Western Digital 8TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5640 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 256 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD80EFPX

This is an excellent NAS hard drive with 8 TB of storage, specifically designed for home or small business NAS systems. Its stable performance, low noise level, and good energy efficiency make it ideal for backups, multimedia storage, or RAID configurations. Many users highlight its reliability and ample capacity for large amounts of data. Some mention that it can be a bit noisy during intense data transfers, but overall, it offers great value for money and reliable 24/7 operation.

Upon opening the box, I ran SMART extended drive test using Linux GParted. SMART reported no errors. I then formatted with NTFS 64kB with whole-drive Bitlocker. Then I ran another extended drive test. Then 6TB of backup data was transferred to the drive and a hash manifest was generated for each directory. At this point, the drive had been operating continuously for days, sweeping the entire surface multiple times with tests, reads, and writes. No errors (yet). This will be a cold storage drive in a ruggedized USB-C enclosure, accessed only a few times per year.

I use this in an external hard drive caddy - one of the things that looks like a toaster an connects to the computer by USB 3. It works well and is as fast as can be expected for a drive of this specification in an extern caddy. The thing about hard drives is that your chances of getting a good one that will work well for years are huge. There is a trifling small chance you will get a dud that will fail after not much use. Happily, in this case I got a good one.

I didn't open the drive until it was too late to return to Amazon. The drive just makes clicking noises right out of the box. I tried to submit a warranty claim on the WD website and it fails with a message "No Warranty". I contacted WD and they said it was an OEM drive sold by Amazon intended for building PCs. They are obviously wrong, this a 6TB Red NAS drive in a retail box that says 3yr warranty on the box. Now they want me to scan the front and back of the drive and upload images so they can "try" to help me.

As someone who uses my NAS daily, I know how important it is to have a stable and reliable option for storage. I have been using these for years without issue. Great options for storage sizes and relatively quiet for a hard drive

I'm a long-time Western Digital fan of their blue and black label drives, so I decided to purchase two of these drives for my new NAS to use in a RAID1 array. One drive was DOA, and would not spin up. I work in IT. It happens. Put in an RMA on the 19th of July. Paid for their two day shipping. Tracking says they received it on the 24th (this is going from East Coast USA to West Coast (California). Great. Checked back on the RMA status on the 29th and it still said "Pending Return". Reached out to support. Got a responsive reply saying that they in fact did receive it on the 24th. Awesome. 1 hour later, I received an email saying they got my return. Odd, but fine. August 2nd, I finally got an email saying my drive was shipped (no tracking information). Today is the 13th of August, and I literally just received the drive after reaching out to support for tracking. It was in fact delivered via UPS, so I'm not sure what the delay was. It's a good thing I didn't need this drive for anything super critical. I'll update if I have issues with the drives themselves.

Using a pair of these in a RAID 1 array in a direct attached storage device. Seem solid so far after a few months of use.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: After years of faithful service, my original NAS drives were starting to get long in the tooth. Between signs of wear and ever-growing storage needs, I knew it was time for an upgrade—and the WD Red Plus 10TB hit the sweet spot. I’ve used WD Reds in my NAS for years and they’ve always been rock solid. This drive is no exception—quiet, fast for a spinning disk, and stays cool even under constant access. I appreciate that it uses CMR (not SMR), which is essential for proper RAID performance and long-term reliability. Installation was plug-and-play in my QNAP, and it was recognized instantly. It’s also noticeably quicker than my older 5400 RPM drives thanks to the 7200 RPM speed and 256MB cache. If your NAS drives are starting to show their age—or you just need more space—this is a great way to breathe new life into your system. WD Red Plus continues to deliver the kind of reliability I trust with all my critical data.

I bought a pair of 10 TB drives and have used them in my NAS for more than 3 years now. Touch wood it is been a great experience.

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Ho acquistato questo hard disk per archiviare film e giochi. Certo non è veloce come un SSD, ma rispetto agli altri dischi meccanici ha 256MB di cache che lo velocizza parecchio. Il rumore è contenuto e non scalda. Western Digital è una marca seria e affidabile. Anche se l'uso consigliato è come elemento di unità RAID, quindi situazioni dove c'è una lettura/scrittura continua, io preferisco usarlo per effettuare miei backup e per parcheggiare collezioni di dischi audio, film, concerti, insomma come memorizzazione dati a lungo termine. Quello che mi ha fatto scegliere questo disco? La possibilità di avere in un'unica unità tutto quello che mi serve a un prezzo per Giga molto conveniente. Ricordatevi che UN SOLO disco non e' un backup, dovrete avere almeno DUE copie di quello che non volete assolutamente perdere (e possibilmente non nello stesso posto fisico). Ne comprerò presto un altro. PRO: GRANDISSIMO, NON C'E' (ANCORA) UN SSD COSI' GRANDE, NON E' TROPPO LENTO, E' CONVENIENTE CONTRO: NON E' UN SSD, COME DISCO PRINCIPALE CONVIENE USARE UN PIU' PICCOLO SSD

Like most PC gamers I made the swap to SSD/NVME some years back, and considered HDDs to be an obsolete technology. It was only when I decided to digitise my media library that I needed to go beyond the 4tb in flash I had installed. I spent a very long time looking at the 20-24tb drives such as the Exos/WD Gold/Toshiba 11 ranges but was put off by reports of noise. I remember the constant chatter of the drives of yore with some weariness so I researched the most quiet option instead. That led me here. The WD Red Plus (NOT the Red Pro,) specifically the 12tb model, is the perfect sound sweet spot. At 12tb WD fills the drives with helium instead of air and it has less spinning drive platters inside. The 14tb model is only marginally louder but is more expensive for if you want to double up in the future. I mounted in directly in my PC on a rubber mounted bracket and it is SILENT. When I say silent I really mean it. The PC is liquid cooled so it is whisper quiet. I can hear the TINIEST chatter (nothing like the 20/40gb models of the previous century) if I press my ear against the PC case during huge transfers, but I didn't even bother to setup a spin-down timer once I realised how silent it is. The speed? Almost irrelevant. This is for long term media storage, so the slow write times annoy you rarely, and the read times are instant for media files and laugh at even UHD bitrates with no lag. My main drives are Samsung 9100 NVMEs running PCI5 (fastest commercial drives on the market at time of review) and the WD Red hangs with them with no shame. The stats say they are less than 10% the speed of the NVMEs, but who's buying this as a boot drive? It's either going in a NAS or as a cold storage (long term, infrequent access) drive to compliment a faster boot drive. I almost knocked a star off because it is not the best value, but being as niche as it is (most people aren't buying spinning rust anymore) I can forgive that.

Product delivered is not a working piece Kindly give the number of the customer service so that i can contact for warranty claims