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Apr 8, 2022 2:39 AM

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.

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

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    • This price is $270 lower (47% savings) than the list price of $549.99
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    • 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:
  • 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:

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BigBlueShock
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Well, after tons of research at one point, and from a reddit post I found..

-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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cobwash
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I got 2 gold 16 tb drives from the deal a few months ago for my unraid build. I have had no issues with the drives and performance is pretty good. Don't forget the the paypal 12% cash back if decide to grab one of these but you have to purchase from Wd.com. Same price as Amazon. Launch the paypal app, go to deals section, search western digital, and click shop now. Pay with paypal and should get the gold points in couple of months. I did this and when I got the gold drives in February and now have my gold points. 6700 points
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BigBlueShock
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The 16TB Red Pro and 16TB Golds are still $299.99 on the WD directly. Been $299.99 for a while.

16tb Gold www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-gold-sata-hdd#WD161KRYZ [westerndigital.com]

16tb Red Pro http://www.westerndigital.com/pro...#WD161KFGX


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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Apr 9, 2022 1:48 AM
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Apr 9, 2022 4:35 AM
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mdl22Apr 9, 2022 4:35 AM
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This, or the 18tb elements drive for 339?

the shuckable helium drive is 5900 rpm, and fairly quiet, but with less warranty.
Apr 9, 2022 5:54 AM
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gwiteApr 9, 2022 5:54 AM
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Quote from mdl22 View quoted comment :
This, or the 18tb elements drive for 339?

the shuckable helium drive is 5900 rpm, and fairly quiet, but with less warranty.
The Elements drive will fail way sooner than the Red.
Apr 9, 2022 7:02 AM
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mezioApr 9, 2022 7:02 AM
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can someone recommend a good 4 bay NAS to use with these? i'm too lazy to build/maintain my own and have been waffling between QNAP and Synology, maybe Drobo?
Apr 9, 2022 7:29 AM
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AnneR4868Apr 9, 2022 7:29 AM
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Quote from BigBlueShock View quoted comment :
The 16TB Red Pro and 16TB Golds are still $299.99 on the WD directly. Been $299.99 for a while.

16tb Gold www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-gold-sata-hdd#WD161KRYZ [westerndigital.com]

16tb Red Pro http://www.westerndigital.com/pro...#WD161KFGX


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.
March 11 I got the 12TB Red Pro from WD for $260 after extra 10% (abandoned cart discount) off $300.. I don't recall the 16TB being anywhere near $300 or I would have gotten it. Price may have dropped a few days later.
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Apr 9, 2022 11:52 AM
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RedmontApr 9, 2022 11:52 AM
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Wow —All of this and 7200 rpm. I can't wait until this comes down to my hard drive budget of $125 . Oh well maybe next month.
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Apr 9, 2022 12:20 PM
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MyndFXApr 9, 2022 12:20 PM
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Quote from gwite View quoted comment :
The Elements drive will fail way sooner than the Red.
Why is this, inferior parts? Has there been a study on this? I've been running > 20 helium Easyshucks for a few years now and only had one 10TB puke. Good thing it was in RAID 6.

I doubt there's many differences besides firmware.

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Apr 9, 2022 1:41 PM
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johnknierimApr 9, 2022 1:41 PM
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Quote from mezio View quoted comment :
can someone recommend a good 4 bay NAS to use with these? i'm too lazy to build/maintain my own and have been waffling between QNAP and Synology, maybe Drobo?
TrueNAS
https://www.truenas.com/truenas-mini/
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tropicalbApr 9, 2022 4:43 PM
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Quote from mezio View quoted comment :
can someone recommend a good 4 bay NAS to use with these? i'm too lazy to build/maintain my own and have been waffling between QNAP and Synology, maybe Drobo?
QNAP seems to get hit by ransomware quite a bit. I wouldn't recommend a QNAP device. I have heard good things about TrueNAS and Synology.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/qnap-warns-nas-users-of-deadbolt-ransomware-urges-customers-to-update/
Apr 9, 2022 5:05 PM
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Apr 9, 2022 5:23 PM
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sjuledApr 9, 2022 5:23 PM
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I got 2 gold 16 tb drives from the deal a few months ago for my unraid build. I have had no issues with the drives and performance is pretty good. Don't forget the the paypal 12% cash back if decide to grab one of these but you have to purchase from Wd.com. Same price as Amazon. Launch the paypal app, go to deals section, search western digital, and click shop now. Pay with paypal and should get the gold points in couple of months. I did this and when I got the gold drives in February and now have my gold points. 6700 points
Apr 10, 2022 1:35 PM
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inspir3dApr 10, 2022 1:35 PM
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Quote from gwite View quoted comment :
The Elements drive will fail way sooner than the Red.
That's an assumption given no red pro drive data is available and golds (higher spec) have a known high failure rate

I have had elements drive last 8 years and then rotate out and sell on cl or offerup.

It all depends what you use it for and lifelong writes....
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Apr 10, 2022 1:35 PM
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inspir3dApr 10, 2022 1:35 PM
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Quote from tropicalb View quoted comment :
QNAP seems to get hit by ransomware quite a bit. I wouldn't recommend a QNAP device. I have heard good things about TrueNAS and Synology.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/qna...to-update/
Freenas and never think about it again
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Apr 10, 2022 4:44 PM
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roninwar2Apr 10, 2022 4:44 PM
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Quote from cobwash View quoted comment :
I got 2 gold 16 tb drives from the deal a few months ago for my unraid build. I have had no issues with the drives and performance is pretty good. Don't forget the the paypal 12% cash back if decide to grab one of these but you have to purchase from Wd.com. Same price as Amazon. Launch the paypal app, go to deals section, search western digital, and click shop now. Pay with paypal and should get the gold points in couple of months. I did this and when I got the gold drives in February and now have my gold points. 6700 points
How/where does one see that 12% cash back? Sorry, don't use PayPal much and never got into their cash back

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CTRFK8Apr 11, 2022 7:47 AM
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Quote from gotaudi View quoted comment :
Pretty decent deal. In before Taiwan gets taken over? Too early?
They can't even deal with covid. I wouldn't worry
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