WD 6TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD (Retail)
$146.24
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Description
Designed with SMB customers in mind, the 6TB 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 6TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 256MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, which all help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a sustained rate of up to 238 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 | 1.8 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 10.8 × 7.9 × 5.5 in |
| Storage Capacity | 6 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 | 1.79 A at 12 VDC |
| Power Draw | 7.2 W (Active)<br />3.7 W (Idle)<br />0.4 W (Standby) |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) | 1.0 Million Hours |
| Cache Memory | 256 MB |
| Load/Unload Cycles | 600, 000 |
| Endurance (Total Bytes Written) | 300 TB |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7200 RPM |
| Noise Level | 36.0 dB (Active)<br />29.0 dB (Idle) |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Drive Type | HDD |
| Read Speed | Sequential: 238 MB/s |
| Write Speed | Sequential: 164 MB/s |
| Interface | SATA III (6 Gb/s) |
| Warranty Length | Limited 5-Year Warranty |
Reviews (164)
164 reviews for WD 6TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD (Retail)
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Kylee Parisian (verified owner) –
Bought 2 of these WD 8TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD to use in Drobo 8…. Drobo works fine with my old 2TB WD. New 8TB was red marked right away as defective. Tried to use them as single second drive in HP computer – not working eiser.
Morgan Hagenes (verified owner) –
Bought 2 and 1 died in the first 6 months. Terrible quality control. I guess that’s why WD is constantly putting these on sale these days. Do not trust these.
Onie Witting (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.
Pierre Altenwerth (verified owner) –
This is a great drive! I have 4 (so far) in my QNap TVS-871 in RAID-6. They installed without problem and seem to be working great! Excellent capacity and feature set for the price (the extra cache that comes with the 10TB is nice)! These drives are surprisingly quiet to me (I read other reviews that suggested the opposite, but I don’t really hear much noise at all). Solid drives! Hopefully they will last a long time!
Dillan Gulgowski (verified owner) –
These drives have never failed on me. Buying another one.
Trisha Bashirian (verified owner) –
Large, fast and reliable. Using as an external hard drive for backup storage with a Mac Pro. I shoot and edit a lot of 4K video and need tons of storage. This drive is versatile, affordable and does the job.
Rowland Bednar (verified owner) –
Amazing for VIDEOS & PHOTOS Storage although you need 2 of them in case of a failure (BACK IT UP) for everything’s in the universe fails. Its large storage could go a long away and it is a USB 3 for faster transfer. The transfer rate it depends on the compression of the VIDEOS. The higher the compression the slower the transfer rate. I note that it goes down to 78 MB/s then it stays. although the higher was 150 MB/s
Toby Harber (verified owner) –
Both drives were making noise and detected as not working by DROBO they were supposed to work with and by HP computer – when I tried to use them as the second hard drive. looking for ways to return or exchange them
Bernadette Hoeger (verified owner) –
Well known for their reliability, the drive itself is slower than a conventional 7200rpm HDD despite being a pro. Is being used for home networking, but would not recommend for this application.
Cielo Windler (verified owner) –
We’re using three of these in a RAID for the archive on our imaging system. These beauties haven’t even blinked at what we’ve thrown at them, we add about 5gb a day M-F and haven’t had a single issue.
Kennedy Hoppe (verified owner) –
I purchased this 16TB Hard Drive for my Synology NAS. I needed to expand my storage so I purchased 2 of these and 1 Ironwolf Pro 16TB. I am comparing this against several other drives I have both regular consumer and Enterprise class drives. Heat and Noise: Compared to Regular WD Red 10TB (Helium filled) these run a bit louder and a little hotter, but not as much as Enterprise class equivalents. I would not call them loud but they do make more noise than regular Helium Reds especially during writes. Under read loads they are about the same. After the hard drives arrived I plugged them into an external enclosure and ran a few check to make sure they were all good before trying to deploy them in my NAS. I ran crystalDiskInfo and ran my simple performance check which includes CrystalDiskMark and an 8Gig file copy to the HDD. WD Red Pro 16TB: Seq Read: 266 MB/s, Seq Write 264 MB/s, Copy 259 MB/s Seagate IronWolf Pro 16TB: Seq Read: 278 MB/s, Seq Write 273 MB/s, Copy 80 MB/s Seagate EXOS 18TB: Seq Read: 291 MB/s, Seq Write 282 MB/s, Copy 258 MB/s WD Ultrastar HC550 18TB: Seq Read 269 MB/s, Seq Write 268 MB/s, Copy 274 MB/s WD Red Pro 18TB: Seq Read 267 MB/s, Seq Write 266 MB/s, Copy 260 MB/s WD Red Helium 10TB WD101EFAX: Seq Read 218 MB/s, Seq Write 219 MB/s Speed comparison for reference. This is just a small selection of my hard drives that I have owned and have tested. I am very happy with its performance. Yes I have quite a few HDD’s for primary and backup storage.
Sonia Will (verified owner) –
Purchased 6 for my new qnap TS-653B. Installation was very simple. Turned unit on and all 6 drives were recognized. Set up raid and done. I got the Pro versions for the extra mtbf rating and extended warranty over the normal reds. Simply my personal choice. System is very quite with 6 drives in a QNAP TS-653B and the system is installed on a shelf in bedroom.
Missouri Monahan (verified owner) –
Received my order very fast. Great packing. The customer service was very helpful and made sure I ordered the right equipment for what I was trying to achieve. Would highly recommend to my friends and family. I will be back to order more. Great prices as well. Thanks B&H
Garland Lowe (verified owner) –
We use these drives in Synology and other NAS devices. They are the best balance today of performance and price. We have had no problems to date with the many we’ve purchased.
Thora Eichmann (verified owner) –
Using 16 of these in QNAP Thunderbolt NAS enclosures and they are proving to be fast, consistent and affordable drives. I had one failure shortly after installing the first set of 8. Western Digital has an excellent warranty return system in place, and I received a backup drive in just a couple of days.
Benton Jones (verified owner) –
I needed to add a second hard drive to my computer and after checking reports and what some top computer builders were using I went with the WD Red Pro drive. It’s solid and reliable, made for heavy use. I put it in my computer, connected it up and after initializing and formatting the drive, it worked without any problems. That’s want you want.
Rebeka Balistreri (verified owner) –
How can I complain? These 10 TB Pro drives were on sale for the same price as 8TB Pro drives on sale! And, yes, they are good drives. I have been populating all of my NAS’s with WD Reds, Red Pluses, and Red Pros for years.
Halie Bogan (verified owner) –
Good drive designed for use in a NAS enclosure with multiple hard drives. For only $0.95 more per drive you can buy the newer model of the WD Red Pro 6TB hard drive that has double the cache memory and a higher sequential read rate.
Berniece Reilly (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.
Janice Balistreri (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!