Seagate 600 Pro Series SSD SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Massive overprovisioning for enterprise/workstation performance.
Five year warranty.
Same great performance as the consumer level 600.

Cons:

Expensive.
Barebones/no software.

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Last revision on April 1, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Massive overprovisioning for enterprise/workstation performance
Five year warranty
Same great performance as the consumer level 600
But you get enhanced durability and Power Loss Protection
>500mb/s read speeds
Large storage capacity

Reviewers Didn't Like

Expensive
Barebones/no software
Doesn't match speeds of top solutions from Samsung, Micron or OCZ

Expert reviews and ratings

So, should you consider the Seagate 600 Pro? It's fairly clear that this drive is aimed mostly at enterprise and workstation customers where its features, including the massive overprovisioning, will be well received. The 400GB 600 Pro is priced at...

By IT Pro Portal on December 12, 2013

The Seagate 600 Pro is a workstation product aimed at workstation users. If you're in that category, give it a...

By PC Mag on November 12, 2013

Hard drive manufacturers Seagate and WD own the lion's share of the hard drive market, but they cannot ignore the rise of SSD technology. This puts them in an unusual position when it comes to developing SSD, as they have a massive stack of hard drive...

By micromart.co.uk on August 07, 2013

The Seagate 600 Pro SSD is an excellent drive that offers consistent performance across different workloads, and excels in high queue depths. For its performance, it earns the Bjorn3D Golden Bear Award....

By bjorn3d.com on July 17, 2013

It took them long enough, but with patience and meticulous care, Seagate has finally taken a serious dive into the well-established solid state storage drive market with the 600 series. We took a good look at the consumer level 600 240gb rendition. It...

By GadgetReview on June 18, 2013

While SLC NAND based SSDs are still a dominant force in enterprise SSD deployments, I think it's become quite clear over the past few years that MLC has a place in the enterprise as well. There are millions of web servers, file servers, database servers...

By custompcreview.com on January 03, 2014

Seagate’s push into the SSD market took time and some learning experiences but the 600 Pro series is both unique and well positioned to become a dominating presence. The main reason for this is simple: it has a potent amalgamation of price,...

By Hardware Canucks on August 22, 2013

This is the exact same conclusion we arrived at with our single drive review and we feel exactly the same about our 2 drive array. It’s pretty hard to quantify things like endurance and quality of build when testing an arrays performance. Endurance...

By Real World Labs on July 06, 2013

It’s pretty hard to quantify things like endurance and quality of build when testing a drives performance. Endurance ratings speak directly to the quality of the drives components and programming. The Seagate 600 Pro 400GB is rated for 1080 Terabytes...

By Real World Labs on July 02, 2013

The Seagate 600 is a solid drive based on the LAMD LM87800 controller with consistent performance, competitive pricing, and a brand consumers know very...

By Legit Reviews on June 06, 2013

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