For small and medium-sized businesses
Stream, share, organize and back up your digital content with a NAS system and WD Red™ Plus drives, which are designed to effortlessly share content with your home or business devices. NASware™ 3.0 technology increases the drive’s compatibility with your existing network and devices. Large businesses with up to 24 bays choose WD Red™ Pro drives for exceptional performance.
NASware 3.0. Exclusive
Not just any drive will do. With an 8-bay NAS system, you can get up to 112TB of capacity. And with Western Digital’s exclusive NASware 3.0 technology, you can optimize every drive. Advanced NASware 3.0 technology, included in every WD Red™ Plus hard drive, improves storage performance by increasing compatibility, integration, reliability and upgradeability.
Built for optimal NAS system compatibility
WD Red™ Plus drives powered by NASware™ make choosing a drive a snap. Our unique NAS-optimized algorithm balances performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. Simply put, WD Red™ Plus is the most NAS enclosure-compatible drive available. But you don’t have to take our word for it. WD Red™ Plus drives have an extensive list of compatibility testing and NAS technology commitment from our partners.
WD Red™ Pro for large businesses
If you’re looking for the highest performance in a NAS system, WD Red™ Pro drives deliver exceptional performance to the most demanding midsize and large businesses. In 9- to 24-bay NAS environments, WD Red™ Pro drives deliver uncompromising performance and absolute peace of mind backed by a 5-year limited warranty.
3D Active Balance Plus
Our enhanced dual-plane balancing control technology increases overall drive performance and reliability. Improperly balanced hard drives can produce excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system, which shortens hard drive lifespan and degrades performance over time.
Environments that operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week
Since your NAS system is always on, choosing a reliable drive is essential. Offering an MTBF of up to 1 million hours, WD Red™ Plus is designed for 24/7 environments.
Quality support and 3-year limited warranty
Confidently boost the performance of your NAS system with the security of a 3-year limited warranty and world-class customer service that comes with WD Red™ Plus drives.
Desktop drives vs. WD Red™ Plus
Choose the right NAS-designed drive for your system with a range of features to help protect your data and ensure optimal performance. Consider the following when choosing a hard drive for your NAS:
