Seagate's New IronWolf Pro Drives...
Seagate has announced an updated flagship capacity option for the IronWolf Pro HDD lineup targeting the SMB/SME NAS market. The new 22TB option now matches the highest capacity offered in the WD Red Pro line launched in July 2022. The new drive has a 10-disk/20-head configuration with conventional magnetic recording and a 3.5" form-factor with a SATA 6 Gbps interface. It is equipped with a 512 MB cache and has a 7200 RPM spindle speed. The SKU has a MSRP of $600, matching WD's launch pricing for their 22TB lineup. Seagate is a few quarters behind WD in launching retail 22TB HDDs, but with tepid demand in this market segment, Seagate has not lost much by being late in this introduction. Seagate is also not restricting usage of the new drive to NAS units with bay counts of 24 or lower, instead opting to indicate "Unlimited" in the datasheet.