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WD Red 8TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6 Gb/s 128MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD80EFZX

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About this item

  • Specifically designed for use in NAS systems with up to 8 bays
  • Tested for 24x7 reliability
  • NASware firmware for compatibility
  • 3-year limited warranty
  • Small and home office NAS systems in a 24x7 enviornment
  • Package includes a hard drive only - no screws, cables, manuals included. Please purchase mounting hardware and cables separately if necessary.
  • Ships in WD-certified box for safe transit during shipping
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Designed with CMR technology for medium or large-sized businesses in RAID-optimized NAS systems with up to 24 bays. Perfect for archiving, sharing and handling high-intensity workloads.
form factor
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read speed
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  • One Drive

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    What are the benefits of NASware 3.0?
    • Gives you an unrivaled NAS experience
    • Enhances compatibility
    • Improves Reliability
    • Optimizes HDD for 24x7 NAS environments

    The Right Choice for Network Attached Storage

    WD NAS hard drives are the essential solution for NAS applications. These drives are cool and quiet, and offer optimum compatibility in 24x7 NAS systems with up to eight bays.

    • Network attached storage hard drives with up to 8TB capacities
    • Designed for personal, home, and small business NAS systems up to 8-bays
    • NASware 3.0 for optimal performance and compatibility

    Experienced in Network Attached Storage

    No matter which NAS enclosure you decide to purchase, you can trust that WD Red hard drives will have the most comprehensive compatibility list on the market.

    24/7 reliability

    Since your NAS system is always on, a highly reliable drive is essential. With an MTBF (mean time before failure) of up to 1 million hours, the WD Red drive with NASware 3.0 is designed for the 24x7 environment.

    NAS for home or small business

    WD Red hard drives enable customers to create their own reliable NAS systems whether it's in the office or at home.

    WD Red WD Red Pro
    Customer Reviews
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    Application Up to 8-bay NAS systems Up to 16-bay NAS systems
    RPM Class 5400 7200
    Ideal for Personal Home & Small Office NAS Medium to Large Business NAS
    Cache 16 MB - 64 MB 64 MB – 128 MB
    Highest Available Capacity 10TB 10TB
    Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s

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    Product Description

    WD Red is the only hard drive designed for NAS systems that have 1-5 drive bays. Available in captivities ranging from 1 TB to 6 TB, WD Red is designed specifically for home and small office NAS systems. The drives are extensively tested for compatibility and reliability in the demanding operating environment of a 24x7 NAS system. WD's exclusive NASware firmware technology enables seamless integration and balanced performance. Innovative technology reduces power consumption and lowers the operating temperature, and with a 35% improvement in MTBF over desktop drives, WD Red is a more reliable and robust NAS hard drive solution.

    Customer reviews

    4.4 out of 5 stars
    4.4 out of 5
    541 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the performance, quality and read/write speed of the hard drive. They mention that it works as expected, maintains a very fast transfer rate and that it has a lot of storage space. That said, some disagree on noise, errors, and value.

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    56 customers mention47 positive9 negative

    Customers like the performance of the hard drive. They say it works as expected, is quiet, and runs relatively cool. Some customers also mention that it works perfectly in a RAID 5 array and has zero flaws. Overall, most are satisfied with the performance and reliability of the drive.

    "...The drive works as expected, it's nice and quiet and runs relatively cool...." Read more

    "...Anyways these drives have work perfectly. Both have not died, and its been a while. They can operate 24.7 without much heat...." Read more

    "...Otherwise works fine, looks like a regular WD Red drive, just bigger size." Read more

    "...for me to keep in my Lacie 5BIG ... I moved to my Time Capsule and it works great, and I don’t notice the disk noise at all - probably because it is..." Read more

    44 customers mention38 positive6 negative

    Customers like the quality of the hard drive. For example, they say it's a great reliable drive for a NAS, has a solid build, and works as expected.

    "...So far, so good. Very happy with the price, shipping and product quality." Read more

    "...The drive works as expected, it's nice and quiet and runs relatively cool...." Read more

    "good product... excellent." Read more

    "Solid build, but drives are slow. The difference between 7200RPM Blacks and this is like night and day...." Read more

    24 customers mention18 positive6 negative

    Customers like the read and write speed of the computer drive. They mention that it is fast enough, maintains a very fast transfer rate, and has a steady state. The 5400 RPM is adequate and keeps the power and heat. The performance is excellent for all photos and other files, and it has good throughput reading and writing.

    "...So far, so good. Very happy with the price, shipping and product quality." Read more

    "...I have not tested the speed but I can say that it's plenty fast for streaming HD video...." Read more

    "...in USB 3.0 external docks, when I go to open the drive, it takes about 10 seconds to load and more loading as I go through folders...." Read more

    "...Since then I have had no problems with these drives. They are fast, reliable so far, and work great in RAID format in my NAS" Read more

    18 customers mention18 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the capacity of the hard drive. They mention that it has a lot of storage space for a good price, is perfect for high capacity NAS, and is huge. Some say that the drive is great for mass media and backup applications.

    "...I have plenty of space for new media and the the reliability of WD. What more could one ask. I highly recommend this drive. It just works." Read more

    "...Other than that, I love the big space of 8TB and the reputation of WD. If it keeps up, I'll upgrade to a 5 stars." Read more

    "...Not to mention my entire OS. This drive is great for mass media and backup applications and that is what it's designed to do...." Read more

    "Large storage capacity, quiet and runs cool. Mounting it was an issue...." Read more

    7 customers mention7 positive0 negative

    Customers are satisfied with the temperature of the computer drive. They mention that it runs relatively cool, and can operate 24.7 without much heat. Customers also say that the 5400 RPM is adequate and keeps the power and heat lower than 7200 RPM drives.

