





The WD Red Pro was designed for use in storage systems with 8 to 18 drive bays. It impresses with its exceptional "NASware 3.0" firmware, outstanding reliability, and intelligent design that minimizes vibrations and reduces heat generation.
The drive features NASware 3.0 firmware technology, optimized for 8- to 16-drive systems in the WD Red Pro. This firmware ensures seamless integration, robust data security, and optimal performance in NAS and RAID environments. It reduces common hard drive issues in NAS systems, including compatibility, integration, upgradeability, reliability, and total cost of ownership, which are typical of desktop-type hard drives, thereby improving the performance of NAS storage.
Desktop drives are typically not designed for RAID environments and have built-in mechanisms that prevent the RAID controller from intervening in the event of a failure. With its integrated, intelligent error handling, NASware 3.0 prevents drives from being disconnected from the RAID due to excessively long error handling times. This feature results in higher availability and reduced downtime for RAID rebuilding.
In the event of an unexpected power outage, «NASware 3.0» executes the currently processed command before shutting down, thereby minimizing data damage or loss.
The WD Red Pro offers built-in compatibility with the ATA streaming feature set, which is important for AV storage applications such as Windows Media Center.
Data storage
Continuous operation: Yes
Data storage cache: 256 MB
Read/write speed
HDD rotational speed: 7200 rpm
Storage
Hard drive interface: SATA
Storage application: NAS
Total storage capacity: 8 TB
Storage interface: SATA III (6Gb/s)
Dimensions
Hard drive form factor 3.5"
Energy
Power consumption in operation: 6.9 W
Power consumption in standby: 0.3 W
Shipping information
Weight: 750 g
Volume: 0.000375 m³
Dimensions: 2.5 x 10 x 15 cm