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05.01.2013
2/10
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I bought this WD Red drive to provide backup for my large (data) desktop. I use Windows backup. I paired the drive with a StarTech USB 3.0 enclosure and a Koutech USB 3.0 PCI card (each of which worked fine. I can't say enough positive things about Koutech support, BTW). Tested it for reads and writes: very fast. Then I tried to run backup, and Windows backup failed. Without belaboring the many phone calls and hours of research on the web, the problem is a combination of Microsoft Win 7 inability to handle 4K logical & physical sectors with WD's failure to provide microcode to emulate 512e sectors for this drive. (NB: Windows 8 does support 4K sectors). After a number of emails back and forth - over several weeks - I finally wound up with WD level 2 support who informed me that the drive was intended as an "internal drive" with the implication that I was unreasonable to try to use it as an external drive. Of course, WD markets this as a (and has an approved enclosure list for) NAS drive when it's connected via ethernet. When I queried what a NAS drive was if not an external drive, I was told that it was the USB attachment that created the problem. BTW, level 1 tried to blame the enclosure first, then the USB card, then my motherboard... anybody but them.The good news is that the drive is fast attached as I have it via USB 3.0 and if there were not a specific problem with Microsoft Windows Backup (or some other critical application), it would be fine. The real problem is the marketing language and lack of cautions from WD about a well-known and well-documented problem.(If you want more detail search for "Windows 7 Backup error 0x8078002A" or "4k sectors and windows backup.") Despite what you may read about potential solutions, the WD Quick Formatter cannot find WD Red drives when USB attached. Further, Level 2 WD support assures me that there is no microcode in the WD Red drives which can be used to emulate 512 sectors, so there is no solution.As for now, I have switched backup programs, hardly my favored workaround. But it took so long for WD to get back to me and finally give me a definitive answer that my 30 day window to return the drive passed.As long as you are dealing with applications which are not sensitive to 4K vs 512 sectors, the drive is fine. If there is a dependency, pass it by.
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24.03.2013
6/10
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Плохо
Between music, movies, pictures and games our pcs fill fast. Instead of always buying a new machine every 3 or 4 years I've been updating my computer with the latest peripherals and so far so good, until now. I purchased one of the largest drives I could find, unfortunately a 3 terabyte drive only showed as 746 gigabytes on my Windows 7, 32-bit computer. No matter how much I tried formatting with several third-party programs and many hours on line reading Tech Guru suggestions nothing worked or made my computer read the drive's true capacity.I don't want to be unfair about the drive, it seems to be very good (thus the 3 stars), but not everyone who buys a larger hard drive has the newest machine and like me, just needed some extra space on a not so old machine. But there's really no fix out there that works and there should be included at least an install disk that might fix things and set the drive up properly. The drive comes with no software and Western Digital's site is a waste of time to find answers, as you're pretty much just reading a forum of others having the same problem.Is it the motherboard, the way it's formatted, the bios or the operating system? No one seems to know, they only guess at solutions, yet are well aware of the problem and what causes it. No third party program worked for me; some I paid for, others I downloaded free trials, all for naught.I even disconnected my original hard drive and an extra 1.5 terabyte drive I bought only a few years ago and plugged in only the new drive, re-loaded Windows, but still only 746GB showed. Finally enough was enough and it's being returned. Also be aware that there seems to be no such thing as a Sata Data Y cable so make sure you have an extra port on your motherboard to accommodate the drive.I'm not saying everyone will have problems, it just didn't work for me and less than a 3rd capacity drive just doesn't cut it if you're trying to expand your system.
