WD Red & Red Pro NAS HDD - Designed and Optimized for NAS Compatibility - WD Red Provides Storage Compatible with Leading NAS Systems WD Red drives are built for up to 8-bay NAS systems, and pack the power to store your precious data in one powerhouse unit. Increase the efficiency and productivity of your business with WD Red Pro drives, available for up to 24-bay NAS systems. - PC drives aren?? t typically tested or designed for the rigors of a NAS system. Do right by your NAS and choose the drive with an array of features to help preserve your data and maintain optimum performance.CompatibleTested with a wide range of NAS systems for optimum performance and compatibilityReliableDesigned to operate in the always-on environment of a NAS or RAID configuration - High Capacity - Capacities up to 14TB allow the flexibility to build the optimal NAS solutionHighlightsBuilt for NAS compatibility - NASware??? 3.0 technology - Engineered to run cool and quiet - Designed for RAID environments - Noise and Vibration Protection - Applications and Workload - Up to 8-bay NAS Systems (WD Red)Medium to Large NAS environments up to 24 bay (WD Red Pro)RAID Configurations - Virtualization
WD Red & Red Pro NAS HDD - Designed and Optimized for NAS Compatibility - WD Red Provides Storage Compatible with Leading NAS Systems WD Red drives are built for up to 8-bay NAS systems, and pack the power to store your precious data in one powerhouse unit. Increase the efficiency and productivity of your business with WD Red Pro drives, available for up to 24-bay NAS systems. - PC drives aren?? t typically tested or designed for the rigors of a NAS system. Do right by your NAS and choose the drive with an array of features to help preserve your data and maintain optimum performance.CompatibleTested with a wide range of NAS systems for optimum performance and compatibilityReliableDesigned to operate in the always-on environment of a NAS or RAID configuration - High Capacity - Capacities up to 14TB allow the flexibility to build the optimal NAS solutionHighlightsBuilt for NAS compatibility - NASware??? 3.0 technology - Engineered to run cool and quiet - Designed for RAID environments - Noise and Vibration Protection - Applications and Workload - Up to 8-bay NAS Systems (WD Red)Medium to Large NAS environments up to 24 bay (WD Red Pro)RAID Configurations - Virtualization
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WD Red & Red Pro NAS HDD - Designed and Optimized for NAS Compatibility - WD Red Provides Storage Compatible with Leading NAS Systems WD Red drives are built for up to 8-bay NAS systems, and pack the power to store your precious data in one powerhouse unit. Increase the efficiency and productivity of your business with WD Red Pro drives, available for up to 24-bay NAS systems. - PC drives aren?? t typically tested or designed for the rigors of a NAS system. Do right by your NAS and choose the drive with an array of features to help preserve your data and maintain optimum performance.CompatibleTested with a wide range of NAS systems for optimum performance and compatibilityReliableDesigned to operate in the always-on environment of a NAS or RAID configuration - High Capacity - Capacities up to 14TB allow the flexibility to build the optimal NAS solutionHighlightsBuilt for NAS compatibility - NASware??? 3.0 technology - Engineered to run cool and quiet - Designed for RAID environments - Noise and Vibration Protection - Applications and Workload - Up to 8-bay NAS Systems (WD Red)Medium to Large NAS environments up to 24 bay (WD Red Pro)RAID Configurations - Virtualization
WD Red & Red Pro NAS HDD - Designed and Optimized for NAS Compatibility - WD Red Provides Storage Compatible with Leading NAS Systems WD Red drives are built for up to 8-bay NAS systems, and pack the power to store your precious data in one powerhouse unit. Increase the efficiency and productivity of your business with WD Red Pro drives, available for up to 24-bay NAS systems. - PC drives aren?? t typically tested or designed for the rigors of a NAS system. Do right by your NAS and choose the drive with an array of features to help preserve your data and maintain optimum performance.CompatibleTested with a wide range of NAS systems for optimum performance and compatibilityReliableDesigned to operate in the always-on environment of a NAS or RAID configuration - High Capacity - Capacities up to 14TB allow the flexibility to build the optimal NAS solutionHighlightsBuilt for NAS compatibility - NASware??? 3.0 technology - Engineered to run cool and quiet - Designed for RAID environments - Noise and Vibration Protection - Applications and Workload - Up to 8-bay NAS Systems (WD Red)Medium to Large NAS environments up to 24 bay (WD Red Pro)RAID Configurations - Virtualization
