Description
WD Red™: The colour of NAS.
WD Red is designed for NAS systems that have 1-8 drive bays. Available in capacities ranging from 1TB to 8TB, 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.
• Designed specifcally for home and small office NAS systems - WD Red is the only hard drive for 1-8 bay systems
• Exclusive NASware™ technology - advanced firmware for seamless integration and optimal performance
• Energy efficient and reliable - Innovative technology reduces power consumption and operating temperature
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Beyond desktop with NASware
WD Red drives include WD's exclusive NASware technology that addresses many of the challenges a traditional desktop hard drive has in a NAS system. WD works directly with the partners to test compatibility and reduce thecustomer's guess work as to which drive is right for their NAS system. Designed to deliver a better customer experience in small NAS systems, this innovative firmware finely balances the most important attributes of performance, power, and reliability in multiple drive environments. The unique algorithms in NASware optimize power and performance without compromising on the attributes that NAS-system owner's value. -
Important features for system integrators
In addition to features that make WD Red drives perfect for populating or upgrading NAS systems, NASware brings features that system integrators need when building specialized NAS systems. -
Save power and money
NASware optimizes power use resulting in significant power savings and lower hard drive operating temperatures. This improves the overall reliability and performance of the drive and reduces the NAS cost of ownership. -
Intelligent error recovery
With built in intelligent error recovery controls, NASware also prevents hard drives from being dropped off the RAID due to extended error recovery. This provides more availability and less down time rebuilding the RAID. -
Command completion
To further improve reliability, NASware minimizes the data corruption or loss in the event of an unexpected power loss by completing the command in process before shutting down.
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- WD Red WD80EFZX - hard drive - 8 TB - SATA 6Gb/s
- Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Capacity
- 8 TB
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Interface
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Data Transfer Rate
- 600 MBps
- Buffer Size
- 128 MB
- Spindle Speed
- 5400 rpm
- Features
- Advanced Format technology, NAS compatible, NASware technology, 3D Active Balance Plus, 24x7 availability
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 101.6 mm x 147 mm x 26.1 mm
- Weight
- 650 g
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 3-year warranty
Detailed Specification
General
- Device Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Capacity
- 8 TB
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Interface
- SATA 6Gb/s
- Buffer Size
- 128 MB
- Features
- Advanced Format technology, NAS compatible, NASware technology, 3D Active Balance Plus, 24x7 availability
- Width
- 101.6 mm
- Depth
- 147 mm
- Height
- 26.1 mm
- Weight
- 650 g
Performance
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 600 MBps (external)
- Spindle Speed
- 5400 rpm
Reliability
- 24x7 Operation
- Yes
- Load / Unload Cycles
- 600,000
Expansion & Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x SATA 6 Gb/s - 7 pin Serial ATA
- Compatible Bay
- 3.5" x 1/3H
Power
- Power Consumption
- 6.4 Watt (read) , 6.4 Watt (write) , 5.2 Watt (idle) , 0.4 Watt (sleep) , 0.4 Watt (standby)
Software & System Requirements
- OS Required
- Apple MacOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows
Miscellaneous
- Compliant Standards
- RoHS
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- Limited warranty - 3 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- 0 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 70 °C
- Shock Tolerance (operating)
- 65 g @ 2 ms
- Shock Tolerance (non-operating)
- 250 g @ 2 ms
- Sound Emission
- 29 dBA
