4TB WD Red Plus NAS 5400 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $89 with $8 off code + FS $89.99
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TakeTheActive thanks so much for posting this you're right I goofed!
Now you're going to have to bear with me since my memory is hazy on this since I wasn't paying a huge amount of attention to...
4TB WD Red Plus NAS 5400 RPM 3.5" Internal Hard Drive $89 with $8 off code + FS $89.99
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Expired?
"HMM... we can't seem to find promo code 93XRZ35 on our end. Check again?"
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Some of the gains are just from caching. Most obvious in the difference between the earlier EFRX drive with 64MiB cache and advertised spec of 150MBps. The newer EFZX in this deal doubled the cache...
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Sorry that I posted the question b4 reading your comments. Thanks for sharing!
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Hmm, I need a NAS first.
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the 4TB when they measured it spun ~5700, so it was a legit 5400RPM class. the larger models have some HGST mechanicals. but that was the appeal of the 4TB Reds (now Red Plus EFRX vs their 4TB...
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So the WD Red must be spinning faster than 5400 RPM, right?
I don't know why they chose to call it "5400 RPM Class" though. I just 'assumed' that it was a poorer performing 7200 RPM HDD. Have you...
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Disregard..
Forget it..math challenged 2nite.
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The WD Red of the past decade (before April 2020) is *NOT* the WD Red sold today. :(
The WD Red sold today is SMR. :thumbdow:
The WD Red PLUS sold today is CMR. :thumbsup:
For reliable...
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nope, sustained throughput is about 155MB/s vs 130MB/s for the Blacks
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Standard disclaimer.. I own a dozen Wd reds between my dedicated NAS (Truenas) and a couple of dual disk appliances. I have ran original 8 for several years now with only one failure to date. I have...
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Be careful with that.
Western Digital has now turned to "5400 RPM Class" in their Spec Sheet: WD Red Plus Product Brief
and some entrepreneurial techie (reddit Data Hoarders maybe?) had gone so...
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Me too! :wave2:
---SNIP---
Misleading, incomplete and WRONG! :eek:
For someone who DID NOT follow the LINK, the EFRX (old WD Red CMR version) was used successfully. NOT the new WD Red SMR EFAX...
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perfectly fine, they're actually designed for more demanding workloads @24/7 so generally more reliable than "desktop" drives.
rotation is slower, but that just affects access time - throughput...
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Torai is right I'm infamous for my long wall of text posts :P .. having said that if you're willing to read through my rambling in the first post on this thread I have some thoughts :)
Absolutely...
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NAS disks like this one are meant to be best used in tandem. They run slower, but use less power and generate less heat so they in theory will last longer. You get better performance from a group of...
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Is this a good drive for my desktop to store files?
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Isn't there a lawsuit over this too recently?
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Your Amazon listing is missing a key descriptor: "Plus"
There's Western Digital Red and Western Digital Red Plus
The answer to your question: Not the same.
Further Info here:
Western Digital...
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SMR vs CMR not quite the same when you read more into it
Best quick example off of my head is gold plated vs gold
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