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    Product Name: WD Red 4TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD40EFRX
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    Manufacturer: Western Digital
    Model Number: WD40EFRX
    Product SKU: N82E16822236599
    Features: WD Red is designed specifically for small NAS systems that have 1 to 8 drive bays. The drives are designed and extensively tested for compatibility in the unique 24x7 operating environment and for the demanding system requirements of home and small office NAS.Storage for 1 to 8 bay NAS solutions - WD Red is designed specifically for NAS systems that have 1 to 8 drive bays in both 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factors.NASware grows to 3.0 - WD Red now supports small NAS systems from 1 to 8 bays thanks to NASware 3.0, which further improves drive compatibility and reliability. At 48TB of total capacity in an 8-bay system, WD Red expands your NAS experience.3D Active Balance Plus - Our enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves the overall drive performance and reliability. Hard drives that are not properly balanced may cause excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system, reduce the hard drive life span, and degrade the performance over time. (EFRX models only)
    Usage: For NAS systems
    Length (maximum): 147.00 mm
    Interface: SATA 6.0Gb/s
    Capacity: 4TB
    RPM: 5400 RPM
    Width (maximum): 101.60 mm
    Cache: 64MB
    Form Factor: 3.5"
    Packaging: Bare Drive
    Height (maximum): 26.10 mm
    Series: Red
    Specifically designed for use in NAS systems with up to 8 bays
    Tested for 24x7 reliability
    NASware firmware for compatibility
    3-year limited warranty
    Small and home office NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
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    03-24-2020 at 05:20 AM #2
    Older drive with smaller cache, 64MB. Newer drive (FAX Model) has 256MB Cache.
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    03-24-2020 at 05:22 AM #3
    Quote from weigle2
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    Older drive with smaller cache, 64MB. Newer drive (FRX Model) has 256MB Cache.
    The newer FAX is likely SMR and hence the 256MB cacche.
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    03-24-2020 at 05:37 AM #4
    Quote from silow
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    The newer FAX is likely SMR and hence the 256MB cacche.
    Could be. But the FAX model has considerably faster right speed 180MB Vs 150 MB per second.
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    03-24-2020 at 05:42 AM #5
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    Could be. But the FAX model has considerably faster right speed 180MB Vs 150 MB per second.
    I wouldn't necessarily trust vendor published performance specs. I made the decision to purchase the tried and true FRX model during Amazon's storage sale a few weeks ago. WD still sells both models for the same price. I don't see WD doing this for any other reason other than cost cutting - switching to SMR platters but needing to increase cache to maintain write performance. Other drives at this capacity with 256MB cache are mostly if not all SMR drives. Unfortunately I haven't come across any published performance benchmarks for the FAX model to confirm if it's indeed SMR.
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    03-24-2020 at 09:27 AM #6
    good enuf for my nas? one drive went out, i like having a backup
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    03-24-2020 at 10:27 AM #7
    Any tips on how to give a go at buying/building my first NAS? Like, if I bought this, what what I put it in? I'm not as dumb as this question sounds, but not an IT professional.
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    03-24-2020 at 10:29 AM #8
    I actually ordered one of these instead of the newer smr drives, its fast. That extra cache does nothing really for normal use...
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    03-24-2020 at 11:02 AM #9
    Bought 4 last time around. Excellent drives. Much quieter than the old Toshiba (Hitachi) drives I was using.

    All late Jan 2020 stock and the newer 68N32N0 models which IIRC use 3 platters instead of 4 - more reliable with fewer reports of failures.
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    03-24-2020 at 11:08 AM #10
    Looking to setup a NAS for small business.
    Suggestion on an enclosure for this?
    Should I buy a couple so it can be a RAID setup?
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    03-24-2020 at 11:12 AM #11
    Quote from sarcasmogratis
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    Looking to setup a NAS for small business.
    Suggestion on an enclosure for this?
    Should I buy a couple so it can be a RAID setup?
    You should probably do some research before buying anything. You are asking very basic questions.
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    03-24-2020 at 11:20 AM #12
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    good enuf for my nas? one drive went out, i like having a backup
    yes - of course...

    what nas are you running?
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    03-24-2020 at 11:23 AM #13
    Anyone using one of these in a normal desktop pc either as a homegrown NAS or otherwise? Bought one at one point due to the SD effect and never built the NAS I planned to. Have an old PC I could use as NAS, or I could just throw it in my desktop gaming pc for storage. Thoughts?
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    03-24-2020 at 11:25 AM #14
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    Any tips on how to give a go at buying/building my first NAS? Like, if I bought this, what what I put it in? I'm not as dumb as this question sounds, but not an IT professional.
    look into UnRaid - it's pretty simple to setup - even though it's based on Linux... i've been running it for almost 10 years now. And it is rock solid, great support, has lots of plug-ins (dockers), and even runs virtual machines so if you already have a machine, this can add utility to that.
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    03-24-2020 at 11:26 AM #15
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    Anyone using one of these in a normal desktop pc either as a homegrown NAS or otherwise? Bought one at one point due to the SD effect and never built the NAS I planned to. Have an old PC I could use as NAS, or I could just throw it in my desktop gaming pc for storage. Thoughts?
    see my comment right above this
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