WD Red Plus 3.5-inch NAS Hard Drive
Product Brief
Product Highlights
- Available in capacities ranging from 1-14TB¹ with support for NAS systems with up to 8 bays.
- Supports up to 180TB/year workload rate².
- Features NASware™ firmware for compatibility.
- Built for small or medium business NAS systems in a 24/7 environment.
- Comes with a 3-year limited warranty³.
WD Red versus Desktop Drives
Choosing a drive purpose-built for NAS is crucial for data preservation and optimal performance. Consider the following:
- Compatibility: WD Red drives are specifically tested for compatibility with NAS systems, unlike desktop drives.
- Reliability: Designed for the demands of an always-on NAS environment, WD Red NAS hard drives are tested under tough conditions for consistent performance.
- Error Recovery Controls: WD Red drives feature RAID error recovery control to help reduce failures within the NAS system.
- Noise and Vibration Protection: While desktop drives offer little protection, WD Red drives are designed to thrive in multi-bay NAS system environments, mitigating noise and vibration.
Tackle Intensity with WD Red Plus
Packed with power for NAS environments in home offices up to medium-sized businesses, WD Red Plus is ideal for protecting, archiving, and sharing valuable data in NAS systems with up to 8 bays. These drives offer the flexibility, versatility, and confidence needed for important home and work files.
For Small or Medium Businesses
WD Red Plus drives provide the speed and capacity businesses need to store, protect, and share increasing amounts of data. For NAS systems with up to 8 bays, they deliver uncompromising performance and assurance, backed by a 3-year limited warranty³.
For Home Office and Power Users
Whether storing high-resolution videos or managing thousands of electronic documents, WD Red Plus drives help organize, protect, and share digital content effortlessly.
Exclusive NASware™ Technology
Western Digital's exclusive advanced firmware, NASware™, is built into every WD Red hard drive. This technology enhances NAS system performance, compatibility, upgradeability, and reliability, enabling seamless integration, robust data protection, and optimal performance for demanding NAS operations.
Built for Optimum NAS Compatibility
WD Red hard drives are among the most compatible available for NAS enclosures, a result of extensive NAS partner technology engagement and compatibility testing.
3D Active Balance Plus
This enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves overall drive performance and reliability. Proper balancing prevents excessive vibration and noise in multi-drive systems, extending hard drive lifespan and maintaining performance.
Built for Continuous Operation
With an MTBF of up to 1 million hours³, WD Red hard drives are engineered for rigorous workloads in 24x7 NAS environments, essential for systems that are always on.
World-Class Support and a 3-year Limited Warranty
As a leading hard drive manufacturer, Western Digital supports its NAS storage solutions with a 3-year limited warranty and world-class support services. For regionally specific warranty details, visit support.wdc.com/warranty.
Specifications
Specifications subject to change without notice. For footnote references, please see the previous page.
