Western Digital 4TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD – 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 256 MB Cache, 3.5″ -WD40EFPX

As a power user running a home NAS system, I need both speed and reliability from my hard drives. After putting this 8TB WD Red Plus model to the test, I'm thoroughly impressed on both fronts!

Using `hdparm` to benchmark, I recorded read speeds exceeding 185 MB/sec when connected directly via SATA. That's faster than Western Digital's claimed speed and almost double what I get from older drives. Transfers and backups take half the time!

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hdparm -t --direct /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing O_DIRECT disk reads: 558 MB in 3.01 seconds = 185.50 MB/sec
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In addition to the great performance, this drive runs cool and quiet in my NAS enclosure thanks to the 5400RPM rotational speed. And it's designed for 24/7 operation, giving me confidence in its longevity and reliability under constant use.

With 8TB capacity, I've got plenty of headroom for backups, media storage, and archiving important files while still leaving space to grow. And the CMR technology means maximum compatibility with my NAS RAID.

For home and small office NAS setups that demand a perfect blend of high capacity, sustained performance, cool operation and proven reliability, the WD Red Plus line is a winner.
This drive meets my needs perfectly!

Western Digital Red Plus series drives have one of the best, if not the best, reliability and productivity ratio on the market. They are very quiet which makes them a nice option for an HTPC, media server or NAS storage. Operate cool and low on power consumption. Utilising CMR magnetic recording technology which makes them more reliable and slightly faster than cheaper SMR options. This specific drive has 256 Mb internal cache which should help in case of multiple small files transacted or multiple media streaming requests handled at the same time. Only time will tell how reliable it is. I had absolutely zero issues installing it into my HTPC and moving over media files from a smaller drive. So far all is good. Will update this review if drive ever fails.

Noise comes out of the desk. This is very risky to loose the full data

Good..

Reçu rapidement et conforme

Hasta al momento se ha comportado bien, tengo 2 en configuración Raid-1. Veremos con el tiempo y los ciclos de uso, que tal salen.

HDDs are starting to get expensive again. We picked this up on sale to expand our Plex server size. No problem, easy install and quick format.