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September 2013
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305 Reviews
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Whisper quiet operation
Even while seeking!
Power sipping thanks to Green pedigree
Outstanding sequential read and write speeds
3Year warranty with 24/7 support hotline
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000 hour MTBF (35% boost over other consumergrade hard drives)
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...
Low power consumption, performance, RAID configuration, 3 years warranty
Slower random access performance
This drive is optimized for use in NAS boxes with 1 to 8 bays. Its firmware, NASware is pre-configured for RAID, which helps configure the drive in any RAID level faster than regular drives. The HDD delivers excellent performance, and clocked 244 MBps re...
NASware 2.0 addresses issues with conventional HDDs, Support for wide variety of RAIDs
Not as fast as some highperformance drives
Whilst you could still use the Western Digital Red NAS drives in your PC, its true worth lies within a network-attached storage device for shared usage with other PCs in the house or the office. Definitely a great choice to go for if your company needs a...
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Published: 2013-12-18, Author: Simon , review by: maxit.com.my
Abstract: Western Digital's internet hard disk drives recently underwent a re-branding exercise. Previously, the company didn't have any drives targeted specifically at the home Network Attached Storage (NAS) segment. It had the desktop Green, Blue and Black series...
Faster NAS performances, Large capacity, Good features
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They're a niche line of hard disk drives, but for the NAS user looking for drives more powerful than the cookie-cutter crowd but also much cheaper than the enterprise class drives, the WD Red would be the glorious third option to be excited about. Faster...
Abstract: WD was put on the spot a couple of months back due to an issue regarding their usage of SMR in some of their drives. To summarize, SMR is found to cause adverse performance on NAS usage particular on RAID rebuilds. A year removed from the issue and WD has...
Good overall performance, Large capacity, NASoriented features
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WD Red 8TB NAS Hard Drive ReviewWe'll be taking a look at the performance of these drives with a NAS in a separate review of the Synology DS415+ but for now let's focus on the raw numbers that still give us a good idea of what we can expect from these WD...
Published: 2014-10-29, Author: Boss , review by: back2gaming.com
Solid performance, Quiet drive, NAS and multidrive optimized, Capacities up to 6TB, 24/7 support, 3 year warranty
Warranty could be longer
If you are looking for high-resilience, low-maintenance, and efficient storage for your network then the WD Red NAS HDDs now come in 5TB to 6TB capacities for your bulk-storage needs...