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Western Digital Wd Red Pro 12 Tb 3.5' Nas Hdd Sata3 7200 Rpm 256 Mb Cache 24x7 300 Tbw ~24 Bays Na Sware 3.0 Cmr Tech 5yrs Wty
Delivery $20
Western Digital WD Red Pro 12TB 3.5' NAS HDD SATA3 7200RPM 256MB Cache 24x7 300TBW ~24-bays NASware 3.0 CMR Tech 5yrs wty
Delivery $7.95
Western Digital WD Red Pro 12TB 3.5' NAS HDD SATA3 7200RPM 256MB Cache 24x7 300TBW ~24-bays NASware 3.0 CMR Tech 5yrs wty
Free delivery between 14–18 May
Western Digital WD Red Pro 12TB 3.5" NAS HDD SATA3 7200RPM 256MB Cache 24x7 NASware 3.0 CMR Tech 5yrs wty | Torstar
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Bought 4 additional 18TB drives which were delivered quickly by UPS. All the drives worked with no issues. These drives were added to a ZFS raidz2 pool no issues and during the scrub and smart tests they were all in great working condition. Fast reads and writes of the data on the server. I Would recommend these for NAS!I did a large amount of research online before purchasing these for my NAS server. These drives are recommended for NAS in large arrays which was a key selling point.
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I would like to start by saying that i have always found WD products to be top quality. I have decided that I need a personal cloud service and started by purchasing a small NAS enclosure with some drives. My first two WD drives came from a retailer online. I had a not so good experience with them and decided to cut out the middle man and go to the manufacturer site. This afforded me the pleasure of lower cost. The WD drives i purchased perform just as they should and that is a positive. The sigular negative that i have is the shipping time. I was anxious to have the drives here quickly so i payed for two day delivery, 10 days later they arrived. Thia does not sour me with buying from the WD store in the future, it is just annoying.
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I have an older WD External RAID drive it worked well for 6 years and one drive failed. Replaced with a like model off Amazon, the 2nd shorty failed, replaced it too. One of the replacements died shortly; that when I found it had never been used but was mfg 6 years previously; new but not new and no one would honor the "warranty".This drive was ordered with the hope it would work in the 6 year old RAiD setup. I inserted it into the drive, and it started rebuilding to match the other drive without me having to do anything more. A couple of days later the 4TB of photo files was duplicated, I am very satisfied. I'm a retired engineer, but don't have a computer background, but the description provided by B&H gave me the confidence to give it a try, I'll order a 2nd ... MoreI have an older WD External RAID drive it worked well for 6 years and one drive failed. Replaced with a like model off Amazon, the 2nd shorty failed, replaced it too. One of the replacements died shortly; that when I found it had never been used but was mfg 6 years previously; new but not new and no one would honor the "warranty".This drive was ordered with the hope it would work in the 6 year old RAiD setup. I inserted it into the drive, and it started rebuilding to match the other drive without me having to do anything more. A couple of days later the 4TB of photo files was duplicated, I am very satisfied. I'm a retired engineer, but don't have a computer background, but the description provided by B&H gave me the confidence to give it a try, I'll order a 2nd one to replace the other new but old drive too!
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Western Digital Wd Red Pro 12 Tb 3.5' Nas Hdd Sata3 7200 Rpm 256 Mb Cache 24x7 300 Tbw ~24 Bays Na Sware 3.0 Cmr Tech 5yrs Wty
Delivery $20
Western Digital WD Red Pro 12TB 3.5' NAS HDD SATA3 7200RPM 256MB Cache 24x7 300TBW ~24-bays NASware 3.0 CMR Tech 5yrs wty
Delivery $7.95
Western Digital WD Red Pro 12TB 3.5' NAS HDD SATA3 7200RPM 256MB Cache 24x7 300TBW ~24-bays NASware 3.0 CMR Tech 5yrs wty
Free delivery between 14–18 May
Western Digital WD Red Pro 12TB 3.5" NAS HDD SATA3 7200RPM 256MB Cache 24x7 NASware 3.0 CMR Tech 5yrs wty | Torstar
Bought 4 additional 18TB drives which were delivered quickly by UPS. All the drives worked with no issues. These drives were added to a ZFS raidz2 pool no issues and during the scrub and smart tests they were all in great working condition. Fast reads and writes of the data on the server. I Would recommend these for NAS!I did a large amount of research online before purchasing these for my NAS server. These drives are recommended for NAS in large arrays which was a key selling point.
