Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive
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 — network attached storage against nas hard drive — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure vs Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive
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 →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 →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.
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.
Specifications, side by side
3 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Synology DiskStation DS224+ 2-Bay NAS Enclosure | Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $299.99 | $189.99 |
| Capacity | 2 bay | 8 TB |
| Rated power | About 14.7 W in access, 4.4 W at hibernation | About 8.8 W in operation, 7.0 W idle |
| Warranty | 2-year limited warranty | 3-year limited warranty |
| Annual energy use | About 129 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $22 at $0.17 per kWh | not published |
| Bay support | not published | Rated for enclosures up to 8 bays |
| Cache | not published | 256 MB |
| Drive bays | 2 x 3.5 inch SATA, diskless | not published |
| Interface | not published | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Memory | 2 GB DDR4, expandable to 6 GB | not published |
| MTBF | not published | 1 million hours |
| Network ports | 2 x Gigabit Ethernet with link aggregation | not published |
| Processor | Intel Celeron J4125 quad-core 2.0 GHz | not published |
| RAID levels | Basic, JBOD, RAID 0 and RAID 1 | not published |
| Rated workload | not published | 180 TB per year |
| Recording technology | not published | CMR, conventional magnetic recording |
| Rotational speed | not published | 7,200 rpm |
| Sustained transfer rate | not published | About 210 MB/s |
| USB ports | 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 | not published |
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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