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17.08.2012
10/10
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Earlier this year, I took a chance purchasing Seagate's new 3TB HD for media storage and it died 2 months later. Since then I've purchased a 3TB Western Digital "RED" drive (I would have picked the WD "BLACK", but the price difference was a deal breaker). It's not in a NAS (just in PC), and with only one month in service I can say that at this point I'm pleased with the drive and it's performance. It's not as noisy, and certainly runs cooler than the dead Seagate, but time will tell.UPDATE: 10-14-12I didn't wait for the six month period to bump it to 5-star status. I didn't mention it before but the dead Seagate was in a USB external housing which is what I put this in. I almost never hear it, and while I haven't been as scientific as some (holding a stop watch, etc.)I have moved many large files to/from it, and then to two other external drives (same file each time) and the "RED" is by far the fastest, making things less time consuming. The others leave me toe-tapping or playing solitare until the transfers are complete. I bought a 2TB, not too long ago and plan to get 2 more 3TB drives before the end of the year. Yes, the RED series has a 3-year limited warranty.UPDATE: 11-17-12The 3TB RED and my 3, 2TB RED's are still very happy campers, on a 24/7 basis. I recently built a PC for a customer and put the 1TB RED in it (about 3 weeks ago) and they are very happy with the build, and the first comment I received was "It's so quiet". Our distributor tried to sway us from using these in anything other than a NAS, remarking that they were too slow, so I did some digging around various tech sites and came up with additional info:Due to it's variable speed, Western Digital upped the MTBF from 650,000 hours to 1,000,0003 year warranty with dedicated 24/7 supportWD doesn't state the actual spin-speed, merely saying it's Intellipower (meaning less than 7,200rpm), and from what I've seen most put it in the 5400 to 5900 RPM range.The Drive's cache memory was upgraded from DDR to DDR2In a test pitting RED against other brand hard drives which run at 7200 RPM, it came out in the middle of the pack on random data tranfers, however, when transferring large media files (in the 20+ GB range) the RED beat the Seagate Barracuda by 2 minutes.UPDATE 12/31/12No problems, runs cool, streams media great. The same goes for the 2- 2TB "RED" label drives in use.UPDATE 02/26/138 months of 24/7 and still going strong (3TB), 6 months of 24/7 and still going strong (2TB). So far, everyone I've recommended these drives to (and bought them) are also "Happy Campers".
Скроменый эксперт
29.01.2013
10/10
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I will try to keep this short. I have owned over 10 Western Digital hard-drives and I have only ever had one go bad on me, but it was in a very hot slim height PC and that was 5 years ago. These drives have continued the Western Digital legacy (at least for me, maybe I am lucky).I own 4 of the WD Red 2 TB Hard Drives. 2 of the drives I bought here on Amazon, 2 of the drives I bought a week later on the Egg Site...Amazon had decent packaging, Egg had probably more packaging than was needed (and that is never a bad thing when it comes to hard-drives)I installed the first 2 drives, absolutely no problems. I immediately ran long hard drive tests using Seagate Seatools. 5 hours later and the drives are completely fine. I am using these to store large 1080p movie files (18GB's a piece usually). I use one drive to mirror the other using a program called Synchronicity. This is for the simplest (and in my opinion best) form of redundancy.I ran the long harddrive tests every 2 days for the next 6 days and the 2 drives passed completely fine on both of them (they were both nearly full from consolidating my movie collection to these drives).I bought 2 more of these drives on Egg when they were on sale and I had the exact same experience as before, they are perfect.I now have a total of 8TB of storage from these drives. (4TB for storing files, and 4TB for redundancy).Pros:Good value depending on when you buy (I got first batch for $106.99 a piece and the second batch for $99 a piece) I wouldn't pay over $120 for these.Reliable (I have had these for about a month and have ran many long drive tests and have had no errors so far. I will continue to do so and update this review)Cons:I don't have any thing bad to say about these drives.Other Advice:If you receive a drive that wasn't packaged well THEN RETURN IT.You can only blame yourself if you use and don't return a drive that is packaged incorrectly, and then the drive goes bad.
Скроменый эксперт
29.03.2013
8/10
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We bought two WD 3TB Reds to go in a Synology DS213 NAS. The drive installed as drive one in a modified Raid 1 array that Synology calls "SHR" has been fine in the month or more it's been running. The second drive crashed after a week. I elected to return it to Western Digital for replacement under their "Advance Replacement" program, whereby they ship the new drive, and one simply returns the defective drive in that packaging. There are several kickers. One is that they put a hold on a credit card until they get the old drive returned, and it's for $250- much more than the going price on Amazon, so be sure to return it within the 30 days given. The other caveat is that shipping the old drive back is on you. That will currently run $15 insured to return the drive UPS.Anyhow, I promptly received the replacement drive, installed it (this is extremely easy in the Synology NAS), and lo and behold, although it ran normally it would not pass the extended S.M.A.R.T. test. I notified WD, and they asked if I wanted to replace it. I stated that I did not if it meant I was going to have to pay for shipping a second time. They sent me a new drive (that had been pre-tested) plus a prepaid return shipping label. This new drive is installed and running fine.The WD Red series is designed to run in NAS applications, and presumably it does. I give the highest marks here to Western Digital for how the problem I had was handled. All manufactured products have a certain number of defective units, nobody can do anything about that. The real test of a manufacturer is how they deal with such issues, and that went very well in my case.
