Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
What separates them
These two differ on 3 recorded specifications. The Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is $110.00 dearer. They are different kinds of product — nas hard drive against network attached storage — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive vs Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
Seagate
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive
$189.99
This is a CMR drive, not SMR, which is the specification that actually matters in a NAS -- shingled drives can take days to rebuild an array and several vendors shipped them into this class without saying so.
Full details →Synology
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure
$299.99
Sold without drives, which is the first thing to budget for -- two 8 TB NAS drives cost more than the enclosure does.
Full details →Who the Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive is for
Buy it if: NAS and small server arrays that need CMR recording and a rated workload figure.
Avoid it if: Quiet desktop builds and archival storage, where a slower drive is cheaper and cooler.
Who the Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Small offices wanting file shares, backup targets and Synology Drive on hardware they own.
Avoid it if: Anyone treating RAID as a backup, or expecting 4K transcoding for media serving.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $189.99 | $299.99 |
| Capacity | 8 TB | 2 bay |
| Rated power | About 8.8 W in operation, 7.0 W idle | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation |
| Warranty | 3-year limited warranty | 2-year limited warranty |
| Annual energy use | not published | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Bay support | Rated for enclosures up to 8 bays | not published |
| Cache | 256 MB | not published |
| Drive bays | not published | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless |
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s | not published |
| Memory | not published | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB |
| MTBF | 1 million hours | not published |
| Network ports | not published | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation |
| Processor | not published | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz |
| RAID levels | not published | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 |
| Rated workload | 180 TB per year | not published |
| Recording technology | CMR, conventional magnetic recording | not published |
| Rotational speed | 7,200 rpm | not published |
| Sustained transfer rate | About 210 MB/s | not published |
| USB ports | not published | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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