Western Digital's Red series is definitely a success. It is superior to its predecessor in those parameters we could measure in our tests such as speed, power consumption and temperature.

I purchased this drive for use with a Synology NAS. I started having issues with boot sector errors after a 6 months, the drive finally crashed after 9 months. Now I'm having to RMA a replacement and spend hours rebuilding the array. This will be the last Western Digital hard drive I purchase.

Bought some Reds for my NAS about 3 months ago from OcUK. They are in a raidz pool (zfs filesystem) and perform very well. I get ~110 MB/s reading and writing across my network. These are designed for home NAS usage, so their real test will be with time. 3 yr warranty is nice.

As like with many other western digital products, with any significant amount of use, the product beings to die within two years. Its only redeaming factor is that the product out lives WD:Blue drives by a measly year.

WD 2TB (WD20EZRZ) This drive is 5400 RPM drive. So don't expect extreme speeds. It's good for basic computing (Not ideal for games, media editing, audio recording etc.). It is always recommended to install Windows 10 on a 7200 RPM HDD.

-Definitely recommend the Red drives. I have heard mixed reviews about the higher tier RE drives, but these 'NAS' designed drives have a good reputation, and so far, like all the other WD drives I have owned they are working excellently.

-What you would expect from a WD product; solid drive; excellent speeds

-None at this point

This is the –1TB Platter version of the WD30EFRX that is reviewed earlier. To re-quote my 30EFRX Red drive's review:

WD advertizes the Red-series explicitly for the 24x7-operation in small and medium-sized enterprises and at home in small NAS-/RAID-setups. Precisely because the drives have to run jammed together in confined spaces, solid performance and preferably low temperatures are vital.