I did a ton of reserch before deciding on these. I bought five of these for a Drobo 5DT. No complaints so far.

Bought and Installed drive in January.... by end of November failure warnings started to arrive. 9 months is about the life you might expect from this product.

Red Pro hard drives - these HDDs spin at 7,200RPM are designed specifically for NAS servers, aiming to deliver fine-tuned power and performance for home and SMB users alike. In addition to larger storage capacity, NASware? 3.0 technology that supports up to 16 bays for WD Red Pro drives, as well as...

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Purchased a 7-bay NAS and WD NAS drives for the unit. Bought 10 drives so I would have spares. One of the 10 drives was DOA, no spin-up during initialization and format. Need to return for exchange. Infant failure or shipping damage. Things happen.

Works amazing

Use to be a Seagate man until I had two drive crash just after the 3 year warranty. It's just a home media server so I didn't think it would work drives any more that a gaming PC. Lesson learned, spent the extra cash on WD Red because it's built for servers. Working Great, will buy another soon.

Size and warranty

none......so far

The WD REd Pro is a great drive for a home built NAS. Fast delivery, great drive.

When it comes to the consumer market, the Western Digital Red series has been praised thanks to their lower power usage, reduced heat emission, competitive noise levels and overall attractive price to performance ratio.

High power; Warranty Period; Good value for money

Increased current consumption; Increased heat generation; High operating volume

Throughout testing, the WD Red Pro shined, and as I was putting the charts together for this review, I began to get a grin on my face as the columns shot up and the performance of the Red Pro topped everything previously tested.