WD Red Plus NAS SATA Hard Drives
Transforming NAS Storage Unlock unparalleled NAS potential with WD Red Plus. Tailored for the modern digital workspace, it is adept at fulfilling the requirements of...
Transforming NAS Storage
Unlock unparalleled NAS potential with WD Red Plus. Tailored for the modern digital workspace, it is adept at fulfilling the requirements of both home offices and medium-sized businesses. The drive boasts an impressive spectrum for NAS systems with up to 8 bays, making it indispensable for safeguarding, archiving, and distributing vital data. The essence of WD Red Plus lies in its adaptability, assuring you of reliability and performance for your crucial files.
Key Features
Tailored for Businesses
- WD Red Plus emerges as the answer to the increasing data storage and protection needs of businesses. For NAS setups encompassing up to 8 bays, it promises impeccable speed, vast capacity, and steadfast assurance, all bolstered by a 3-year limited warranty³.
For the Home and the Professional
- Be it high-definition multimedia for power users or the multitude of electronic documents in home offices, WD Red Plus stands ready. It facilitates easy organization, protection, and dissemination of digital content.
NASware™ - A Leap in Firmware Technology
- At the core of every WD Red hard drive lies the pioneering firmware - NASware™. This breakthrough technology amplifies your NAS system's capabilities, enhancing performance, compatibility, upgradeability, and dependability. NASware assures a smooth integration process, fortified data security, and peak performance under intensive conditions.
Unrivalled NAS Compatibility
- WD Red hard drives are champions of compatibility, aligning perfectly with an array of NAS enclosures. Their vast adaptability is a testament to Western Digital's deep-rooted engagement with NAS technology partners and exhaustive compatibility assessments.
3D Active Balance Plus
- Leveraging advanced dual-plane balance control, this feature considerably uplifts the drive's performance and dependability metrics. Unbalanced drives can induce undue vibration and noise in multi-drive systems, compromising the drive's longevity and consistent performance. WD Red ensures that these issues remain a thing of the past.
Engineered for 24/7 Operations
- With NAS systems perpetually active, the need for a reliable drive is paramount. Boasting an MTBF of a staggering 1 million hours³, WD Red hard drives are forged to shoulder demanding workloads in uninterrupted NAS scenarios.
World-Class Assurance
- Western Digital, a trailblazer in hard drive manufacturing, backs its NAS solutions with a robust 3-year limited warranty³, complemented by top-tier support services.
Product Highlights
- Versatile Capacities: Ranging from 1-14TB1, catering to NAS systems with up to 8 bays.
- Workload Prowess: Supports a substantial workload rate of up to 180TB/year².
- NASware™ Excellence: Advanced firmware ensuring unmatched compatibility.
- 24/7 Dependability: Crafted for business-grade NAS systems in continuous operation.
- Warranty: A 3-year limited warranty³ underlines our commitment.
WD Red vs Desktop Drives
When opting for a NAS drive, it's imperative to prioritize features that ensure data preservation and optimal performance. Here's why WD Red drives outshine conventional desktop drives:
- Compatibility: Exclusively tested for NAS systems, WD Red drives ensure peak performance, unlike regular desktop drives.
- Endurance: Desktop drives, not engineered for 24/7 NAS operations, pale in comparison to the resilience of WD Red NAS drives, tested under stringent conditions.
- Error Recovery: With an inbuilt RAID error recovery mechanism, WD Red drives minimize NAS system failures.
- Noise and Vibration Mitigation: While desktop drives are often ill-equipped to handle the acoustics and vibrations in multi-drive setups, WD Red drives excel in multi-bay NAS environments.
Features | Specification |
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Ideal Use Cases | Home Offices, Power Users, SMBs, Consumer/Commercial NAS systems |
Optimization | RAID-optimized NAS systems with up to 8 bays |
Rated Workload & MTBF | 180TB/year workload, 1M hours MTBF |
Capacity | 1TB-14TB |
Form Factor | 3.5-Inch |
Connector | SATA |
Compatibility | RAID-optimized NAS systems with up to 8 bays |
Interface | SATA |
Transfer Rate | up to 150MB/s-210MB/s |
Disk Speed (RPM) | 5400 RPM-7200 RPM |
Recording Technology | CMR |
Cache Size | 64MB-512MB |
Warranty | 3-Year Limited Warranty |
Dimensions (L x W x H) | 146.99mm x 101.6mm x 26.11mm |
Weight | 450gms-690gms |
Operating Temperature | 0°C to 65°C |
Non-Operating Temperature | -40°C to 70°C |
Certifications | BSMI, ICES-003/NMB-003, CE, FCC, KC, Maghreb, RCM, UKCA, VCCI, CB-Scheme, TUV, UL |
Product Variants:
Capacity & Cache Size | Product Model |
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1TB , 64MB | WD10EFRX |
2TB , 64MB | WD20EFPX |
2TB , 128MB | WD20EFZX |
3TB , 256MB | WD30EFPX |
3TB , 128MB | WD30EFZX |
4TB , 256MB | WD40EFPX |
4TB , 128MB | WD40EFZX |
6TB , 256MB | WD60EFPX |
6TB , 128MB | WD60EFZX |
8TB , 256MB | WD80EFBX |
8TB , 128MB | WD80EFZZ |
10TB , 256MB | WD101EFBX |
12TB , 256MB | WD120EFBX |
14TB , 512MB | WD140EFGX |
Size |
1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB, 12TB, 14TB |
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