I would like to start by saying that i have always found WD products to be top quality. I have decided that I need a personal cloud service and started by purchasing a small NAS enclosure with some drives. My first two WD drives came from a retailer online. I had a not so good experience with them and decided to cut out the middle man and go to the manufacturer site. This afforded me the pleasure of lower cost. The WD drives i purchased perform just as they should and that is a positive. The sigular negative that i have is the shipping time. I was anxious to have the drives here quickly so i payed for two day delivery, 10 days later they arrived. Thia does not sour me with buying from the WD store in the future, it is just annoying.
I have an older WD External RAID drive it worked well for 6 years and one drive failed. Replaced with a like model off Amazon, the 2nd shorty failed, replaced it too. One of the replacements died shortly; that when I found it had never been used but was mfg 6 years previously; new but not new and no one would honor the "warranty".This drive was ordered with the hope it would work in the 6 year old RAiD setup. I inserted it into the drive, and it started rebuilding to match the other drive without me having to do anything more. A couple of days later the 4TB of photo files was duplicated, I am very satisfied. I'm a retired engineer, but don't have a computer background, but the description provided by B&H gave me the confidence to give it a try, I'll order a 2nd ... MoreI have an older WD External RAID drive it worked well for 6 years and one drive failed. Replaced with a like model off Amazon, the 2nd shorty failed, replaced it too. One of the replacements died shortly; that when I found it had never been used but was mfg 6 years previously; new but not new and no one would honor the "warranty".This drive was ordered with the hope it would work in the 6 year old RAiD setup. I inserted it into the drive, and it started rebuilding to match the other drive without me having to do anything more. A couple of days later the 4TB of photo files was duplicated, I am very satisfied. I'm a retired engineer, but don't have a computer background, but the description provided by B&H gave me the confidence to give it a try, I'll order a 2nd one to replace the other new but old drive too!
I got these because they should be the best possible drive for My Cloud Expert Series EX2 Ultra, it came with two 4TB Red drives at 5400 RPM, absolutely silent but not the fastest. So based on the capacity, speed, and CRM vs SRM I was sold and these were on sale for 200 or so. Got the drives and removed one of the 4TB drives and rebuilt the RAID1 mirror. I quickly noticed how much louder the pro drive was than the regular and that it had almost a rythmic thud, made me think click of death. Kept moving forward hoping it was something about the RAID build process. Replaced the other 4tb with the second 12tb, expanded the drive and I had a 12tb mirror just like I wanted. Extreemly fast in comparison with the 4TB WD Red drives but was hot and extremely loud, across the ... MoreI got these because they should be the best possible drive for My Cloud Expert Series EX2 Ultra, it came with two 4TB Red drives at 5400 RPM, absolutely silent but not the fastest. So based on the capacity, speed, and CRM vs SRM I was sold and these were on sale for 200 or so. Got the drives and removed one of the 4TB drives and rebuilt the RAID1 mirror. I quickly noticed how much louder the pro drive was than the regular and that it had almost a rythmic thud, made me think click of death. Kept moving forward hoping it was something about the RAID build process. Replaced the other 4tb with the second 12tb, expanded the drive and I had a 12tb mirror just like I wanted. Extreemly fast in comparison with the 4TB WD Red drives but was hot and extremely loud, across the room loud. Lived with it for a week and decided that I deserver better for what I pay. Initiated a return and picked up two 12tb Red Plus drives, these are almost as good but dead slient in my NAS. They are not as responsive or do not move as much data but the are certainly an upgrade from the 4tb WD Red that the NAS came with and to be honest they were not bad either, just lower capacity and a bit slower. Disappointed as I really wanted to Red Pro drives but simply could not deal with the noise they made nor the risk to may data.
