Tripp Lite SmartRack 12U Wall-Mount Rack Enclosure vs Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive
What separates them
These two differ on 1 recorded specification. The Tripp Lite SmartRack 12U Wall-Mount Rack Enclosure is $159.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — wall-mount rack enclosure against nas hard drive — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Tripp Lite SmartRack 12U Wall-Mount Rack Enclosure vs Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive
Tripp Lite
Tripp Lite SmartRack 12U Wall-Mount Rack Enclosure
$349.00
The useful number is not 12U but the 20.5 inch mounting depth -- most 1U servers are deeper than that, so this holds switches, patch panels and a small UPS, not servers.
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 Tripp Lite SmartRack 12U Wall-Mount Rack Enclosure is for
Buy it if: Network closets holding switches, patch panels and a rack UPS where no floor space exists.
Avoid it if: Anyone racking servers, which need a deeper enclosure and usually a floor-standing one.
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
1 of 18 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Tripp Lite SmartRack 12U Wall-Mount Rack Enclosure | Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS Hard Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $349.00 | $189.99 |
| Warranty | 5-year limited warranty | 3-year limited warranty |
| Bay support | not published | Rated for enclosures up to 8 bays |
| Cache | not published | 256 MB |
| Capacity | not published | 8 TB |
| Door type | Lockable acrylic front, hinged back section | not published |
| Interface | not published | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Load capacity | 200 lb | not published |
| Mounting depth | 20.5 in usable | not published |
| Mounting standard | EIA-310 19 inch | not published |
| MTBF | not published | 1 million hours |
| Rack units | 12U | not published |
| Rated power | not published | About 8.8 W in operation, 7.0 W idle |
| Rated workload | not published | 180 TB per year |
| Recording technology | not published | CMR, conventional magnetic recording |
| Rotational speed | not published | 7,200 rpm |
| Side panels | Removable | not published |
| Sustained transfer rate | not published | About 210 MB/s |
| Ventilation | Passive, with optional fan kit | 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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