Have two of these paired with an older Seagate, solid performance in the NAS so far, considerably cooler than the old Seagate solution, hopefully work well for the years to come.

Don't skimp on your NAS drives. These are worth the extra cash.

Bought these for my Windows 10 Desktop / Streaming Server (PLEX). Just plugged them in and used Windows to create a storage space. Very easy , no hassle. Most time consuming thing was the physical install. Drive speeds are as listed, no loud noises (3 drives) , packaging was top notch as well.

I didn't use the drive as a main drive, just for backing things up. Slowly my PC started taking longer and longer to boot up. Then the drive disappeared. Windows scanned it a few times and sometimes it would come back. It only has a month return policy. AVOID.

drives have been running great, I have 4 in a RAID 5 setup and they are running quietly with no issues on SMART tests. Transfer rate of approx. 450MB/s in Raid 5 read test which works perfect for my home NAS server

WD Red drives are my go-to standard for when I need a drive for a NAS setup. I use these with FreeNAS with great success. Internal in an average system, I get gt;100MBps using rsync from one array to another.

I wanted to expand my NAS storage for multimedia purposes. Paired with Synology 218 i run 4k UHD HDR videos in my network without breaking a sweat. Raid 0 as i need more space not security of the files. I am happy with the result.

Ordered 2x 4TB Drives. Despite telephone and email confirmation (prior to order) that these hard drives are sold in Western Digital RETAIL packaging.... they are NOT. Received in folded cardboard with layer of protective foam - inside a jiffy bag (which had split along the seam half way).

I haven't seen any issues with them yet. Just some warnings of the Pending Sector count in the SMART readings for one disk. (Likely due to sudden power outages) Highly recommend buying this brand.

I have four of these HDDs running and have had two of them running 24/7 for almost three years

Swapped out an old 3tb green drive for this. Western Digital has the best reputation and the drives are affordable.