Seagate continues to grow its market presence with the launch of their new SSDs from the famous BarraCuda, FireCuda, and IronWolf product lines. Seagate has finally entered the SSD market with the complete product offerings ranging from entry-level, enthusiasts and server-grade products.
Seagate BarraCuda Mainstream SSD
The Seagate Barracuda SSD lineup is Seagate’s entry-level offering for the mainstream consumers. The Barracuda lineup consists of the BC 110 2.5″ SATA SSD and the BC 510 NVME SSD. The former has capacities of 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB while the faster variant will only be available in 256GB and 512GB flavors. Both the SATA and NVME variants have Seagate’s remarkable 5-year warranty. Seagate’s Rescue Data Recovery service is optional upon purchase.
Seagate FireCuda Enthusiast SSD
The Seagate FireCuda SSD is targeted for the enthusiast gamers with pure performance in mind. The FC 510 M.2 NVMe SSD has sequential read and write speeds of up to 3450 / 3200MB/s. Being the performance drives for gamers, the 510 FireCuda SSD is only available in 1TB and 2TB capacity. The FireCuda SSD is backed up with a 5-year warranty and an optional Rescue Data Recovery purchase.
IronWolf NAS SSD
Seagate recently partnered with Dahua to provide storage solutions for Dahua’s Smart Security Ecosystem. Seagate then continues to strengthen its partnership with NAS providers such as QNAP and Synology by providing their NAS rated IronWolf SSD. The IronWolf IW 110 SSD is rated for a lifetime writes of 1750 TBs, 450TB higher than their enthusiast FC 510 SSD. There are different capacities for the IronWolf IW 110 starting from 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB, and 3.84TB. The IW 110 SSDs are backed with the same 5-year warranty with an included 2-year Rescue Data Recovery service.
Enhanced SeaTools SSD
Much like other SSD offerings, Seagate’s SSD lineup comes with their SeaTools SSD software to provide close monitoring and optimization for their products. The SeaTools SSD software is a dashboard and diagnostic tool to monitor the SSD’s health and improve drive performance via firmware updates and optimizations available on the software. There’s a gaming-themed skin available for the FireCuda series SSDs.
Pricing and Availability
Pricing and Availability of the Seagate SSDs will be announced by partner retailers.