Seagate 20TB IronWolf NAS and EXOS X20 Review
Anvil IOPS
Published: 11th May 2022 | Source: Seagate | Price: |
Anvil IOPS
Input/output Operations Per Second is a popular speed claim on a lot of drives, but the reality is that for most of us you'll not be asking too much of your drive because you're the only person accessing them. Drives such as this Seagate pairing are designed for those will have multiple users making requests, so IOPS is a more important measure of the drive.
Here the Exos X20 really shows how it's a big step up in technology within the familiar casing, with a massive uptick in Write IOPS potential compared to the IronWolf. Enterprise technology doesn't muck around.
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Nice little Dell R720 and a 24 bay Netapp Disk Shelf and 15 bay EMC Disk Shelf, which will over time be filled with 39x 20TB Exos drives as long as they will actually work, I need to buy 1 of the 20TB drives first since the shelves may only support up to 8Tb or 10Tb drives.
My current server only has 1.5TB left out of the 30TB available and that is going to be gone soon!
First things first though I need to finish the room off where it's going, then get the rack purchased and built, CAT-6 cable ran round the house and terminated etc etc.
Will be fun when finished though.Quote