This thing is awesome. Fast, quiet, reliable (knock on wood), good Lord, I'm never going to buy any other brand/model again. Where have you been all of my life, Mr. "WD Red Pro" Forget all of the rest, boys and girls, if platters are your thing, prepare for holy matrimony. Over, and out.

WD Red Pro 6TB Review

The 6TB Red Pro builds on WD's portfolio of purpose-built hard drives for NAS, offering a 50% capacity boost over the previous highest capacity model ( 4TB WD Red Pro ). The Red Pro family is designed to address the needs of those using storage systems up to 16 bays, ideal for SMBs and remote/branch...

Strong performance compared to non-Pro 6TB Red; Capacities now matching WD Red-series

Some areas; like CIFS mixed 8K 70/30 workload; showed weaker performance than standard Red

Western Digital Red Pro WD6001FFWX 6TB Hard Drive

The Western Digital Red Pro WD6001FFWX 6TB is, by far, the most power hungry NAS drive we have ever tested here at APH Networks. If you have read my Black WD6001FZWX 6TB review last month, this should come at no surprise to you. But does it really matter?