Tack on intensity with WD Red™ Plus
WD Red™ Packed with power to handle the NAS environments of small to medium businesses and the increased workloads1 of small offices and home offices, Plus is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as rebuilding RAID arrays on systems with ZFS and other file systems. Built and tested for NAS systems with up to 8 bays, these drives give you the flexibility, versatility and confidence to store and share your valuable files at home and at work.
For small and medium businesses
Stream, share, organize and backup your digital content using a NAS with WD Red™ Plus drives designed to effortlessly share content across the devices in your home or office. Thanks to the NASware™ 3.0 technology improves the compatibility of your drives with your existing network and devices. Larger companies requiring up to 24 positions can count on WD Red™ Pro drives deliver exceptional performance.
Exclusive NASware 3.0
Not every drive will do. Take advantage of up to 112 TB of capacity in your 8-bay NAS system with Western Digital's exclusive NASware 3.0 technology to optimize every single drive. Advanced NASware 3.0 technology is built into all WD Red™ Plus hard drives and improves storage performance by improving compatibility, integration, upgradeability and reliability.
Built for optimal NAS compatibility
WD Red™ Plus drives with NASware™ technology take the guesswork out of selecting a drive. Our unique algorithm, optimized for NAS systems, provides a good balance between performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. It's very simple: the WD Red™ Plus drive is one of the most compatible drives available for NAS enclosures. However, don't just take our word for it. WD Red™ Plus drives are the result of extensive technology engagement with NAS partners and compatibility testing.
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The WD Red™ Pro for large businesses
If you're looking for top NAS performance, WD Red™ Pro drives exceptional performance for medium and large business customers with extreme demands. For NAS environments with 9 to 24 bays, WD Red™ Pro drives unparalleled performance and unwavering assurance through a five-year limited warranty.
3D Active Balance Plus
Our enhanced dual-plane balance control technology improves the drive's overall performance and reliability. Hard drives that are not properly balanced can cause excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system. This can lead to shorter hard drive life and performance degradation.
24/7 environment
Because your NAS system is always on, a reliable drive is crucial. With an MTBF of up to 1 million hours, the WD Red™ Plus drive intended to handle 24x7 environments.
Top support and a 3-year limited warranty
Upgrade your NAS performance with confidence, with the assurance of a 3-year limited warranty, coupled with world-class support services included with every WD Red™ Plus disk are included.
Desktop drives vs. WD Red™ Plus
Make the right choice for your NAS and choose the drive that is specially built for the NAS with the right features so that your data is well protected and optimal performance is maintained. Consider the following when choosing a hard drive for your NAS:
Compatibility: Unlike desktop drives, these drives have been specifically tested for compatibility and optimal performance in NAS systems.
Reliability: In the always-on environment of a NAS or RAID, drives can become hot and desktop drives are typically not designed or tested under such conditions. WD Red™ Plus discs are.
Error Recovery Check: The WD Red™ Plus NAS hard drives are specially designed with RAID error recovery control to reduce the number of errors in the NAS system.
Noise and vibration protection: Desktop drives are designed to be used one at a time and usually provide little to no protection against the noise and vibration in a system with multiple disks. WD Red™ Plus drives are designed to work optimally in multi-bay NAS environments.
