WD 2TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD (Retail)
$70.87
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Description
Designed with SMB customers in mind, the 2TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD from WD is well-suited for medium to large-scale NAS environments with up to sixteen 3.5" drive bays. Engineered to handle increased workloads, this 2TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 64MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, which all help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a sustained rate of up to 164 MB/s. This drive also features high levels of reliability, with 600,000 load/unload cycles, < 1 in 1014 non-recoverable read errors per bits read, a workload rate of 300TB per years, dual-plane balance control technology, and 1 million hours MTBF for 8-16 bay NAS systems. Shock protection is provided by a multi-axis shock sensor and WD’s NASware 3.0 helps increase system compatibility, allowing Red Pro drives to be more easily integrated with your existing network infrastructure.
Additional information
| Weight | 1.66 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 7.5 × 5 × 2.6 in |
| Storage Capacity | 2 TB |
| Non-Recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | < 1 in 1014 |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 4 x 1 x 5.8" / 101.6 x 25.4 x 147.32 mm |
| Certifications | RoHS, as per Manufacturer |
| Storage Temperature | -40 to 158°F / -40 to 70°C |
| Operating Temperature | 32 to 149°F / 0 to 65°C |
| Storage Shock | 300 G / 2.0 ms |
| Operating Shock | 30 G / 2.0 ms |
| Current | 1.0 A at 12 VDC |
| Power Draw | 7.8 W (Active)<br />6.0 W (Idle)<br />1.4 W (Standby) |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) | 1.0 Million Hours |
| Cache Memory | 64 MB |
| Load/Unload Cycles | 600, 000 |
| Endurance (Total Bytes Written) | 300 TB |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7200 RPM |
| Noise Level | 31.0 dB (Active)<br />29.0 dB (Idle) |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Drive Type | HDD |
| Read Speed | Sequential: 164 MB/s |
| Write Speed | Sequential: 164 MB/s |
| Interface | SATA III (6 Gb/s) |
| Warranty Length | Limited 5-Year Warranty |
Reviews (164)
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Darrion D’Amore (verified owner) –
I have used several brands, and I trust my critical workloads to WD. These drives perform really well, and I have never had one fail. This is my go to drive for home and enterprise use.
Turner Grant (verified owner) –
Ive only used the drive for a few weeks, but it seems ok. I replaced a fried WD 4TB Black Caviar that died under warranty. I send the 4TB drive in to WD for warranty replacement and should get the replacement this week. Very quick turnaround, btw. The WD 6TD drive supposedly has better specs – Higher MTBF, Cache, etc, but I dont see much of a difference in my applications. I also thought that since this is a NAS drive, it might be more robust. Remember, regardless of which drive that you get or how robust it is supposed to be, rule #1 is to always backup
Aglae Kuhn (verified owner) –
The Red Pro drives are solid built and strong performing. They offer greater reliability than standard desktop drives, though at a higher price point.
Lisette Quitzon (verified owner) –
I use slide-in removable WD Red drives to securely store video off-line. I also use Reds for the internal RAID-1 working storage. No long-term data on the Reds yet but I have 6 WD Blacks in another system with the same kind of setup that have been perfect for the last 9 years.
Ike Lesch (verified owner) –
Using it with a Synology NAS. No problems.
Alene Berge (verified owner) –
If you need added storage space you can’t go wrong here. I used this 2 pack in the Synology DS220+ with great results.
Rosalind Bartell (verified owner) –
Ordered 4 drives 2 of them were dead on arrival. I have used WD Reds for years. With the WD Reds I have had no failures until now. Starting to make me wonder what is going on. Giving it a 3 star just because of track record. Not happy with the current Quality.
Maggie Cummerata (verified owner) –
aside from the product being awesome. I am in Australia and for me the value and time out reached any thing I could have purchased in Australia. Even with duty, taxs and exchange rate it was cheaper and delivered in record time
Marc Roberts (verified owner) –
Bought a pair of these to replace some old Seagate 3TB death drives I use for backup. I put them in my new OWC dual enclosure, and ran Cystaldisk (2 pass 1GB) on them both. First drive was 260MB/s read, 256MB/s write. Second drive was 255MB/s read and write. Those are sequential…I basically use the drives to backup small and large files. My older 7200RMP drivers were luccky to hit 100MB/s, so this is a sweet upgrade.
