My Dad and I got an unexpected surprise after our last video: 64 terabytes of IronWolf Pro hard drives for the radio studio's NAS! Watch as we install them and compare the old 4 TB IronWolf drives. Are the Pro drives worth the price?

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Mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links):

- IronWolf 4TB HDD: https://amzn.to/3EyyWAO
- IronWolf Pro 16TB HDD: https://amzn.to/3rIHi3I
- ASUSTOR Lockerstor 4RS: https://amzn.to/3rJp0iC
- Unitek Powered SATA USB 3.0 Adapter: https://amzn.to/3v48yM2
- Blackmagic Disk Speed Test: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blackma...
- Level1Techs 'Hardware Raid is Dead' video:    • Hardware Raid is Dead and is a Bad Id...  

Contents:

00:00 - 16 to 64 Terabytes
00:54 - We'll do it live!
02:27 - IronWolf Pro vs IronWolf
05:03 - Change of plans: BTRFS
06:30 - Change of plans: Back to Raid 10
07:04 - File copy tests
08:13 - SMB Multichannel
08:53 - Feels pretty good

Writing, Cameras, and Recording: Jeff Geerling
Edited by: Stephanie Mueller