What makes WD drives appealing is that every capacity option has vibration protection, but if you need faster speeds (drives that run at 7,200 RPM), you will need to fork out more for the higher capacities or Red Pro series.
It's also worth noting that WD doesn't ship any mounting brackets or screws with these drives. This particular series of drives comes in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB, 12TB, and 14TB versions.Įach drive comes with the company's NASware 3.0 for enhanced reliability and performance.
Red isn't the fastest hard drive series on the market, but using them in a RAID formation can make up for this.
WD's Red Plus hard drives are manufactured for NAS use and can be deployed in systems that support up to eight bays.īacked by three-year limited warranties and a powerful brand in the storage market, WD drives are well known to be of top quality, and they last a long time.
As with the Seagate drives, I recommend at least 4TB. Much like Seagate, WD has been making storage solutions for PCs for many years, and it offers reliable drives for any NAS.
