NAS Storage is ideal solution for small and medium business for data backup. In today’s growing environment, the risk of data loss and corruption also increase. That is due to various factors. NAS provide you a dedicated storage system which is designed specifically for performance and durable output. They are not like your regular system. NAS or Network Attached storage operates on file level data backup. In one word it is the file server of your network. Where you can not only store data but also use it as a centralized location for data backup. NAS devices comes up to 5 bay supports where you can install up to 20TB of hard drive. This is more than enough for any small or medium business. Having a NAS setup offers piece of mind, were your data is stored on different location which is easy to retrieve in case of system failure. Also it is powered by durable HDD which are different that regular interval drive. They operate better on high temperature and reliable enough for 24x7 usages.
In this article we are going to one of that internal NAS HDD which is Seagate 4TB NAS HDD. Marked as NAS drive, this is built for high end performance and long lasting support. The drive provides powerful features with high speed data transfer interface. We found the drive effective in terms of file backup and storage. Seagate is a market leading in provided some of the best reliable solution for storage. Seagate offers four hard drive series for Enterprise storage solution. They are NAS HDD, TeraScale HDD, and Enterprise Value HDD & Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD. NAS HDD is the starting point. It features NASwork firmware that adds more reliability, power optimization, high storage and more vibration tolerance. You can hook a time around 5 high space drive and configure your own personal file server with maximum security.
Other drive series are recommended for extreme performance only. That powers your cloud server with high capacity and reliability. Right now we are going to stick with NAS HDD only. We had tested Seagate 4TB NAS HDD on Windows 8 and on a NAS OS. You can see that in our video review section. Before moving head just have a peek on the specification and features and then we will move ahead for advance testing.
Features:
- High Performance
- High Storage Space
- NASWork Firmware
- NAS Error Recovery Control
- Advance Power Management
- Quiet Drive Operation
- Affordable NAS Solution for Small and Mid size business
- Compatible with leading NAS Solution Providers
Specification:
- 3.5” Form Factor
- SATA 6Gb/s Interface
- 5900 RPM
- 1 in 1014 Non-recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read
- 4.8W on Seek, Typical Operating
- 3.95W on Idle, Typical Operating
- 0° to 70°C Operating Temperature
- -40° to 70°C Non-Operating Temperature
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