Big-size Barracuda Reloaded: Seagate Barracuda's 10 TB Hard Drive Review

Foreword

With the outbreak of the data era, the demand for large-capacity storage devices from individuals and corporate users has been continuously enhanced. Since the birth of the SSD (Solid State Drive), the speed of the hard disk has been controlled by the SSD, and the capacity is the world of HDD (Hard Disk Drive). With the continuous development of storage technology, SSDs continue to pursue higher transmission and response speeds, while HDDs are also refreshing storage capacity records. For individual users, the capacity of a computer's hard disk is limited. As users generate more and more data, the total hard disk capacity is not enough. In the era of data blowout, large-capacity storage is always a blue ocean. There is demand and there is a market. Seagate, the world’s leading manufacturer of mechanical hard disk drives, launched its own largest capacity 10TB consumer hard drive this year, collectively known as the Guardian Series. ). Seagate drew on Western Digital's method of dividing product attributes by color. The listed high-capacity HDD products are divided into three major color series: Green "BarraCuda" and Firecuda target the mainstream market, of which BarraCuda is a regular HDD mechanical hard disk, Firecuda It is an SSHD hybrid hard drive. The red “Ironwolf” Ironwolf stores hard drives on behalf of the NAS network. The Blue SkyHawk is a surveillance hard drive. Each series has its own mascot. These intuitive features make it easy for users. Differentiate hard disk positioning, buy the right product for yourself.

At present, the hard disk I use is a 2GB SSHD hybrid hard disk model ST2000DX001. With the continuous growth of storage data, the capacity is running low. In order to cope with future data explosions, I purchased a Seagate in Jingdong on the principle of early purchase and early enjoyment. 10TB cool fish mechanical hard drive.

Unpacking

The hard disk is boxed and belongs to imported products. It has a strong agency and a five-year warranty. On the box is printed a cool fish with a strong sense of technology. If you are an old Seagate user, the word " Barracuda " must be familiar. 3.5 inches for desktop use, of course, can also be used with the external hard drive box.

This BarraCuda Pro 10TB desktop hard drive comes in a seven-disc model, ST10000DM0004, made in Thailand. The cache is 256MB (the largest cache in the desktop hard drive), 7200 rpm, filled with helium, and customized for high-performance computers. With the addition of the Power-saving power-saving function, there is also great wisdom in large-capacity operation. At the same time, the noise during operation is relatively small, similar to that of an ordinary hard disk.

There are QC sealing films passing through the quality inspection on both sides of the box. For most people, every time you feel broken, you should be very excited.

Hard disk packaging uses plastic soft shell and foam wrap, which can play a role in cushioning the transportation.

Anti-static disposable bags are standard on hard drives.

The old driver gets on the train.

After opening, breathe the air of Thailand and feel refreshed. As a seven-disc hard drive, the net weight of 642G is quite good.

Since it is a high-end, large-capacity desktop hard drive, BarraCuda Pro's workmanship is naturally not sloppy, and it has a lot of weight in its hands. The integrated metal-cut one-piece shell is gray gold, along the light source can see the small particles in the flicker, the disc body and the lid tightly at the seam, the edge of the transition smooth, no burr highlights, the overall very good grades.

Reverse-packaged boards can reduce the risk of electrostatic damage, and the data pins and power pins are smooth and flat.

The times are changing and capacity is changing. The only constant is the 3.5-inch profile. Because the flash cache component in the BarraCuda Pro 10TB hard drive occupies a certain amount of disk space, it cannot accommodate more diskettes, thus limiting the capacity of the hard disk. The 10TB is already a terrific storage capacity for desktop hard disks. However, I still hope that Seagate can break through and develop larger-capacity mechanical hard drives. However, with Seagate's technical strength, this seems to be a matter of time.

With a 20-year old 2GB Seagate old hard drive (model ST32140A), we can see that the two hard drives have the same shape and height, but that year has been a massive 2GB, and now it has grown to 10TB, and can not help but lament the progress of the times The achievements of science and technology.

Evaluation articles

In order to test this 10TB hard drive, I used two platforms. A platform configuration: i7 3770 + MSI H77 motherboard + Zhiqi 16G DDR3 memory + Kingston 30G SSD + 2TB Seagate SSDN WIN7 64-bit platform, B platform configuration: A8 7650K + MSI A88X motherboard + Zhiqi 16G DDR3 memory +64G Kingston SSD WIN10 64-bit platform. Software selected ATTO Disk Benchmarks, Crystal Disk Mark, HD Tune Pro. For the sake of fairness, both platforms have started AHCI mode for testing.

Need to remind everyone that this Seagate 10TB hard drive side screw mounting hole is different from the ordinary hard drive has three holes, it only has two holes, resulting in some chassis hard disk cage may not be compatible, this needs everyone to pay attention.

After the A-platform was installed with the hard disk, the motherboard successfully recognized the model. Personally think that as long as the board is not too old, it should be able to identify.

