In our media-rich world, storage is in constant demand. Cloud services and video streaming have helped curb the need for huge amounts of local storage, but not everyone has the bandwidth or desire to keep everything on someone else’s computer. Hard drives are still the cheapest option for bulk and infrequent access storage, something Seagate has provided for many years.

A couple of months ago, Seagate updated its range of storage solutions with 12TB drives from its NAS ready IronWolf range, and under review today, Barracuda Pro desktop drives. While IronWolf is meant for RAID-enabled disk controllers due to error correction limits and vibration dampening mechanisms, the Barracuda Pro is about speed for local storage pools on workstations and desktops.