Over my 20+ year IT career I can say this has been the worst drive for reliability, specifically the WD Red Pro 8TB model (WD8003FFBX). I configured 8 of these behind a hardware RAID card under RedHat Linux, and they periodically eject themselves from the RAID as "missing". Re-scanning brings them back, but only temporarily. I have done several RMAs on these with no improvements, one RMA arriving with bad sector geometry (not sure how this would get past QA).I have tried a total of 3 separate hardware RAID cards (however, each Adaptec). I have tried them with the quasi-mobo RAID, and Linux software RAID. All eventually failing during load-testing (speed, however, is great).Testing them outside of a RAID, as individual drives, they work great. So there's ... MoreOver my 20+ year IT career I can say this has been the worst drive for reliability, specifically the WD Red Pro 8TB model (WD8003FFBX). I configured 8 of these behind a hardware RAID card under RedHat Linux, and they periodically eject themselves from the RAID as "missing". Re-scanning brings them back, but only temporarily. I have done several RMAs on these with no improvements, one RMA arriving with bad sector geometry (not sure how this would get past QA).I have tried a total of 3 separate hardware RAID cards (however, each Adaptec). I have tried them with the quasi-mobo RAID, and Linux software RAID. All eventually failing during load-testing (speed, however, is great).Testing them outside of a RAID, as individual drives, they work great. So there's something odd with them in a RAID in my experience. Beware of this product line if this is your use case (RAID under Linux).
Purchased 4 WD Red Pro NAS drives for MyCloud Pro. 1 of the drives out of the box wouldn't load. Easy replacement, right? No.....WD process was not clear and it took 2 weeks to get an RMA approved (even though I sent the damaged drive back and received in 3 days). Terrible customer service. I couldn't fire up the new MyCloud and delayed my project for 2.5 weeks.....unreal. 1 WD rep told me it's faster to purchase another drive instead of going RMA. Clean up the DOA for your customers---they should have priority!
This has always been my go-tobrand. After the trouble I am experiencing I am rethinking that. I purchased 4of these for a QNap NAS after less than one year three of the drives havefailed, one of them was even a replacement that I ordered in March of thisyear. When you count on your backups tobe available this is unacceptable. Then just trying to get replacement RMA'swhat a pain! I ended up ordering three additional drives as I can't be downwhile I wait to get the replacements to keep my NAS running but may justreplace them all and start over with another brand. I am very disappointed in WD Red Pro drivesright now.
This has always been my go-tobrand. After the trouble I am experiencing I am rethinking that. I purchased 4of these for a QNap NAS after less than one year three of the drives havefailed, one of them was even a replacement that I ordered in March of thisyear. When you count on your backups tobe available this is unacceptable. Then just trying to get replacement RMA'swhat a pain! I ended up ordering three additional drives as I can't be downwhile I wait to get the replacements to keep my NAS running but may justreplace them all and start over with another brand. I am very disappointed in WD Red Pro drivesright now.
I can't put in words how great these Red Pro drives are. This is my second Red Pro drive adding to my Alienware R8. I have been building my home library for streaming. My friends were all saying to get a Synology NAS system but I had a perfectly good R8 that I wasn't using for gaming or anything so I thought why not use it. The area I live in (near Chattanooga, TN) is where the EPB Electrical Utility has the GIG Fiber available to all of it's customers. I know my i9 processor might be overkill but these drives are awesome. The Plex software has not had 1 glitch in retrieving anything on my library. I have put this thing to the test with multiple streams and the drives have been flawless!
I love WD's higher end drives like the Blacks, Reds, and Purples (Greens and Blues are garbage). I pretty much use WD exclusively, except for SSD which I prefer Samsung Evo's . I have 2 Synology NAS' with WD Reds in Raid 5 arrays (4 drives each). one drive starts to die approximately every 3 years (IO errors with a few bad sectors). I just configured a new Synology RS820+ in raid 10 w/(4) 4tb WD Red pro drives. No problems at all. The drives were shipped in OEM boxes, within a bigger box. All nice and tidy. I then ordered another drive, as a spare, which was also nicely packaged. I went with red pro over regular red for the higher cache.
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