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4TB WD Red Plus NAS 5400 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

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Amazon.com has 4TB WD Red Plus NAS 5400 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD40EFZX) for $89.99. Shipping is free.

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Note, in stock April 9, 2021.

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  • Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate* * Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
  • NASware firmware for compatibility
  • Small or medium business NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
  • 3-year limited warranty

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    • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $15 lower (14% savings) than the next best available prices from reputable merchants with prices starting from $105.

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Amazon.com has 4TB WD Red Plus NAS 5400 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD40EFZX) for $89.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member WingsOfF for finding this deal.

Note, in stock April 9, 2021.

About this item:
  • Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate* * Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
  • NASware firmware for compatibility
  • Small or medium business NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
  • 3-year limited warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this store:
  • About this deal:
    • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $15 lower (14% savings) than the next best available prices from reputable merchants with prices starting from $105.

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WingsOfF
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Funny you should ask that. I bought this just now because my IronWolf just started to die with daily increasing reallocated sector counts. Now almost 300. Just over a year in 6TB 7200 model.

Seagate pulled a horrible thing with earlier versions of Ironwolf. They sold the higher capacity models with 7200rpm. But it looks like they were not mechanically stable for that speed and there has been a lot of reports of the same problems as mine, eating away their sectors slowly with increasing reallocation until they die or slow down considerably.

They quietly replaced some of the same models with the same number but spindle speed slowed down to 5600 rpm. So, the earlier performance numbers in reviews no longer apply.

I would not recommend any of the 7200rpm IronWolf drives at the moment.
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EffinAhole
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Seagate has always had problems. People who known better dont buy seagate anyways. They are at the bottom of QC. I never buy any Seagate drives and havnt for the past 20 years.
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Oil_Burner
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I have a older WD 500GB drive in my SimpleShare NAS if someone is old enough to remember it :-) Yes, 17yrs and still going strong... connected to a UPS and then backed by a whole house generator. This NAS has never been down, period.
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Mar 16, 2021 7:34 PM
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NihmRoddMar 16, 2021 7:34 PM
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Anyone have a source for reliable comparison between this and the Seagate IronWolf? That's been bouncing back and forth between $95 and (currently) $105 lately, but if it's a better drive I'm happy to await its next price drop.
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Anyone have a source for reliable comparison between this and the Seagate IronWolf? That's been bouncing back and forth between $95 and (currently) $105 lately, but if it's a better drive I'm happy to await its next price drop.
Funny you should ask that. I bought this just now because my IronWolf just started to die with daily increasing reallocated sector counts. Now almost 300. Just over a year in 6TB 7200 model.

Seagate pulled a horrible thing with earlier versions of Ironwolf. They sold the higher capacity models with 7200rpm. But it looks like they were not mechanically stable for that speed and there has been a lot of reports of the same problems as mine, eating away their sectors slowly with increasing reallocation until they die or slow down considerably.

They quietly replaced some of the same models with the same number but spindle speed slowed down to 5600 rpm. So, the earlier performance numbers in reviews no longer apply.

I would not recommend any of the 7200rpm IronWolf drives at the moment.
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Mar 16, 2021 8:05 PM
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MagicBurritoMar 16, 2021 8:05 PM
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I'm running a pair of WD Red's in my server that are out of warranty and still work fine. They've been in there their whole life. Added a 2nd pair to the server back when that warranty expired... and now I'm going to max out the server with 2 more of these 4TB reds.
Mar 16, 2021 8:38 PM
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cundalliniMar 16, 2021 8:38 PM
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bought three of these during last few months, although those were EFRX, meaning they have 64mb cache. added another 8tb, EFAX. have them in JBOD config, running w10. copying between the drives, large files (1-15gb) i get constant speed of 67 megabytes per second, wih light bursts up to 70ish. that seems a bit slow, but then again these are 5400rpm. dunno how these with 128mb cache would perform. btw, my 8tb from newegg is labeled as CMR EFAX model. is that legit? repped.
Mar 16, 2021 9:08 PM
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Oil_BurnerMar 16, 2021 9:08 PM
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I have a older WD 500GB drive in my SimpleShare NAS if someone is old enough to remember it :-) Yes, 17yrs and still going strong... connected to a UPS and then backed by a whole house generator. This NAS has never been down, period.
Mar 16, 2021 9:12 PM
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MagentaKnob173Mar 16, 2021 9:12 PM
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Quote from WingsOfF View quoted comment :
Funny you should ask that. I bought this just now because my IronWolf just started to die with daily increasing reallocated sector counts. Now almost 300. Just over a year in 6TB 7200 model.