Page 2 Specifications
| Model Number⁴ | 14TB¹ WD140EFGX WD140EFFX | 12TB¹ WD120EFAX WD120EFBX | 10TB¹ WD101EFAX WD101EFBX | 8TB¹ WD80EFAX WD80EFBX | 8TB¹ WD80EFZX WD80EFZZ | 6TB¹ WD60EFPX | 6TB¹ WD60EFZX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recording technology | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR |
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Formatted capacity¹ | 14TB | 12TB | 10TB | 8TB | 8TB | 6TB | 6TB |
| Form factor | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch |
| Native command queuing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Format (AF) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RoHS compliant⁵ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Performance | |||||||
| Internal transfer rate up to⁶ | 210 MB/s | 196 MB/s | 215 MB/s | 210 MB/s | 185 MB/s | 180 MB/s | 185 MB/s |
| Cache (MB)¹ | 512 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB | 128 MB | 256 MB | 128 MB |
| RPM | 7200 | 7200⁷ | 7200 | 7200 | 5640 | 5640 | 5640 |
| Reliability/Data Integrity | |||||||
| Load/unload cycles⁸ | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| Non-recoverable errors per bits read | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ |
| MTBF (hours)⁹ | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Workload rate (TB/year)² | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 |
| Limited warranty (years)³ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Power Management¹⁰ | |||||||
| 12VDC ±5% (A, peak) | 1.85 | 1.85⁴ | 1.85 | 1.85 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 |
| Average power requirements (W) | |||||||
| Read/write | 6.5 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
| Idle | 3.0 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Standby and sleep | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Environmental Specifications | |||||||
| Temperature (°C) | |||||||
| Operating | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 |
| Non-operating | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 |
| Shock (Gs) | |||||||
| Operating, (2 ms, write) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Operating, (2 ms, read) | 65 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Non-operating (2 ms) | 300 | 300 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Acoustics (dBA) | |||||||
| Idle | 20 | 20 | 34 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 25 |
| Seek (average) | 29 | 29 | 38 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 30 |
| Physical Dimensions | |||||||
| Height (in./mm, max) | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 |
| Length (in./mm, max) | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 |
| Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 |
| Weight (lb/kg, ± 3%) | 1.52/0.69 | 1.46/0.66 | 1.65/0.75 | 1.58/0.715 | 1.65/0.75 | 1.65/0.75 | 1.65/0.75 |
Page 3 Specifications
| Model Number⁴ | 4TB¹ WD40EFPX | 4TB¹ WD40EFZX | 3TB¹ WD30EFPX | 3TB¹ WD30EFZX | 2TB¹ WD20EFPX | 2TB¹ WD20EFZX | 1TB¹ WD10JFCX | 1TB¹ WD10EFRX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recording technology | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR | CMR |
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| Formatted capacity¹ | 4TB | 4TB | 3TB | 3TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form factor | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch | 3.5-inch |
| Native command queuing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced Format (AF) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RoHS compliant⁵ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Performance | ||||||||
| Internal transfer rate up to⁶ | 180 MB/s | 175 MB/s | 180 MB/s | 175 MB/s | 180 MB/s | 175 MB/s | 144 MB/s | 150 MB/s |
| Cache (MB)¹ | 256 MB | 128 MB | 256 MB | 128 MB | 64 MB | 128 MB | 16 MB | 64 MB |
| RPM | 5400 | 5400 | 5400 | 5400 | 5400 | 5400 | 5400 | 5400 |
| Reliability/Data Integrity | ||||||||
| Load/unload cycles⁸ | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 | 600,000 |
| Non-recoverable read errors per bits read | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ | <1 in 10¹⁴ |
| MTBF (hours)⁹ | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Workload rate (TB/year)² | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 | 180 |
| Limited warranty (years)³ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Power Management¹⁰ | ||||||||
| 12VDC ±5% (A, peak) | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 1.2 | 1.75 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Average power requirements (W) | ||||||||
| Read/write | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| Idle | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 2.3 |
| Standby and sleep | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Environmental Specifications | ||||||||
| Temperature (°C) | ||||||||
| Operating | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 | 0 to 65 |
| Non-operating | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 | -40 to 70 |
| Shock (Gs) | ||||||||
| Operating, (2 ms, read/write) | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 400 | 30 |
| Operating, (2 ms, read) | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 70 |
| Non-operating (2 ms) | 250 | 250 | 250 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 1000 | 250 |
| Acoustics (dBA) | ||||||||
| Idle | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 21 |
| Seek (average) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 22 |
| Physical Dimensions | ||||||||
| Height (in./mm, max) | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 1.028/26.1 | 0.374/9.5 | 1.028/26.1 |
| Length (in./mm, max) | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 5.787/147 | 3.94/100.2 | 5.787/147 |
| Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 4/101.6 | 2.75/69.85 | 4/101.6 |
| Weight (lb/kg , ± 10%) | 1.26/0.57 | 1.26/0.57 | 1.26/0.57 | 0.99/0.45 | 1.26/0.57 | 0.25/0.115 | 0.99/0.45 | 1.26/0.57 |
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