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16TB WD Red Pro NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
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Amazon has 16TB WD Red Pro NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD161KFGX) for $299.99. Shipping is free.
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Specs:
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Specs:
- 16 TB Capacity
- 512 MB Cache Size
- 7200rpm Disk Speed (RPM)
- SATA Interface
- Up to 259MB/s Transfer Rate
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- This price is $270 lower (47% savings) than the list price of $549.99
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- About this product:
- Rating of 4.6 from over 2,400 Amazon customer reviews.
- 5-Year Limited Warranty
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Amazon has 16TB WD Red Pro NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (WD161KFGX) for $299.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member aznknightz17 for finding this deal.
Specs:
Thanks to Community Member aznknightz17 for finding this deal.
Specs:
- 16 TB Capacity
- 512 MB Cache Size
- 7200rpm Disk Speed (RPM)
- SATA Interface
- Up to 259MB/s Transfer Rate
Editor's Notes
Written by SlickDealio- About this deal:
- This price is $270 lower (47% savings) than the list price of $549.99
- Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
- About this product:
- Rating of 4.6 from over 2,400 Amazon customer reviews.
- 5-Year Limited Warranty
- About this store:
- Information about Amazon returns can be found here.
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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-Slight bump in performance. Gold can do 249MB/s, Red Pro can do 240MB/s.
-Gold has an MTBF of 2.5 million hours, Red Pro only 1 million.
-Gold has an annual failure rate spec, Red Pro does not.
-Red Pro has a workload rate of 300TB/yr, Gold's specs are defined for a workload of 219TB/yr but the drives are designed for 550TB/yr.
-Gold is more power hungry. 7.1/6.7W for sequential read/write vs. 5.7W on the Red Pro. 5W idle vs. 2.8W on the Red Pro.
-Gold has a higher operating shock rating of 70G vs. 30G read write, 65G read only on the Red Pro.
-Gold is slightly louder on seeks at 36dBA vs. 29dBA
-Gold weighs 10g more than a Red Pro.
TL;DR: Gold is specced to be more reliable but consumes more power.
Now in my opinion.. If they're exactly the same price, and If your NAS is tucked away somewhere and sound isn't an issue, go with the Gold. *Potentially* more reliable down the road.
Golds can also be used in Surveillance and other instances where a Red Pro probably wouldn't be a good idea
16tb Gold www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-gold-sata-hdd#WD161KRYZ [westerndigital.com]
16tb Red Pro http://www.westerndigi
I guess if you have Amazon CC / Giftcards that's enticing to order on Amazon.
WD Direct you could potentially get decent cashback as well.
Not that it matters... but build date for the Gold I received was like early to mid 2021. Maybe they just had an excess.
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16tb Gold www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-gold-sata-hdd#WD161KRYZ [westerndigital.com]
16tb Red Pro http://www.westerndigi
I guess if you have Amazon CC / Giftcards that's enticing to order on Amazon.
WD Direct you could potentially get decent cashback as well.
Not that it matters... but build date for the Gold I received was like early to mid 2021. Maybe they just had an excess.
16tb Gold www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-gold-sata-hdd#WD161KRYZ [westerndigital.com]
16tb Red Pro http://www.westerndigi
I guess if you have Amazon CC / Giftcards that's enticing to order on Amazon.
WD Direct you could potentially get decent cashback as well.
Not that it matters... but build date for the Gold I received was like early to mid 2021. Maybe they just had an excess.
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-Slight bump in performance. Gold can do 249MB/s, Red Pro can do 240MB/s.
-Gold has an MTBF of 2.5 million hours, Red Pro only 1 million.
-Gold has an annual failure rate spec, Red Pro does not.
-Red Pro has a workload rate of 300TB/yr, Gold's specs are defined for a workload of 219TB/yr but the drives are designed for 550TB/yr.
-Gold is more power hungry. 7.1/6.7W for sequential read/write vs. 5.7W on the Red Pro. 5W idle vs. 2.8W on the Red Pro.
-Gold has a higher operating shock rating of 70G vs. 30G read write, 65G read only on the Red Pro.
-Gold is slightly louder on seeks at 36dBA vs. 29dBA
-Gold weighs 10g more than a Red Pro.
TL;DR: Gold is specced to be more reliable but consumes more power.
Now in my opinion.. If they're exactly the same price, and If your NAS is tucked away somewhere and sound isn't an issue, go with the Gold. *Potentially* more reliable down the road.
Golds can also be used in Surveillance and other instances where a Red Pro probably wouldn't be a good idea
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-Slight bump in performance. Gold can do 249MB/s, Red Pro can do 240MB/s.
-Gold has an MTBF of 2.5 million hours, Red Pro only 1 million.
-Gold has an annual failure rate spec, Red Pro does not.
-Red Pro has a workload rate of 300TB/yr, Gold's specs are defined for a workload of 219TB/yr but the drives are designed for 550TB/yr.
-Gold is more power hungry. 7.1/6.7W for sequential read/write vs. 5.7W on the Red Pro. 5W idle vs. 2.8W on the Red Pro.
-Gold has a higher operating shock rating of 70G vs. 30G read write, 65G read only on the Red Pro.
-Gold is slightly louder on seeks at 36dBA vs. 29dBA
-Gold weighs 10g more than a Red Pro.
TL;DR: Gold is specced to be more reliable but consumes more power.
Now in my opinion.. If they're exactly the same price, and If your NAS is tucked away somewhere and sound isn't an issue, go with the Gold. *Potentially* more reliable down the road.
Golds can also be used in Surveillance and other instances where a Red Pro probably wouldn't be a good idea
edit; thank you for your extended breakdown I appreciate it!
16tb Gold www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-gold-sata-hdd#WD161KRYZ [westerndigital.com]
16tb Red Pro http://www.westerndigi
I guess if you have Amazon CC / Giftcards that's enticing to order on Amazon.
WD Direct you could potentially get decent cashback as well.
Not that it matters... but build date for the Gold I received was like early to mid 2021. Maybe they just had an excess.
edit; thank you for your extended breakdown I appreciate it!
-Gold is more power hungry. 7.1/6.7W for sequential read/write vs. 5.7W on the Red Pro. 5W idle vs. 2.8W on the Red Pro.
However, I have no idea what's under the hood of either drive. Gold could have better cooling mechanism, No idea. But the bottom line is they're going to be about the same. Shouldn't base this purchase based off heat dissipation considering they're 1-2 watts power consumption from each other.
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