Seagate pulled a horrible thing with earlier versions of Ironwolf. They sold the higher capacity models with 7200rpm. But it looks like they were not mechanically stable for that speed and there has been a lot of reports of the same problems as mine, eating away their sectors slowly with increasing reallocation until they die or slow down considerably.

They quietly replaced some of the same models with the same number but spindle speed slowed down to 5600 rpm. So, the earlier performance numbers in reviews no longer apply.

I would not recommend any of the 7200rpm IronWolf drives at the moment.
*Sigh* WD has all sorts of problems not labeling products correctly (CMR vs SMR + 7200RPM drives being labeled as 5400RPM "Class"). Now you are telling me that Seagate is no better (or even worse since the product is actually defective)?
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Quote from MagentaKnob173 View quoted comment :
*Sigh* WD has all sorts of problems not labeling products correctly (CMR vs SMR + 7200RPM drives being labeled as 5400RPM "Class"). Now you are telling me that Seagate is no better (or even worse since the product is actually defective)?
Seagate has always had QA issues. This is nothing new for them.

Unfortunately, opinions will vary dependent upon how long your history with them is.

I personally will never buy another Barracuda after getting burned two generations in a row.
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EffinAholeMar 16, 2021 9:36 PM
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Quote from MagentaKnob173 View quoted comment :
*Sigh* WD has all sorts of problems not labeling products correctly (CMR vs SMR + 7200RPM drives being labeled as 5400RPM "Class"). Now you are telling me that Seagate is no better (or even worse since the product is actually defective)?
Seagate has always had problems. People who known better dont buy seagate anyways. They are at the bottom of QC. I never buy any Seagate drives and havnt for the past 20 years.
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Mar 16, 2021 9:44 PM
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liyejunMar 16, 2021 9:44 PM
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Quote from EffinAhole View quoted comment :
Seagate has always had problems. People who known better dont buy seagate anyways. They are at the bottom of QC. I never buy any Seagate drives and havnt for the past 20 years.
I have used Seagate as NAS running 7*24 for 4 years, it's no problem, but one WD in my old desktop PC, I only turn on it like less than 5 times per year, but it was dead, 4 years as well.
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Mar 16, 2021 9:46 PM
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Craig90dayMar 16, 2021 9:46 PM
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looks like OOS?
Mar 16, 2021 9:49 PM
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BigJobber87Mar 16, 2021 9:49 PM
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Rats. This appears to be dead now.

Update: I tried on my laptop and was able to order successfully. Delivery in April.... now to buy the NAS....
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johnny_millerMar 16, 2021 9:49 PM
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Quote from Craig90day View quoted comment :
looks like OOS?
Likely will be soon, it was defaulting to another seller as Amazon (as seller) had delayed shipping.
Mar 16, 2021 9:50 PM
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MikeE21286Mar 16, 2021 9:50 PM
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Use for games?
Mar 16, 2021 9:55 PM
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CJRERussMar 16, 2021 9:55 PM
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Anyone aware of who AMZ may be price matching for this? I'd rather buy from a competitor if at all possible.

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Mar 16, 2021 10:09 PM
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dgirard96789Mar 16, 2021 10:09 PM
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Just an FYI: I've got 20 of these in my unraid NAS and have had 0 issues...lots of spin-ups/spin-downs and heavy read/write cycles.

My past seagate experience was horrible (back in the 2tb/3tb days) with several failures shortly after warranty expired...

All anecdotal, but there it is...

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