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WD Red Plus
3 TB, 3.5"
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My question has been answered about 100 times already. I only see it now :-/
We grant a 36-month guarantee period on this item.
I bought such an HD in January 2025. According to Digitec's proof of purchase, my warranty runs until Jan. 2027.
Yes, the Western Digital Red Plus WD40EFZZ is technically suitable for NAS operation and can be used in a Synology DS214play. The official Synology compatibility list does not name every single WD Red Plus variant, but NAS-optimised WD Red Plus hard drives run reliably in the DS214play in practice.
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I switched from a Red Plus 6TB to this one and I haven't noticed a difference. My NAS is in the living room (I'm very careful about the stuff I buy because of that), and I'm happy with the result.
The drive is quite loud. I only use it occasionally and it is installed in the cellar so not an issue in our use case.
Former employee
1 year ago
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Thank you for pointing this out, we have corrected the error.
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I have 3 years from the date of purchase after registering them
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For better performance and for multiple simultaneous accesses to the NAS, I recommend hard drives with more cache, as the larger cache speeds up data processing and offers greater efficiency in the long term. The hard drives with less cache come from a different supplier and are more expensive in this case, as the price is set by the supplier and not by Digitec, as is the case with the products with more cache.
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can be connected without any problems. Cache improves read speed. I don't know your raid, but I'm sure you can answer this question yourself. Otherwise, see also "Uwe's" post.
Hello Roger,
I've had a quick look. Here it looks like you would get the same:
WD Red Plus (8 TB, 3.5", CMR)
ciao.
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For home use with a few cameras, a Red is certainly sufficient, the Purple only has advantages if many cameras write to the disk and you often evaluate the videos. Both are suitable for continuous operation.
Yes, if the disc is used in a NAS, larger discs can be installed in the event of a failure. Just make sure that the discs have the same recording method, in this case CMR.
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Should work, normally the NAS "regulates" this itself. The lowest RPM wins.
Let us know which NAS and if it worked.
Greetings
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A year ago, there was a fair amount of negative press regarding WD Red hard drives because they reported incorrect RPM values to the SMART tools (programmes that read technical metadata from the hard drives). The new models fix these problems.
https://www.heise.de/news...
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WD Red is very good regarding "...as quiet as possible ....", also suitable for desktop, disadvantage 5400rpm.
"Noise and vibration protection: desktop drives are designed for single drive operation and therefore typically offer little or no protection against noise and vibration found in multiple drive systems. WD Red drives are designed for NAS systems with multiple drive bays."
http://products.wdc.com/library...
https://support-de.wd.com/app...
https://www.wd.com/de-de...
For comparison:
WD Blue:
RPM Class: 5400, 7200
Advantages and range of use see:
https://www.wd.com/products...
WD Black
RPM Class: 7,200
Advantages and range of use:; among others.
"Reduces system-induced vibration and optimises performance and reliability."
For more see:
https://www.wd.com/de-de...
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The cable you are looking for is an internal power cable for S-ATA.
e.g. one of these: Roline SATA power extension
or an adapter: Delock Molex to SATA power cable
Normally, your power supply should already provide enough of these connectors!
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Yes.
Former employee
7 years ago
It is possible that it will work, but there may be a loss of performance, as in a RAID all hard drives should run the same.
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Yes, that is possible.
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