    "...I can say that they are very quiet and seem to stay pretty cool, even after 2 days of constant write load. So far, so good...." Read more

    "...The drive works as expected, it's nice and quiet and runs relatively cool...." Read more

    "...Both have not died, and its been a while. They can operate 24.7 without much heat. Needless to say I will purchase more in the future." Read more

    "...drives for data (no RAID), 5400 RPM is adequate and keeps the power and heat lower than 7200 RPM drives...." Read more

    34 customers mention16 positive18 negative

    Customers are mixed about the noise of the computer drive. Some mention it's relatively quiet compared to a competing vendor's drives, while others say it has much noticeable noise when in use. Some customers also mention that the drive makes really loud clicking noises, grinding noises and cracking noises when the device is running. When writing files, it makes faint ticking sounds every 7 seconds. Some say that the drives continue to make crunching noises after the RAID verification.

    "...I can say that they are very quiet and seem to stay pretty cool, even after 2 days of constant write load. So far, so good...." Read more

    "...(I plugged one of them into a HDD dock and I actually began hearing grinding noises so it's safe to assume that one's properly failing)..." Read more

    "...The drive works as expected, it's nice and quiet and runs relatively cool...." Read more

    "...It produces a super-annoying vibration buzz. It's louder than my server's case fan, power supply fan, CPU fan even when the case is open, and any of..." Read more

    14 customers mention5 positive9 negative

    Customers are mixed about the errors in the hard drive. Some mention that they have had no errors reported and no noise issues, while others say that they had bad sector counts and I/O errors. Some say that the drive failed and never worked, while other say that it indicated a growing number of bad sectors.

    "...It's almost like an engineered failure." Read more

    "...I have had no errors reported and no noise issues." Read more

    "...However there's been a steady increase of bad sectors in two drives over the past couple months in addition to frequent disconnects...." Read more

    "...One of the six had some bad sectors and this was immediately detected by the NAS...." Read more

    13 customers mention8 positive5 negative

    Customers are mixed about the value of the computer drive. Some are happy with the price, shipping, and product quality, saying they saved a lot of money. However, others say that it was disappointing, a total waste of money, and not as reliable as expected.

    "...So far, so good. Very happy with the price, shipping and product quality." Read more

    "...Just be aware, right after the warranty period, these things will fail. Its almost like they programmed them to fail like this." Read more

    "...Other than that, the seller was a quick sale, and we saved a lot of money. Everything came as described, and our NAS is up and running...." Read more

    "...For the money, this was a very good purchase." Read more

    Good price for a lot of disk space
    4 Stars
    Good price for a lot of disk space
    Good price for a lot of disk space. Weirdly they decided to remove the middle two mounting holes on the bottom of the drive (see picture), so now it's not as securely mounted in my removable drive tray. So, minus 1 star for not conforming to hard drive standards.
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    Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2016
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    Nestor
    5.0 out of 5 stars WD como siempre haciendo honor a su marca
    Reviewed in Spain on June 6, 2018
    Capacity: 8TBVerified Purchase
    WYSIWYG
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good HDD, survives delivery in bad packaging
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2018
    Capacity: 8TBVerified Purchase
    10 people found this helpful
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    Bikram D.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in India on January 26, 2018
    Capacity: 8TBVerified Purchase
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    5.0 out of 5 stars 初期不良がなければ
    Reviewed in Japan on June 14, 2022
    Capacity: 8TBVerified Purchase
    Richter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Geeignet für NAS Betrieb, viel Speicherplatz
    Reviewed in Germany on April 8, 2017
    Capacity: 8TBVerified Purchase
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    Richter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Geeignet für NAS Betrieb, viel Speicherplatz
    Reviewed in Germany on April 8, 2017
    Für ein Backup NAS von Synology habe ich neue Festplatten mit großer Kapazität gesucht. Zunächst habe ich eine Seagate Ironwolf mit 8 TB bestellt. Leider hatte diese beim Erschütterungssensor (G-Sense-Error-Rate) steigende Werte nach Inbetriebnahme und der Health Check lieferte einen entsprechende Fehlercode. Da die Platte für den NAS-Betrieb zertifiziert ist, dürfte das aus meiner Sicht nicht passieren und ich habe sie zurückgesendet.

    Schließlich habe ich 5 WD Red mit 8 TB bestellt. Diese laufen seit knapp 2 Wochen problemlos im NAS in einem RAID 5. Geräusche und Vibrationen sind akzeptabel, kein Pfeiffen oder ähnliches. Temperatur liegt bei etwa 36 Grad im Betrieb. Performance ist ok. Smart Test lieferte keine Probleme, auch der mehrtägige Oberflächentest durch das Test lief problemlos durch. Ich setze bereits in einem anderen NAS insgesamt 8 WD Red Festplatten unterschiedlicher Größe ein, die seit Jahren ihre Arbeit verrichten.

    Positiv zu erwähnen ist die Verpackung durch amazon. Einige Nutzer haben sich ja in der Vergangenheit über schlechte Verpackungen beschwert (hatte ich bei der Seagate auch, lag lose im Karton ohne Polsterung). Die WD Red waren in einzelnen Kartons in einer speziellen Festplattenverpackung und lagen gut verstaut im Paket.

    Bei den Bestellungen muss man aufpassen. Ich hatte versehentlich zuerst eine Bestellung ausgelöst, die zwar von amazon abgewickelt wird, aber die Festplatte kam von einem spanischen Händler. Diese habe ich dann storniert. Die von amazon versendeten Platten habe ich auf der WD Webseite geprüft: Garantiestatus hat gepasst, also kein OEM oder ähnliches.
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