CEO Today Magazine April 2019 Edition

2 3 4 Seagate Ironwolf Pro HDD Seagate LaCie d2 SSD SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD Upping the mass storage game and frankly changing the game, Seagate have been a leading brand of hard drives for many years. For larger data storage, seamless network processing and very fast read/ write speeds, Seagate offers several great drives. Today we took a look at the Seagate Ironwolf Pro HDD, a large storage hard drive with massive potential, a professional corporate look, and enough storage power to keep you going a whole decade or more. This is for any CEO that handles large files, big data transfers or videos and photos in large quantities. In addition to being a standalone drive, the Ironwolf is also available as a NAS drive. For those who run a large company that utilises stored data daily, or shares critical data between devices in large quantities, a NAS system is ideal. It allows you, your clients, colleagues or employees to all access data from a centralised system, with back-up functions included. NAS systems are like a private cloud right in the office: they’re scalable, fast and less expensive in the long run. We don’t have a NAS system to test out but can assure the Ironwolf, which also comes in the Pro range, is a workhorse mass storage device, whether in the network function or as a standalone drive. It’s huge, it’s faster than most standard HDDs, and includes data recovery systems which when it comes to avoiding data loss, is absolutely key for any CEO. When it comes to SSDs, data can be stored for performance purposes. This means faster access, with higher read and write speeds. This of course will depends on your internal SSDs ability to process data too, but most CEOs have top of the line laptops or desktop computers these days, all of which have pretty fast internal drives. When you mix mass storage with high speed performance SSDs, you get the Seagate LaCie d2 SSD. Designed to perfectly complement SSD-based laptops and all-in-one computers, the d2 massively expands your capacity for professional bandwidth-intensive creative applications. It’s made for CEOs that have a creative flair, and work with large photo and video files, in large quantities. We reviewed the d2 personally, and find that the speed to storage ratio is more than satisfactory. Though the device isn’t portable, and you won’t find a portable device with such capabilities currently on the market, it looks great on my desktop and integrates seamlessly with my workstation. It’s more than fast enough for the work I need to do day to day and has more than enough space for all my files and its backup function. If on the other hand you’re after something portable but still as fast as the above SSD, the SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD could do you just right. It’s specifically designed to suit creatives on the go, but actually favours portable storage at high speed for anyone, especially a CEO that needs to get his or her work done fast. No more waiting for files to download… within just a few minutes it’s done. Reaching speeds of up to 550 MB/s, this is no toy, and although capacity only extends to 2Tb, it is pocket size, durable and even has a space to link it to your backpack. Sandisk also has the portable Sandisk Extreme 900 SSD, which though being a little larger, reaches speeds of up to 850 MB/s if that’s what you’re after. We didn’t get to try either of these, so I can’t vouch for the quality, but from the specs, this should allow you to transfer a 4k movie or company promo within seconds. Top Speeds: 250 MB/s Top Capacity: 12TB Connection: SATA / NAS Top Speeds: 250 MB/s Top Capacity: 10TB Connection: USB 3 / Thunderbolt 3 Top Speeds: 550 MB/s Top Capacity: 2TB Connection: USB 3 / Thunderbolt 3