Built for 24/7 Environments
To be accessed anywhere, NAS systems run continuously. Hard drives purpose-built for NAS are designed to handle demanding workloads that run hot — and around the clock.
Resist multi-drive noise & vibration
Drives designed for NAS systems are typically tested for reliability in environments with high noise and vibration.
RAID error recovery
So that any single failure doesn't compromise the entire storage environment, many NAS drives have RAID error recovery that enhances reliability and support redundancy.
Get the most out of your NAS system with HDDs specifically engineered for multi-user NAS workloads.
Personal & home office
From critical workflows to your favorite content — stream, back up, share, and organize it with WD Red Plus hard drives.
Small office, SMB, & enterprise
Help protect, archive, and share valuable data with WD Red Plus, or tackle multi-user, data-hungry applications with WD Red Pro.
Enterprise-grade NAS
Store, share, and collaborate in data-intensive, RAID-optimized enterprise NAS environments with WD Red Pro — engineered for the performance, scalability, and dependability businesses rely on.
Power Your NAS with Western Digital
Support team collaboration, share files with clients, and power data-hungry applications with purpose-built NAS HDDs.
WD Red Plus NAS Hard Drive
- CMR (conventional magnetic recording) enhances transfer rates and disk speeds
- Supports workload up to 180TB per year
- Available in capacities of 1-14TB for NAS systems with up to 8 bays
- 3-year limited warranty
WD Red Pro NAS Hard Drive
- CMR (conventional magnetic recording) enhances transfer rates and disk speeds
- Supports workload up to 550TB per year
- Multi-axis shock sensor and dynamic fly height technology for increased hard drive reliability
- Available in capacities of 2-24TB for NAS systems with an unlimited number of bays
- 5-year limited warranty
NAS System Compatibility4
The WD Red family of HDDs has been compatibility-tested by major NAS system providers with their NAS systems and components, such as host bus adapters, controller cards, and enclosures. Click on any of the NAS system provider names below to see their own compatibility lists.
CASE STUDY
WD Red Plus Drives Deliver Optimized Performance for NAS Environment of Digital Startups
AI-driven Shikenso Analytics partnered with Western Digital to reimagine its storage architecture in order to keep up with its explosive data growth. The startup chose WD Red Plus to optimize performance, security, reliability, and scalability.
Frequently Asked Questions
For lighter workloads that involve short, intermittent access to NAS, choose our WD Red NAS hard drive with device-managed shingled magnetic recording (DMSMR) technology. DMSMR is ideal for personal and home NAS systems where there’s idle time to perform tasks, such as data transfer and repairs.
For moderate to heavy usage involving 24/7, multi-user access to NAS, as well as rebuilding RAID arrays using workload-intensive applications such as ZFS, choose our WD Red Plus hard drive or WD Red Pro hard drive with conventional magnetic recording (CMR) technology. CMR enables NAS drives to continuously store and process large amounts of data at high transfer rates.
Tackle extreme workloads in high-intensity NAS environments with fast-caching WD Red SSDs, including the WD Red SN700 and WD Red SA500. These drives’ responsiveness and I/O performance are perfect for multi-user, multitasking applications, letting you tame tough projects from virtualization to collaborative editing.
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NAS for Home and Small Business
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RAID Storage Solutions
Disclosures
1. Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized, that’s TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
2. 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less, depending on operating environment.
3. TBW (terabytes written) values calculated using JEDEC client workload (JESD219) and vary by product capacity.
4. Western Digital makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, and cannot be held liable regarding the compatibility of its internal hard drives when used with NAS systems identified as compatible by the system providers above. Western Digital does not guarantee the compatibility with third-party products and peripherals and reserves the right to update the list above at any time without prior notice.