There’s a leading edge WD Red drive for every compatible NAS system to help fulfill your data storage needs. With drives up to 10TB, WD Red drives offer a wide array of solutions for customers looking to build a NAS storage solution. Built for single-bay to 8-bay NAS systems, WD Red drives pack the power to store your precious data in one powerhouse unit. With WD Red drives, you’re ready for what’s next.
Product Features
- Specifically designed for use in NAS systems with up to 8 bays
- Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate* |*Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred times (8760 / recorded power on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations
- NASware firmware for compatibility
- Small and home office NAS systems in a 24/7 environment
- 3 years manufacturer’s limited warranty
Drive failed, no customer support I had some experience with WD hard drives before, some of them worked OK, some failed – nothing special, so after reading many reviews I decided to purchase four WD Red 4TB drives for my new Synology NAS from a third party seller with Amazon fulfilled Prime shipping. After receiving the drives I Installed and formatted them without any issues.Sixteen months later one of the drives started failing by showing multiple I/O errors and bad sectors. Well, I thought, this happens, the WD…
Used to like Red drives, not any more I’ve installed a couple dozen of these drives for NAS and other uses. I’ve come to the conclusion that I won’t be buying any more going forward. The first issue is the number of failures. I expected 1 or 2 failures, but I’ve had 5. It’s actually higher than any other product I’ve owned, even the notorious 1.5TB Seagate from back in the day. The next issue is the price. I don’t feel like I’m getting anything special for my money. Finally, I tried to use the web site to do an advanced RMA…
A WARNING If you buy this. Make SURE that when you buy this, it says “Ships from and sold by Amazon.com” or you may have issues getting thestated 5 year warranty.I ordered 2 of these. Came from a 3rd party seller and when I registered the drives with Western Digital, I only got 30 days of Warranty!! So much for those 5yrs.At least the drives did not come dead. I will update this when and if the drives die.