After entering the system, WIN7 also successfully recognized the hard disk. Using DiskGenius, the hard disk was divided into four zones and aligned. After 10TB format, only 9.1TB was left.

Down to test and contrast:

30G Kingston SSD hard disk ATTO Disk Benchmarks test results:

2TB SSHD Seagate ST2000DX001 hybrid hard disk ATTO Disk Benchmarks test results:

10TB HDD Seagate ST10000DM0004 hard disk ATTO Disk Benchmarks test results:

We can see that Seagate Barracuda 10TB hard drive regardless of read or write speed, victory over the other two hard drives, read and write speed is also very stable, write speed 238MB / s, read speed 245MB / s, the overall performance is good, reached Officially declared speed and stability reliability.

30G Kingston SSD Hard Disk Crystal Disk Mark Test Results:

2TB SSHD Seagate ST2000DX001 Hybrid Hard Disk Crystal Disk Mark Test Results:

10TB HDD Seagate ST10000DM0004 Hard Disk Crystal Disk Mark Test Results:

The Seagate Barracuda 10TB hard drive Crystal Disk Mark test performance is still outstanding, the read speed and write speed is also very stable. Write speed 240MB/s, read speed 220MB/s.

HD Tune Pro information and evaluation:

Seagate Barracuda 10TB hard disk in the WIN7 platform data copy speed is still good, a single large-capacity file from the 2TB of the SSHD transmission to Barracuda 10TB hard drive for the first time speed of 205MB / s. The second 832MB/s, 3.85GB iso file, passed in a few seconds. It's amazing that my cool fish is faster than a high-end SSD. Believe it or not, there are pictures and the truth.

The radiation 4 game contains a lot of size files and folders, from 2TB of SSHD transmission to Barracuda 10TB hard drive speed is also maintained at 183MB/s. The 25.2GB game can be copied within three minutes. The data transmission during the entire process is very stable and there is no speed drop.

Down to the B platform test, after installing the hard disk power, the motherboard also successfully recognized the hard disk.

Everything goes smoothly into the system.

64G Kingston SSD hard disk ATTO Disk Benchmarks test results:

10TB HDD Seagate ST10000DM0004 hard disk ATTO Disk Benchmarks test results:

WIN10 system, Seagate Barracuda 10TB hard disk ATTO Disk Benchmarks write test results slightly less than WIN7, but not much difference. 240MB/s is read and 220MB/s is written.

64G Kingston SSD Hard Disk Crystal Disk Mark Test Results:

10TB HDD Seagate ST10000DM0004 Hard Disk Crystal Disk Mark Test Results:

Seagate Barracuda 10TB hard drive in the WIN10 system, Crystal Disk Mark read speed than the WIN7 system has a certain increase, read and write speeds close to 240MB / s, transmission speed is also very stable, for mechanical hard drives, this speed is very good Now.

HD Tune Pro information and evaluation:

After testing the read and write speeds of the SATA interface, Otellini's USB3.0 hard disk drive is now connected to the mainboard USB3.0 port under the WIN10 system for ATTO Disk Benchmarks and Crystal Disk Mark transfer tests. From the results we can also see Seagate Barracuda 10TB hard drive in the USB3.0 interface transmission speed does not lag too much SATA, which is still very valuable.

Summary articles

In the age of mobile Internet, where data volume has exploded, large-capacity storage has always been the same trend in the market. This Seagrav BarraCuda Pro 10TB mechanical hard drive is currently the largest hard drive in the mainstream consumer market. It uses Seagate's sophisticated design and leading storage technology. It is compatible with PC and MAC. The performance of data transmission and copying under WIN7 and WIN10 systems is similar. This hard drive not only works well, but also 7200 rpm and 256MB large cache make it in the data read and write speed and the use of stability performance is also worth noting, at the same time full load data transmission heat and noise is comparable with the ordinary hard disk, With SSD, the effect is better, and it takes only 8 seconds to boot. In addition, Seagate also provided it with a five-year warranty, and users who purchased it can use it with confidence. It can not only be used in the commercial fields of computing, graphic workstations, etc., but also can be applied to individual user storage expansion and build NAS systems. For professional users, especially in video production, high-definition video, game entertainment, and graphic design, a 10TB hard drive can not only store more data, but also reduce the occupancy of the hard disk drive in the chassis (10TB is better than 33TB, 52TB ), so that the chassis can accommodate more hard drives and environmental protection. Of course, the most important thing is that in order to make big sisters live better, you really need a large-capacity hard drive.

advantage:

1, excellent workmanship, 10TB capacity to meet the needs of enterprises and individuals a large number of data storage.

2, whether built-in or external, hard disk read and write speed performance remarkable. Stable performance, copying multiple size files will not lose speed.

3, five-year warranty to avoid the user to worry about, good compatibility so that PC and MAC can easily use.

Insufficient and Improved: Double screw mounting holes may not be compatible with some chassis hard disk cages.

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