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September 2013
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305 Reviews
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6TB Capacity
24/7/365 certified with 3-year warranty
Low price per GB of storage
Reduced running cost through lower electrics bill
Reduced hardware purchase needs due to available disk size per bay
Up to 10TB capacity options
Low noise and power consumption
Good endurance
Fair pricing
Good performance
Up to 10TB capacity (8TB tested today)
Suited for multi-bay enclosures
24/7 usage certified
Low noise thanks to the 5400RPM class
Great performance
Plentiful capacity
Much more affordable than enterprise 6TB disks
Good speeds
Despite the spec
Good reliability
Huge capacity
Low power consumption
Quiet
Fantastic design
I personally love the WD colour schemes
Great performance for a 5400RPM drive
Low power
Designed for 24/7 use in a file server
NAS or for even home use
Available in capacities up to 6TB
3year warranty on retail samples (nonOEM)
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Specially engineered for NAS
Three models from 1TB to 3TB
Improves NAS read and write speeds
Balance Plus tech may boost reliability
The editors didn't like
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Neutral
Weighs 725 grams
“The WD RED 3.5″ 6TB drive blasted almost any other SATA drive away that we’ve tested prior. The great speeds
Enormous capacity
And cheap price per GB makes it a winner in every way.”
Western Digital 3.5″ Red 6TB NAS Ha
Not as fast as 7200 RPM drives
5400 RPM spindle speed
“Western Digital continues to develop and improve their WD Red drives. The 10TB version I tested today is a perfect example
A solid SOHO NAS drive that is silent and efficient.”
WD Red 10T
Not as fast as 7200RPM drives
“Western Digital’s WD Red are proven drives which will serve you well any day. The 8TB model I tested today is no different.”
Western Digital WD RED 8TB NAS HDD Review
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Western Digital
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Not the absolute fastest disk performance
Early firmware misconfiguration
No RV sensor
Toshiba's N300 drives are bettervalue in some cases
Abstract: Western Digital has made its line-up of hard disk nice and easy to understand. Caviar Black are the fast, high-end disks for those that want high performance. Caviar Blue are the mid-range disks, and Caviar Green disks are optimised for low energy consu...
Specially engineered for NAS, Three models from 1TB to 3TB, Improves NAS read and write speeds, Balance Plus tech may boost reliability
The drives demand a small premium, Maybe not for SMBs with light NAS use
For small businesses and power users who have heavy dependence on a NAS device, particularly for those using a NAS that's regularly getting a lot of data written to it, the Western Digital Red line is a good investment, and worth the slight premium. Publ...
Abstract: Western Digital just launched its new Red family of mechanical hard drives, optimized specifically for home and small office/home office (SOHO) network-attached storage devices. The company sent its 2 and 3 TB models for us to benchmark and review. Whe...
Published: 2018-04-02, Author: Bình , review by: topnewreview.com
Abstract: WD's HelioSeal allows for higher capacity drives in the same form factor while improving overall drive performance and reliability.In the pursuit of data redundancy and backups, the argument for more space is always a compelling one. However, not ev...
Published: 2018-02-27, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
Excellent price point for this capacity, High mixed sequential workload performance, Low heat, Low noise
Weak random performance
The 8TB Red costs just over $100 less than the 10TB model and delivers only slightly less performance. The drive delivers an excellent cost-to-capacity ratio and is the model we would choose to build a new dense server. The new Helium-filled models al...
We put this together due to the solid performance we are seeing with our HomeServer project. We had a fair idea on how this drive would perform, we tested extensively prior to deciding on the RAID configuration. We wanted to run through a dedicated review...
Published: 2017-08-30, Author: Dr. , review by: techarp.com
This is our second review of a helium-filled hard disk drive (after the 8TB WD Gold), and we continue to be impressed. Even from its specifications alone, we can already see a significant reduction in power consumption and noise levels. These are not mino...
Published: 2016-10-09, Author: Tomas , review by: hw4all.com
Two of the most interesting hard drive in our tests – Seagate Ironwolf / NAS 8TB (ST8000VN0002) and Western Digital Red 8TB (WD80EFZX). First released performance and a good set of features for high-end NAS. WD Red 8TB also provides good performance, but...
