It seems that there were issues with the 1st WD Red disks released on the market. The issues seems to be fixed now, at least from my experience. 4 out of 4 disks working well.

I purchased 4 of those WD Red 3TB disks and they all work well; I first used them in an

None so far

I didnt buy these drives for performance, I bought them for massive storage. I ripped all my dvds to my server so they would be available to my network. when I set this up originally I started with 500 gig drives, over the years adding dvds and other data I had to keep expanding, I now have 12 hard...

huge capacity; high mtbf; configurable tler (impressive!); extremely quiet; 3 year warranty

slow rotation speed; engineering is all about give and take I guess

I run a homebrewed NAS (network-attached storage) setup with open-source software and needed to find

Low power/heat; great performance (faster than Gigbit Ethernet); 3 year warranty

Somewhat more expensive than other 3TB hard drives

PRODUCT IS USED AND OUT OF WARRANTY. Went to WD to register it and got warranty expired on 10/5/2016! When I pull SMART data it shows 1735 days power on time! that's older than the PC i put it in!!! DO NOT BUY FROM AMS TECHNOLOGIES INC THEY WILL SHIP USED TRASH TO YOU

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Storage Space; Noise and Heat Levels; Value; Speed; Three Year Warrenty

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Excellent! I have 2 of these 3TB drives on a RAID1 on my personal workstation and in that configu..

I never would have imagined these drives would not arrive in working condition. I've always had good luck with WD drives. These came making a loud clicking noise and couldn't be recognized for formatting.

While most consumer hard disks are designed to be jacks of all trades, Western Digital's Red range of SATA3 hard disks is designed specifically for use in home and small business NAS devices. To this end, it's built for durability, power efficiency and low noise levels of just 23dB(A).

The WD Red is a new range of hard disks optimised for consumer and small business NAS drives.

Bought this to replace a disc on my NAS. Like for like replacement. Hope this one lasts longer than the previous one which developed some faulty segments, but did not crash.