WD Red NAS hard drives are the essential solution for NAS applications. These drives are cool and quiet, and offer optimum compatibility in 24x7 NAS systems with up to eight bays.
Storage for 1 to 8 bay NAS solutions - WD Red™ is designed specifically for NAS systems that have 1 to 8 drive bays in both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factors. The drives are designed and extensively tested for compatibility in the unique 24x7 operating environment and for the demanding system requirements of home and small office NAS.
NASware grows to 3.0 - WD Red now supports small NAS systems from 1 to 8 bays thanks to NASware 3.0, which further improves drive compatibility and reliability. At 48 TB of potential capacity in an 8 bay system, WD Red expands your NAS experience.
Need help? We offer premium support - Every WD Red hard drive comes with our world-class professional support services including a premium dedicated 24/7 support line (available in English, other regional support hours vary) and a 3-year limited warranty.*
* Support outside of normal business hours is available in English only. Go to http://support.wd.com for further
details.
Enhanced reliability – Your NAS system is always on. A highly reliable drive is essential. With a 35% MTBF improvement over standard desktop drives, the WD Network drives are designed and manufactured to be a more reliable and robust solution for your NAS system.
3D Active Balance Plus – Our enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves the overall drive performance and reliability. Hard drives that are not properly balanced may cause excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system, reduce the hard drive life span, and degrade the performance over time.
Longer warranty coverage –- WD Red NAS hard drives are backed by a 3-year limited warranty for greater peace of mind.
The WD® advantage –- WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for full details.
Business critical RAID environments – Please consider WD NAS Hard Drives for all multi-bay consumer NAS environments. WD Red hard drives for up to 8 bay chassis and WD Red Pro hard drives for 8-16 bay chassis.
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Product Specifications
Average latency: 4.2 ms
Average read seek: n/a:
Battery: No
Cache:
Read: Adaptive
Write : Yes
Buffer: 64 MB
Data transfer rate: 6 Gb/s
Disk Capacity: 1 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB, 4 TB, 5 TB, 6 TB
Drive Bays: 8
Formatted capacity:
1 TB: 1,000,204 MB:
2 TB: 2,000,398 MB:
3 TB: 3,000,592 MB:
4 TB: 4,000,787 MB:
5 TB: 5,000,981 MB:
6TB: 6,001,175 MB:
User sectors per drive:
1 TB: 1,953,525,168:
2 TB: 3,907,029,168:
3 TB: 5,860,533,168:
4 TB: 7,814,037,168:
5 TB: 9,767,541,168:
6TB: 11,721,045,168:
Form factor: 3.5 in:
Bytes per sector (STD): 512:
Dedicated landing zone: Yes:
Actuator latch/auto park: Yes:
Interfaces: SATA 6 Gb/s
Memory: n/a
Processor: n/a
Rotational Speed: IntelliPower:
Tape Drive: n/a
Write Speed: n/a
Product Dimensions
Height : 1.024 in (26.0 mm) maximum
Length : 5.787 in (147.0 mm) maximum
Width: 4.016 in (102 mm)
Weight:
1 TB: 0.99 lb (0.45 kg):
2, 3 TB: 1.41 lb (0.64 kg):
4 TB: 1.50 lb (0.68 kg):
5 TB, 6TB: 1.57 lb (0.71 kg):
Colors available: n/a
Country Code / Origin:Product of Thailand or Product of Malaysia
Environmental Specifications: Operating Temperature: n/a
Non-op Temperature: n/a
Operating relative humidity: n/a
Non-operating relative humidity: n/a
Power Specifications: AC input voltage (AC adapter): n/a
AC input frequency: n/a
Languages for software: n/a
Languages for User Manual: n/a
Licenses Included: n/a
Limited Warranty2:
Pan Am: 3 years
EMEA: 3 years:
Previous Product Model:
Product Name: n/a
Ref Order Number: n/a
Regulatory
NRCAN compliant: n/a
RoHS compliant1: Yes
Software included: n/a