Packed with power to handle the environments of small and medium-sized business NAS and increased workloads for SOHO customers, the WD Red Plus is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as
Packed with power to handle the environments of small and medium-sized business NAS and increased workloads for SOHO customers, the WD Red Plus is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as rebuilding RAID arrays in systems using ZFS and other file systems.
Packed with power to handle the environments of small and medium-sized business NAS and increased workloads for SOHO customers, the WD Red Plus is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as rebuilding RAID arrays in systems using ZFS and other file systems.
Built and tested for NAS systems with up to 8 bays, these drives offer you the flexibility, versatility, and confidence to store and share your valuable files at home and work.
For small or medium businesses
Stream, back up, share, and organize your digital content with a NAS and WD Red Plus drives designed to effortlessly share content with devices in your home or business.
NASware technology increases the compatibility of your drives with your existing network and devices. For larger businesses with up to 24 bays, rely on WD Red™ Pro drives that deliver exceptional performance.
Built for optimal NAS compatibility
WD Red Plus drives with NASware technology take the guesswork out of choosing a drive. Optimized for NAS systems, our unique algorithm balances performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments.
Simply put, a WD Red Plus drive is one of the most compatible drives available for NAS enclosures. But don't just take our word for it. WD Red™ Plus drives are the result of extensive NAS technology partner engagement and compatibility testing.
WD Red Pro for large businesses
If you are looking for heavy-duty performance for NAS, WD Red Pro NAS hard drives provide exceptional performance for medium and large business customers with extreme demands.
For NAS environments with 9 to 24 bays, WD Red Pro units deliver uncompromising performance and unwavering confidence backed by a 5-year limited warranty.
3D Active Balance Plus
The improved dual-stage balance control technology significantly enhances the overall performance and reliability of the motor.
Hard drives that are not properly balanced can cause excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system, reduce the lifespan of the hard drive, and degrade performance over time.
24/7 Environment
Given that the NAS system is always operational, a reliable drive is essential. With an MTBF of up to 1 million hours, the WD Red Plus drive is designed to handle 24x7 environments.
Desktop Drives vs. WD Red Plus
Do the right thing for your NAS and choose the drive that is specifically built for NAS with a range of features that help maintain your data and keep optimal performance. Consider the following when choosing a hard drive for your NAS:
Compatibility: 3.5" HDDs have been specifically tested for compatibility with NAS systems for optimal performance.
Reliability: The always-on environment of a NAS or RAID is hot, and desktop drives are typically not designed and tested under these conditions, unlike WD Red Plus drives.
Error recovery controls: WD Red Plus NAS hard drives are specifically designed with RAID error recovery control to help reduce failures in the NAS system.
Noise and vibration protection: Desktop drives designed to operate alone usually offer little to no protection from the noise and vibration present in a multi-drive system. WD Red Plus drives are designed to thrive in multi-bay NAS system environments.
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A true tireless "porter."
Installed in a Synology NAS with eighteen hours of daily operation (Read/write) in a RAID 1 configuration, it has been functioning very satisfactorily for months and is invisible in terms of problems, malfunctions, and delays.
It seems relatively quiet (perhaps the low rotation speed helps) whether it is idle or writing/reading, but since it operates in an array of six drives, I don't have an opinion on its exact noise level. In any case, it doesn't seem to add noticeable noise to the system.
I recommend it as a NAS drive for managing large volumes of data, primarily consisting of large files.
They are simply unacceptable at WD. I bought it from Plaisio and after 1 month suddenly it asks me to format it, with files for professional use. The disk was replaced. The second time I format it and realize that it was 2TB instead of 4 (it said 4TB on the outside). I took it for replacement and again the same thing. I was probably unlucky and fell into the bad batch.
Excellent disk for NAS, installed 6 in Synology DS1821+ without any issues for a while now. Note, because it was mentioned in the comments and to avoid confusion: The disk is a regular CMR and not SMR as mentioned somewhere. WD also states this in the specs. It fully replaces the EFZX. Only the EFAX is SMR and it is not classified as a Plus.
I have a pair inside NAS. The only thing I have noticed is that they are heard at regular intervals, as if the NAS is accessing something that was not happening with the corresponding 4TB ones that were replaced
Installed in raid ZFS, it is one of the 5 disks in the array. All the other disks are old and simple, not NAS. So it is the only one out of the 5 that shows errors, it needs resilvering at least once every 10 days. Fortunately, no data is lost (yet) and there hasn't been a permanent physical damage to the disk, so I can't even ask for a replacement. It may be more suitable for simple use. Get informed before purchasing it.
Initial impressions: it is difficult to hear it in continuous operation. The temperature remained at 33 C after hours of backup (of course with the help of a fan inside the HDD case). However, I recommend the EFZX series because it is CMR. Due to lower cost, SMR will soon be the only available option. As for reliability, time will tell.
A disk for NAS at a reasonable price.
It is quiet, you can only hear the disks spinning after waking up from standby for 2-3 seconds. Out of the 10 I bought, one arrived dead, but WD replaced it with a new one within 3 days through RMA.
In terms of speed, it's fine for a 5400 RPM with only 128MB. In RAID 5 with 10Gb/s LAN Aggregation, it consistently writes/reads at around 146 MB/s. With SSD cache, it can reach up to 180 MB/s. The temperature ranges from 25 to 35 degrees Celsius, but I haven't tested it without air conditioning during the summer yet.
The only negative thing I noticed is that it takes about four hours to synchronize and build the RAID in NTFS and EXT4. For BTRFS, it took over 8 hours. I don't understand if this happens only during the initial RAID build or if every time a disk needs to be replaced it will take 8+ hours. Because if it really takes 8+ hours, then every replacement will be a heart-stopping moment, fearing that another disk might fail or that the data in the RAID will become unreadable. Despite being CMR.
Now, if someone wants to use BTRFS for RAID, they should be aware, but I guess it could also be an issue with my setup.
Edit: Now that it's summer and I've seen the temperatures, they reach around 48 degrees Celsius without air conditioning in the NAS with the same 10 disks and only the two 90mm fans running.
Edit2: The problem with the slow RAID in BTRFS turned out to be an issue with the NAS, which was resolved after a newer update was released.
In terms of durability, they haven't had any issues for a year now. They don't have problems with bit-rot or producing errors. They work properly in BTRFS with Clone, Snapshots, and Cold Backup.