THE IRONWOLF PRO 14TB

Typically we received a bulk version of the new IronWolf Pro 14TB SATA III HDD.

At first glance the IronWolf Pro 14TB looks a lot like its predecessors.

There are some differences however such as the top sticker which in this model includes various information like the serial and part numbers and barcodes, installed firmware version, PSID, factory rollout date (August 11 2018), electrical requirements, contact information and several certification logos.

Turning over the drive we find the usual PCB with all of the components protected on the interior side.

The usual SATA III power and data connectors are located at the rear of the drive right next to three pins probably used for firmware updates.

As you can see from the above picture Seagate moved away from the silver enclosure they used in the previous lines of the Guardian series of HDDs (could be because of the TDMR technology used or due to their upcoming transition to HAMR?).

The PCB at the rear is also smaller and unlike the previous models it has no extra room on the upper right corner (we were hoping that would be used for NAND flash in future models).