Looking to recover lost data from a Seagate SSD? Use popular software RecoverIT from Wondershare for non-invasive data recovery of your media - bit.ly/3muW9yX #sponsored Seagate Ironwolf or WD Red or Synology HAT5300 HDDs - Best for your NAS? https://nascompares.com/guide/seagate-ironwolf-pro-vs-wd-red-pro-vs-synology-hat5300-hard-drives-best-for-your-nas/ Looking for Seagate, WD or Synology Hard Drives for your NAS? Use the links below to find them on Amazon. It really helps us keep making good content and costs you nothing too! WD Red Pro HDDs - https://amzn.to/3HJpkVu Synology HAT5300 HDDs - https://amzn.to/3OtOkCV Seagate Ironwolf Pro HDDs - https://amzn.to/3OfYAhV This description contains links to Amazon. These links will take you to some of the products mentioned in today's video. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Synology HAT3300 Plus NAS Hard Drives - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL7Xqo0hZs4 Video Chapters 00:00 - I AM A HARD DRIVE HAZZARD 01:52 - Introduction to the Synology HAT5300 02:36 - Introduction to the WD Red Pro 03:03 - IntroduCtion to the Seagate Ironwolf Pro 03:28 - Seagate vs WD vs Synology on CAPACITY 06:43 - Seagate vs WD vs Synology in PRICE 09:50 - Seagate vs WD vs Synology on HARDWARE & DESIGN 13:46 - Seagate vs WD vs Synology Unique Selling Points 23:16 - Seagate vs WD vs Synology in NOISE 25:18 - Synology HAT5300 Hard Drive Noise Test 27:01 - WD Red Pro Hard Drive Noise Test 28:05 - Seagate Ironwolf Pro Hard Drive Noise Test 29:56 - Seagate vs WD vs Synology - CONCLUSION & VERDICT Choosing the right hard drive media to go inside your Network Attached Storage (NAS) server can be a lot more complicated than you might think. A long time ago (about 20 years at least) buying hard drives was much easier, as the technology was significantly less evolved. The difference between one hard drive and another could be the capacity, physical, size or the interface - that is about it! But much like any other kind of technology, over time hardware designers were able to improve it, make it more efficient, increase the storage, speed up the access and all the while sticking with the same 3.5" physical scale. The result of all this development was that tailored/designed drives arrived that were geared internally towards specific tasks (thereby allowing designers to focus the HDDs development towards one specialization more than others). Fast forward to 2022/2023 and you find that the HDD market is considerably more diverse and brands have much more layered portfolios of drives and one big, BIG area of hard disk development was with NAS/Server HDD media. These are drives that are designed to be on 24x7, be prepared to spin up very quickly with little notice, be better suited to being deployed in larger quantities together (i.e RAID configurations made up of many drives) and all the while combating vibration and increased temperatures to maintain a healthy and stable level of use at all times. Today I want to look at three hard drives that are designed for large-scale NAS deployment (such as 8-24-bay rackmount and 8-12+ bays desktop NAS systems), as all three are the current popular choice for this kind of NAS system. There are the long-established HDD vendor drives, the WD Red Pro series and Seagate Ironwolf Pro range, and there is the NAS-brand labelled Synology HAT5300 series (built on Toshiba MG06/06/08 Enterprise series, but with Synology firmware in services included). With a new generation of NAS Hardware arriving from Synology in 2022/2023, as well as a change in support and compatibility listings by the brand in several of their releases, now is a very good time to take a look at how these three NAS HDDs compare in design, utility, performance and value. With WD and Seagate having a considerable amount of history in their Red Pro and Ironwolf Pro ranges respectively in the NAS industry, many users are still unsure about the Synology HAT5300 and whether they should make the switch, design its shift in architecture towards a more enterprise build (arguable closer to Ultrastar and Seagate EXOs, than Red or Ironwolf). Let's take a closer look at these three drives and hopefully help you decide which one deserves your data! Synology DSM 7 Review - ALL PARTS - https://nascompares.com/synology-dsm-7-0-full-review Synology DSM 6.2 vs DSM 7.0 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADQNJw1MKVo Synology DSM or QNAP QTS in 2021/2022, Part I - https://nascompares.com/synology-vs-qnap-nas-the-browser-interface-customization-and-brands/ Synology DSM or QNAP QTS in 2021/2022, Part II - https://nascompares.com/synology-vs-qnap-nas-mobile-apps-multimedia-steaming-and-storage-control/ Synology DSM or QNAP QTS in 2021/2022, Part III - https://nascompares.com/synology-vs-qnap-nas-vms-saas-nvr-tools-backup-applications-and-verdict/