WD Red™ for NAS – Now More Choices for Customers
As the range of use cases for NAS has become increasingly diverse, we have now made it easier for users to match the right drive with their applications and workloads – from moderate small office/home office (SOHO) workloads to intensive small- and medium-business (SMB) use, as well as more demanding environments.
The New WD Red™ HDD Family
WD Red™
(SMR) is the main stream option for Personal/Home Office applications with light to moderate workloads and extended idle time.
WD Red™ Plus
(CMR) addresses the higher workload requirements of the Small Office and Medium Business user and meets the need of the ZFS community.
WD Red™ Pro
(CMR) is our performance solution for the higher bay-counts of intensive business workloads.
2 to 6TB
SMR
Home/Small Office
1 to 8 bay
5400 RPM
3 Year Warranty
1 to 14TB
CMR
Small & Medium Business
1 to 8 bay
5400 RPM
3 Year Warranty
2 to 18TB
CMR
Intensive Workloads
8 to 24 bay
7200 RPM
5 Year Warranty
Specifications
| WD Red™ | WD Red™ Plus | WD Red™ Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPACITY | 2, 3, 4, 6TB | 1 to 14TB | 2 to 18TB |
| Cache (up to) | 256MB | 512MB | 512MB |
| Interface | SATA – 6Gb/s | SATA – 6Gb/s | SATA – 6Gb/s |
| Recording Tech | SMR | CMR | CMR |
| Workload | 180TB/year Workload | 180TB/year Workload | 300TB/year Workload |
| Transfer Rate (up to) | 180MB/s | 215MB/s | 255MB/s |
| RPM | 5400 | 5400 | 7200 |
| MTBF Hours/Uber | 1 Million/ < 10 in 1014 | 1 Million/ < 10 in 1014 | 1 Million/ < 10 in 1014 |
| WARRANTY | 3 Year Warranty | 3 Year Warranty | 5 Year Warranty |
