WD 18TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD (Retail)
$479.99
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Description
Designed with SMB customers in mind, the 18TB 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 18TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 512MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, which all help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a sustained rate of up to 272 MB/s. This drive also features high levels of reliability, with 600,000 load/unload cycles, 10 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 | 1.71 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 7.6 × 4.9 × 2.5 in |
| Storage Capacity | 18 TB |
| Non-Recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | 10 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 | 250 G / 2.0 ms |
| Operating Shock | 30 G / 2.0 ms |
| Current | 1.8 A at 12 VDC |
| Power Draw | 6.1 W (Active)<br />3.6 W (Idle)<br />0.9 W (Standby) |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) | 1.0 Million Hours |
| Cache Memory | 512 MB |
| Load/Unload Cycles | 600, 000 |
| Endurance (Total Bytes Written) | 300 TB |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7200 RPM |
| Noise Level | 36.0 dB (Active)<br />20.0 dB (Idle) |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Drive Type | HDD |
| Read Speed | Sequential: 272 MB/s |
| Write Speed | Sequential: 272 MB/s |
| Interface | SATA III (6 Gb/s) |
| Warranty Length | Limited 5-Year Warranty |
Reviews (165)
165 reviews for WD 18TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal NAS HDD (Retail)
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Jedediah Ryan (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.
Andy Gerhold (verified owner) –
I purchased 4 of these drives to install in an OWC Thunderbay raid tower. I currently have my raid set up as 1+0. I purchased these drives approximately a year ago and have had monitoring software constantly checking the health of the drives. So far, so good. They may not be quite as fast as solid state but these 7200rpm drives are fast enough for my needs. I’m mostly using them to archive files so they’re perfect for that. They are a bit noisy, but that’s to be expected since they’re industrial grade NAS drives designed to be used in a server room. I have the 4 drives sitting on my desk, while they are a bit noisy, the sound isn’t unbearable. The sound of them spinning is just a bit of piece of mind.
Lola Kemmer (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.
Eryn Armstrong (verified owner) –
Not the fastest drive out there but I’ve never had one of these fail. Great for large backups.
Enrico Schuster (verified owner) –
WD Red Pro is always a solid, dependable drive.
Aaliyah Hamill (verified owner) –
The WD Red Pro is my favorite for high demand situations such as servers and NAS. Be sure to get the Pro as it is far superior to the standard Red
Gloria Mante (verified owner) –
These drives have never failed on me. Buying another one.
Violette Turcotte (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Bonita Kunde (verified owner) –
I found it strange that this model with the 14TB capacity has a 512MB cache while the other capacities have the smaller 256MB cache considering the price per byte is on par with the others. Anyway, it made sense to me to get the larger cache for that reason. I think this drive has a capacity to last the rest of my life. I’m old. I temporarily housed it in an external drive enclosure and plugged it in to a USB 3 port and it’s working beautifully. Eventually I’ll put it in the PC and move a smaller capacity drive from the PC to the enclosure. And even later on, I’ll actually buy an NAS and drop it in there, perhaps with a second identical drive if I decided to RAID.
Lottie Kuhic (verified owner) –
I bought two of these to complete my NAS set of four. Popped them in and was off and running. Just that simple. Using for backups and additional storage.
Michaela Mann (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.
Mae Hintz (verified owner) –
I swapped out 3TB Red drives for these 10TB Red pro drives. The traditional red drives were quieter but also slower (5400RPM vs 7200RPM). I went into the purchase knowing the pro drives would be noisier, and I was good with the decision. The storage space, speed, and warranty all make it a good choice.
Max Parisian (verified owner) –
Great product, highly recommended.
Geovanny Hand (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
Reggie Runolfsson (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.
Julian Maggio (verified owner) –
I bought this after reading reports of problems with the 5400 rpm Red. Of course you don’t really know about things like this until many months have past.
Imelda Crooks (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.
Sonya Shields (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
Naomi Von (verified owner) –
I recently added a WD Red 6TB to my Drobo 5N. I’m now replacing the old 3TB Green drives with these new Red Drives. They seem to work very well. Now that Drobo has increased the firmware to support up to 55.8 TB on a Drobo 5N this makes a terrific setup for photographers who need tons of space. When a drive goes bad and begins flashing amber just eject the old drive and slide in a new red drive and the Drobo will automatically rebuild itself. It just couldn’t be any easier than that. Maybe this is also a review for Drobo as well as Western Digital. 🙂
Lucy Maggio (verified owner) –
I’m a big fan of big drives. Western Digital has been a reliable workhorse for my data backup.