Exos vs IronWolf Pro - Which is the best HDD option for your NAS?

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An in depth compare between the various harddisk options for your NAS, and which is best. Also a quick dive into PMR/CMR vs SMR, how this works under the hood, and why you should avoid SMR for anything other than archive. I use Synology as an example, but its just as valid for QNAP or any other NAS vendor, or even do it yourself NAS options. Follow on watching. comparison of drive manufacturers failure rates : https://youtu.be/ipBVdCAJ9AY AFR Analysis of 230,000 10Tb-16Tb Disks : https://youtu.be/IgJ6YolLxYE Prices change all the time, so can check how these drives compare at these Amazon Affiliate links: Seagate Exos X18 16TB drive: https://amzn.to/4139XmC Seagate Ironwolf Pro 16TB drive: https://amzn.to/3AM15Hj You can support me at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sometechguy Thanks to everyone for watching, hope you find the content useful.