Product Description

Face the intensity with WD Red™ Plus
Equipped with the power needed to handle NAS environments for small and medium businesses and the increased workloads of home office clients, WD Red™ Plus is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as for rebuilding RAID arrays on systems using ZFS and other file systems. Designed and tested for NAS systems with up to 8 bays, these drives provide the flexibility, versatility, and reliability needed to store and share your important personal and professional files.

For Small and Medium Businesses
Access, back up, share, and organize your digital content using a NAS and WD Red™ Plus drives designed to allow you to easily share content across all devices at home or in your business. NASware™ 3.0 technology enhances your drives' compatibility with your current devices and network. For larger businesses with up to 24 bays, you can rely on WD Red™ Pro drives to deliver exceptional performance.

Exclusive NASware 3.0
Not all hard drives offer the same performance. Benefit from a capacity of up to 112 TB in your 8-bay NAS system. Additionally, with Western Digital's exclusive NASware 3.0 technology, you can optimize each drive. Integrated into every WD Red™ Plus hard drive, the advanced NASware 3.0 technology enhances storage performance by increasing compatibility, integration, upgrade capability, and reliability.

Solution Designed for Maximum Compatibility with NAS Systems
WD Red™ Plus drives equipped with NASware™ technology simplify the selection of a drive. Optimized for NAS systems, our unique algorithm offers the perfect balance between performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. In short, WD Red™ Plus is the hard drive that offers the greatest compatibility with NAS enclosures. But don't just take our word for it. WD Red™ Plus drives reflect the absolute technological commitment of NAS partners and compatibility testing conducted.

WD Red™ Pro for Large Enterprises
If you are looking for a very high level of performance for your NAS, WD Red™ Pro drives offer exceptional capabilities to meet the extreme demands of medium and large businesses. For NAS environments with 9 to 24 bays, WD Red™ Pro drives provide uncompromising performance and unwavering assurance backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

3D Active Balance Plus
Our enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves the overall performance and reliability of the drive. Hard drives that are not properly balanced can cause vibrations and noise in a multi-drive system, reducing their lifespan and degrading their performance over the medium term.

Continuous Operation 24/7
Due to the continuous operation of your NAS system, it is essential to use a reliable drive. With an MTBF of up to one million hours, the WD Red™ Plus drive is designed to withstand environments running 24/7.

Desktop Drives vs. WD Red™ Plus
Make the right choice for your NAS and opt for the drive specifically designed for NAS with features designed to protect your data and ensure maximum performance. When choosing a hard drive for your NAS, you should consider the following points:

- Compatibility: Unlike desktop drives, these drives are specially tested for compatibility with NAS systems and their optimal performance.
- Reliability: NAS or RAID environments running continuously are very demanding, and desktop drives are generally not designed or tested for these conditions, unlike the WD Red™ Plus.
- Error Recovery Commands: WD Red™ Plus NAS hard drives are specially designed with RAID error recovery commands to help reduce NAS system failures.
- Noise and Vibration Protection: Designed to operate alone, desktop hard drives typically have little or no protection against vibrations and are equally susceptible to noise, two factors inherent in multi-drive systems. WD Red™ Plus drives are designed for NAS systems with multiple bays.

Product Features

• Western Digital Red Plus.
• Hard Drive Capacity: 4 TB, Hard Drive Speed: 5400 RPM, Storage Drive Buffer Size: 256 MB, Hard Drive Size: 3.5", Interface: SATA III

Documentation

pdf : OfficeXpress Technical Documentation
pdf : Manufacturer Technical Documentation

Technical specifications