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The Seagate drives here

On the NAS shelf, the IronWolf 4 TB and 8 TB and the IronWolf Pro 14 TB; on the internal shelf, the FireCuda 4 TB and the BarraCuda 8 TB; and the Expansion 6 TB desktop drive.

Warranty and recovery, written down

The IronWolf Pro states five years of warranty with three years of Rescue data recovery, a 300 TB a year workload, 1.2 million hours MTBF and a 24-bay ceiling, and on October 26, 2026 it was the cheapest terabyte among the new NAS drives. The FireCuda states five years plus Rescue, CMR, 7200 rpm and 255 MB/s. The IronWolf 4 TB states three years plus Rescue.

Where the pages go quiet

The IronWolf 8 TB names no warranty term; the IronWolf Pro prints no rotational speed. The BarraCuda gives 190 MB/s sustained and its packaging — a bare drive in an anti-static bag — and no rpm, cache or warranty. The Expansion puts its dimensions in the title and calls itself a desktop drive in one line and portable in another.

Every Seagate unit reviewed here

What each Seagate review concluded

  • Seagate IronWolf Pro 14 TB — The drive this shelf points at: the largest capacity, the longest warranty, the highest bay ceiling and the cheapest terabyte among the new drives here.
  • Seagate IronWolf 8 TB — A well-titled 8 TB drive — CMR, 7200 rpm, 256 MB, 210 MB/s and a temperature range — that leaves out the warranty.
  • Seagate FireCuda 4 TB CMR hard drive — The best-published drive on this shelf, and the one that answers the question the others avoid: CMR, in the title.
  • Seagate IronWolf 4 TB (ST4000VN006) — A plain, fully titled 4 TB NAS drive — CMR, 5400 rpm, 64 MB — with the warranty and recovery service written down.
  • Seagate BarraCuda 8 TB — Eight terabytes at the lowest price per terabyte on this shelf on October 26, 2026, with the one number that describes performance rather than implying it — 190 MB/s sustained.
  • Seagate Portable 4 TB external drive — A straightforward 4 TB portable drive: bus-powered, cable included, a year of data recovery, Windows and Mac.
  • Seagate 6 TB desktop — Six terabytes at the lowest price per terabyte on this shelf on October 26, 2026, with the dimensions in the title and the power supply in the box.

Every price named in a summary was read on the date that review carries. What a shop asks today is shown beside the product, and it moves.