Marcelino Reinger (verified owner) –
Purchased 2x 16TB WD161KFGX (36 dBA seek avg, 20 dBA idle) Replaced 2x 10TB WD101EFAX (38 dBA seek avg, 34 dBA idle) Used in my Synology NAS for backups. During idle the new drives are quieter than my previous ones. Read is probably just as quiet. But writes are pretty noisy. By the specs these should be a hair quieter – and maybe technically they are – but something about the quality of the seek / write clicks is much more distracting than the quality of the noise from the 10 TB Reds (CMR, later rebranded Red Plus). It’s noisy enough that I’m considering putting my Synology on a power schedule so it’s not bothering me during work hours. This NAS is in a small home office with mostly Apple equipment. To understand the noise levels I expect, I replaced the Synology system fan with a Noctua and can still hear it, but it’s a more acceptable level. I wanted to move up to 16TB and I’m willing to pay for 5-year-level warranty from Pro, but now I’m wondering if I should’ve waited for a 16TB Red Plus if WD pays more attention to noise quality on this.
Helene Harber (verified owner) –
Time will tell how reliable these drives are, but to date there have been no problems at all. In my experience, B&H always takes care to package hard drives correctly so they arrive undamaged. Have been buying WD Reds for over half a decade now and none have failed me yet. Of course, it’s only a matter of time — all HDDs will eventually fail. But those that are well made to last a long time offer a better value for my money. WD designs the Red drives for continuous operations in Network Attached Storage systems and that’s my use case. The PRO iteration of the Red series offers a higher RPM and is worth the added cost.
Humberto Mann (verified owner) –
After much research- I decided on the Red Pro drives of my Drobo 5dt. Ordered 5 of them, all arrived quickly and have been running non-stop since. Quiet and secure data storage.
Geovany Leffler (verified owner) –
First off, fast and safe shipping from B&H! I am slowly upgrading the storage capacity in my Drobo 5N (also purchased from B&H years ago). There are a couple of things to note if you will be doing the same: – My original config was 5 x 4TB drives, and I recently started running low on free space. If you want to increase capacity, and all current drives are the same size, you will have to replace TWO drives as mentioned here: http://dashboardhelp.drobo.com/guide/250/en/5N_Adding_Capacity_or_Drives.htm. – At the time my 5N was originally configured, the firmware only supported 16TB total volume size. That said, after replacing 2 of the existing 4TB drives with 2 10TB drives, I was left with unallocated space, which could not be utilized. The only way to take advantage of the added space was to factory-restore the 5N after updating to the latest firmware (which now supports 64TB max volume size). As my 5N is used purely for backup, it wasn’t a problem factory-restoring and copying everything over again. Otherwise, you will need to back up everything on the Drobo before restoring.
Sandy Kuhic (verified owner) –
Added four of these to a RAID system and the performance is great
Christian Trantow (verified owner) –
I use these drives for video storage, as well as editing HD footage. They work very well for both. I have about six of these WD 2TB Red Pros and have had no failures to date.
Ramon Heaney (verified owner) –
I have an older WD External RAID drive it worked well for 6 years and one drive failed. Replaced with a like model off Amazon, the 2nd shorty failed, replaced it too. One of the replacements died shortly; that when I found it had never been used but was mfg 6 years previously; new but not new and no one would honor the “warranty”. This drive was ordered with the hope it would work in the 6 year old RAiD setup. I inserted it into the drive, and it started rebuilding to match the other drive without me having to do anything more. A couple of days later the 4TB of photo files was duplicated, I am very satisfied. I’m a retired engineer, but don’t have a computer background, but the description provided by B&H gave me the confidence to give it a try, I’ll order a 2nd one to replace the other new but old drive too!
Arno Corkery (verified owner) –
This is my first WD 8TB. Friends and good reviews enticed me to go with this drive. Its still early but so far Im satisfied. The shipping from B&H was fast.
Hortense Lakin (verified owner) –
I use this in a Drobo 5D for video editing. I am very happy with the speed, capacity and reliability.
Lonnie Goodwin (verified owner) –
The product was exactly as described and works great. B&H is a perfect place for all your photo and electronic needs.
Kylee Bartell (verified owner) –
Western Digital’s 7200RPM class drives are priced high, they’ve stood right by me as a customer for a long time which is why I’m willing to pay a premium for their drives, but it’s still a hard pill to swallow. Across the 30+ WD drives I’ve owned I’ve had only 1 fail on me, which they replaced under warranty. This is many magnitudes better than my experience with other big Hard Drive manufacturers where I’ve had much higher failure rates. For that reason and that reason alone I’ll continue to buy WD drives until they give me reason to reevaluate.