WD Red 6TB 3.5 Inch NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM - WD60EFRX

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Do right by your NAS and choose the drive purpose-built for NAS with an array of features to help preserve your data and maintain optimum performance. It is important to choose a drive purpose-built for RAID-optimized NAS systems to ensure optimum performance and preserve your valuable data. In either case, The WD blog advised users they should step up to more expensive models designed for heavier workloads if they have more demanding needs. Tom's Hardware is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher.

I should mention that the array is an 8 x 6TB WE60EFRX in RAIDZ2, that is used as a backup server/media library and file storage in home.The table above lists the WD drives that come with SMR technology and the drives that use the faster conventional magnetic recording (CMR).

It's because any given amount of storage they sell is going to be cheaper to make with SMR as opposed to CMR, regardless if it's 1TB or 8TB, because less material is needed to manufacture it. Please don't send me the USB model name aka enclosure name, I will not be able to tell anything by it.Join the experts who read Tom's Hardware for the inside track on enthusiast PC tech news — and have for over 25 years. WD Red hard drives are designed to perform under tough conditions encountered in high-intensity 24x7 multi-user NAS environments. I actually have a similar problem with a My Cloud EX2 Ultra NAS with drive 2 being (SMART) reported as in impending Fail state. Introducing the innovative Western Digital WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 desktop hard drive, designed to provide unmatched reliability and outstanding performance. All Red Labeled Western Digital are top products for storage/NAS/SAN purposes and this drive is no exception.

If you would like to publish or reproduce any part of this article on the other Internet recourses you would have to get an agreement signed by the author of this article. Stream, backup, share, and organize your digital content at home with a NAS and WD Red™ drives designed to effortlessly share content with the devices in your personal or home office environments. That's a welcome announcement for users who want to make the decision of when, and where, to use SMR drives in their systems and NAS arrays. WD Red hard drives include Rotation Vibration (RV) sensors that anticipate and proactively counteract disturbances caused by increased vibration often found in multi-bay NAS systems.

Since it's so significantly worse than the older model I would claim it's unacceptably slow, which indicate WD have a QA problem. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and get replies from me and other Inner Circle members who are dedicated to helping each other out. They are built to withstand a lot of wear and tear, making them a good choice for long-term storage.