Clear: HDD with no (un)pleasant surprises
RAS: fairly quiet (duo bought 1 month apart, installed in a Synology DS7xx NAS), no particular problems to mention, either during installation or day-to-day use.
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Western Digital WD Red 6 TB SATA 6Gb/s
3,5" 6 TB 256 MB Serial ATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive - WD60EFAX (bulk)
Last price 169€94
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Overview
The secret is in the technology
Specifically designed for 1 to 8 bay NAS systems, Western Digital Red hard drives are built to run 24/7, and are aimed at home and small office environments. These 3.5" hard drives are built around 64 to 256 MB of cache on a SATA III bus. They are compatible with most major NAS servers.
Western Digital's exclusive NASware technology , built into all WD Red hard drives, enhances the storage performance of NAS systems by eliminating common compatibility, integration, upgrade, reliability, and cost of ownership issues found in traditional desktop hard drives.
Designed for NAS
NASware optimizes power consumption to achieve significant energy savings and minimize hard drive operating temperatures. This improves overall drive reliability and performance and reduces the cost of ownership of your NAS system.
With intelligent error recovery commands , NASware prevents hard drives from being excluded from RAID through improved error recovery. This results in better availability and less time wasted rebuilding the RAID. With command completion and for improved reliability, in the event of a power failure NASware minimises data corruption or loss by still executing the current command before shutting down.
Key Features:
- High reliability: 24/7, three-year limited warranty by Western Digital
- Ideal for mounting hard drives in RAID in a 1 to 8 bay NAS storage server
- Format: 3.5"
- Interface: SATA III 6 Gb/s
- Capacity: 6 TB
- Cache memory : 256 MB
- Rotation speed : IntelliPower
- Compatibility with most major brand NAS servers
Specifications
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General information |
Product name |
Western Digital WD Red 6 TB SATA 6Gb/s |
Brand |
Western Digital | |
Model |
WD60EFAX | |
Main characteristics |
Interface with the computer |
Serial ATA 6Gb/s (SATA Revision 3) |
Hard drive format |
3" 1/2 | |
Capacity |
6 TB | |
Performance |
Rotation speed |
5400 RPM |
Cache size |
256 MB | |
Recording technology |
SMR | |
Design |
Hard drive type |
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) |
Use |
for NAS | |
Physical characteristics |
Width |
101.6 mm |
Height |
26.1 mm | |
Depth |
147 mm | |
Weight |
0.75 kg | |
Warranties |
Commercial warranty |
Seller 3 years |
Legal warranty |
See terms & conditions |
Product referenced on 19 Mar 2019
Customer reviews
Global rating
7/10
based on 11 reviews
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
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Number of reviews: 4 Average rating: 9
Very good
Used as a spare for a 4x6TB NAS, I'm unlikely to be using it any time soon, as its RED 6TB counterparts have been running without a hitch for long enough to demonstrate the reliability of this drive.
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Number of reviews: 4 Average rating: 9
NAS Raid 5
Chosen to replace smaller capacity but identically branded drives in a backup NAS. Does the job perfectly.
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Number of reviews: 26 Average rating: 7
Poor reliability
I have 4 HDDs in my SYnology DS918 NAS. In 2 years, I had to change 3 of the 4 HDDs in this model!!! All of them had a failure. Very bad choice for a NAS.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Perfect for my video storage
The product is perfect for what I want to use it for, storing and backing up video and photos. This is the third drive of this type that I have purchased.
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 4
Not for my Synology NAS
I replaced my defective HD with this one. Only one letter difference in the part number. Everything worked fine for the installation and the drive works.
However, I noticed that my NAS was working a lot. I contacted Synology support who sent me the information that this HDD is not compatible with my NAS (DS716+II). The SMR technology used in this HDD is apparently not compatible with Synology NAS.Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 1
4/4 HS - 100% Defective
Bought a Syno DS918+, all 4 drives in RAID5 failed in 1 hour with only 1 year of operation! All data lost (used at ~60%)
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Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 3
Hard drive dropped dead after 2.5 years of use
I bought this drive to put in a Synology NAS. It failed after 2 and a half years of use. I think I will consider another brand...
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Number of reviews: 2 Average rating: 6
Questionable reliability, LDLC OK
I bought 4 identical discs.
One of the 4 was not recognized by my synology => 1st exchange by LDLC
The disk received in return is recognized but the NAS identifies an abnormally high number of defects = 2nd exchange by LDLC
The third disk received is recognized for a short time then stops working.
Conclusion => purchase of a Toshiba N300 disk and problem solved, the problem was indeed with the disks (3 bad disks out of 6 anyway)Review automatically translated -
Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10
Always satisfied
The requirements are growing, from a Syno DS213J NAS with two 2TB WD REDs in 2013, replaced by two 4TB WD REDs in 2017, now a DS918+ with two 6TB WD REDs, accompanied by the two 2TBs from the start. The 213 remains in use. All is well...
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