all their hard work, and countless man-hours of R’n’D, is the Guardian series. In the coming months we hope to show you what the others in this lineup have to offer but, in the meantime, the Guardian series is what Seagate calls their next generation series of hard drives. Each in this series has their Multi-Tier Caching Technology (MTC) tuned for different scenarios and the underlying technology does differ somewhat.

These models are the Seagate Barracuda, IronWolf, SkyHawk, and FireCuda. When needed these models are then broken down into standard and ‘pro’ models – with the pro versions being higher performance variants on the same theme.

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The SkyHawk is what Seagate calls their next generation home and SOHO orientated surveillance HDD series. These hard drives are tuned for low power consumption, low noise, and low IOPS scenarios – as shear performance is not really needed for recording and playback of video. What this means is instead of 7200rpm platters using Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) technology it is a 5900rpm Shingle Magnetic Recording (SMR) based system with the MTC tuned for ‘surveillance’ storage tasks. In other words, this is Seagate’s answer to Western Digital’s ‘Purple’ series. Put another way if you have never used a Purple hard drive, or own a TCP/IP based surveillance system, the SkyHawk will probably not be an optimal choice.

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The IronWolf series is Seagate’s new Network Attached storage option. The standard is a PMR based drive while the IronWolf Pro ups the ante with 7200rpm spindle speed. Both have the MTC tuned for quirky rigors of being placed in a NAS appliance or RAID configuration. One of these quirks is having Time-Limited Error Recovery turned on so that the hard drive will not spend much time fixing low level errors. Instead it will tell the storage controller to handle it via parity stripe ECC. This reduces latency spikes and is perfect for RAID based storage performance. Outside of RAID though it is a less than optimal choice, but the increased vibration resistance and other features that allow for long term use in near-line and on-line storage scenarios actually does cross over nicely in HTPC territory where space is usually at a premium and HDDS are stacked in close proximity to one another.

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This brings to the yeoman model of the hard disk drive portion of the Guardian series: the Seagate BarraCuda models. The standard is a 5900rpm PMR based model that is helium filled and has had the MTC tuned for the needs of the homes consumer. The Pro variant ups the performance via 7200rpm platter speed and some slight adjustments to the MTC so as to be able to both an excellent ‘C’ / ‘Operating System’ drive or ‘D’ / ‘secondary’ storage option for consumers.

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The last round in the initial Guardian salvo is the FireCuda. This is a solid-state and hard-disk drive ‘hybrid’ model that has been tailor made for home consumers and systems builders alike. Thanks to its powerful controller, good NAND, and Seagate’s IP in both HDD and SSD arenas expect to see these drives cropping up in everything from laptops and notebooks to prebuilt systems from all the major system builders. In other words, it represents Seagate getting back into the SSHD corner of the marketplace with all the flair and style they are known for.

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3. Guardian Series Primer

  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Features and Specifications
  • 3. Guardian Series Primer
  • 4. Multi-tier Caching Technology
  • 5. Closer Look
  • 6. Testing Methodology
  • 7. Sequential Read/Write Results
  • 8. ATTO Disk Benchmark
  • 9. Crystal DiskMark and AS-SSD Results
  • 10. IOMeter Results
  • 11. OS load and Real World Results
  • 12. Adobe and VMWare Results
  • 13. Borderlands 2 and CoD Load Time Results
  • 14. Partial and Full Drive Performance
  • 15. Score Card and Summary
  • 16. Closing Statement
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"Knowledgeable, opinionated and not afraid to ask the questions you can’t or won’t." GaK_45's combination of multiple industry certifications(MCSE, CCNA, various CompTIA, etc), and over twenty years' experience in the computer industry allows him to provide detailed analysis that is as trustworthy as it is practical.

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