WD Red Plus and Red Pro vs Seagate IronWolf and IronWolf Pro - Full Performance, Noise, Power review

Full performance test of 4TB Western Digital and Seagate drives, including the Red Plus, Red Pro, IronWolf and IronWolf Pro. I compare specs, graph how these NAS drives perform in different workload types, how much noise they make under various conditions, how much power they consume, and how the compare for price.

Drives tested in this video

WD Red Plus 4TB: https://amzn.to/43R7BGY
WD Red Pro 4TB: https://amzn.to/43R7BGY
IronWolf 4TB: https://amzn.to/43ZLYod
IronWolf Pro 4TB: https://amzn.to/4jLt761

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0:00 Intro
1:27 Units Tested in this Video, Specs and claimed Performance
3:40 Large File Write testing - how your ISO storage will perform
6:40 Large File Read testing
8:10 Mixed file size write testing
9:26 Mixed file read performance
9:48 Non-Sequential write testing
11:29 Performance summary, noise, power consumption and pricing
15:00 Like, Sub, you know the deal. More stuff coming
15:27 Data driven testing, but brand loyalty matters.
16:23 Conclusions based on test performance