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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Demetris Hettinger (verified owner) –
I only have them a week. I bought 4 to install in a Synology NAS. Very fast.
Valentina Stark (verified owner) –
Fingers crossed on the replacement. Had the GOLD drives for a long time, did not have problem. This new Red Pro line quality is questionable…
Johnathon Goodwin (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.
Dameon Mayer (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.
Cindy Jacobson (verified owner) –
The product was exactly as described and works great. B&H is a perfect place for all your photo and electronic needs.
Lila Connelly (verified owner) –
I had zero issues with installation and initialization. I’m using two in a ioSafe 218 NAS (two-bay diskless). I’ll update if I have any issues down the road, but so far so good.
Garrett Dickens (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.
Aubree Heaney (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.
Matteo Jerde (verified owner) –
I’ve just upgraded two 10TB Red Pro HD’s to 16TB Red Pro’s in my NAS because I was running out of space. I ran the disks through two complete surface tests with no errors before putting them in my NAS. I haven’t had them long enough to speak to their durability, but based on my experience with my 10TB Red Pros I expect them to be around a long time.
Bonnie Kuhic (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.
Cedrick Jerde (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.
Shaina Kovacek (verified owner) –
Not sure what kind of a review I’m supposed to give here… I’ve had these drives for about a week and they are still running. So that’s good. They are quite solidly built, the price is right, and I definitely needed the space. They do great as NAS storage, as well as data disks in a desktop computer. Just don’t boot from them, not that you can’t, just that it’s not the most efficient use of the disks. That’s all I’ve got.
Kamille O’Keefe (verified owner) –
I bought it for the reputation of being reliable and the 5 year warranty. Bought a couple white label drives (@) and both died within a day.
Eduardo Hermiston (verified owner) –
Works great in my Drobo5N
Camila Klocko (verified owner) –
I own three of these for my NAS and they work like champs.
Rodolfo Dooley (verified owner) –
Solid, no complaints, a workhorse, around 300mbps read and write via usb3
Talon Lynch (verified owner) –
I wanted a larger drive for my Drobo 5N and this one was recommended by Drobo as an excellent choice. Easy install and now I have 8TB more storage.
Shakira Zieme (verified owner) –
I’m a big fan of big drives. Western Digital has been a reliable workhorse for my data backup.
Scottie Altenwerth (verified owner) –
I’ve been using WD Red series HDDs for almost 10 years on my NAS units and have been very happy with the performance and reliability. When I received a report that one of the 4 drives was dying after almost 10 years, it made sense to install the latest version of WD Red. As I expected, I slipped it into it slot and it booted right up and was at home immediately with the other disks in my RAID 5. I would recommend this product to anyone needing a very reliable drive with an excellent operational life.
Kali Abshire (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.