Скроменый эксперт
21.01.2013
8/10
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I just got a couple of these 3TB WD Red drives a week ago! If you want some nice drives for your NAS these are it! Recommended for 1 to 5 drive bay systems. My new NAS has 4 bays so I'm using 2 of them right now. Formatted you get 2.7TB from them! You want a HDD that is guaranteed to support a NAS, these WD Red drive are them!!!The are Basically Green drives and yet so much more! They are much faster yet use less Power then other drives and have less heat. They also have a 3 year warranty and their own phone number to call if you have any problems. So the little higher price is worth the longer warranty of these over the other drives. These have software designed to work in a NAS environment that other HDD can have issues with!NAS's are a fast growing market right now I think. Since they need Hard Drives, I'm surprised WD is the only ones out with these RED NAS drives. I'm sure others are working on their own versions for this growing market. If you want to sell HDD's, especially the 3.5" ones, because Laptops and whatnot is the growing market and they take 2.5" drives or going with SSD drives.Both of my drives worked problem free. Just mounted to the frames and popped them into my NAS and the NAS did the rest on it's own. Simple easy!!! Lower power saves you money in electricity over the years using it and less heat means longer lasting drives! How can you go wrong?So how do these really stack up in Comparison to other HDD? Well when it comes to Hardware Reviews everyone knows anandtech.com right! Check it out.[...]Toms Hardware is also another great review site. Check out their review of these Red drives![...]
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08.04.2013
10/10
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I have installed 35 of these as of this review.Out of the 35 I haven't had a single DOA Drive or one fail yet. The Oldest is now about 6 months old and I have no bad sectors or other issues with the drive...I utilize them as Storage drives in Media Center PCs and they are low enough power that you can put multiple drives in a relatively low power setup without taxing your power supply. These are not completely silent drives but even under heavy read/write loads they are barely audible in an HTPC case.If you are looking for a 24/7 rated Hard Drive (If you are using a NAS system or an HTPC you absolutely are) This is a great choice, cheaper but just as reliable as the enterprise and black level drives but much cheaper overall.They are a great addition to any Media PC and I would recommend them to add a significant amount of storage at decent cost.I've been racking my brain to find a con, but honestly Price is the only remotely down side I can find, and that's not really bad considering it's half the cost of enterprise drives...I would recommend these Drives for any storage application, get rid of the consumer level drives and get these, they are basically enterprise quality at near consumer prices...Just my thoughts.
Скроменый эксперт
21.09.2012
8/10
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I've been quite happy with these drives, so far, in a Synology DiskStation 5-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage (DS1512+) . As the review for this item from Gary E. Peterson (referencing a review from pcper.com) says, regular consumer grade drives in RAID are an accident waiting to happen. Much less so with these drives, which are designed specifically for use in home NAS (specifically, TLER and the fact that they are designed to be on 24/7...). Now, as far as quality control is concerned, of the 3 drives I ordered, 1 of the three threw some S.M.A.R.T. test errors, so I RMA'ed the drive; the other two, and the replacement have all had no problems. I get adequate speed from the drives (I'm seeing transfer speeds of 500-640 or so mbps over gigabit ethernet) in a raid 5 (shr) setup on the Synology. It's a sweet setup, and someday I'll probably add two more of these drives...A brand new drive throwing errors, and hence needing replacement, makes me knock the review down to 4/5 stars.As a side note, my purchasing experience (in August 2012) wasn't the best for this product (WD30EFRX); it seems that it's been pretty hard for reputable sellers to keep sufficient stock of this drive (1 of the 3 drives I ended with is from Amazon Prime, but the others were from Amazon marketplace sellers). Some Amazon marketplace sellers (in my case ANTonline) were perfectly willing to call an item "In Stock" when they apparently only thought that they could get them in time to make their estimated shipping time. This is unacceptable, and this cost me time (waiting 5 days for the order to be shipped) during which a different reputable seller may have actually delivered the product had I ordered it during this time... Eventually, the Amazon seller MWave (3 drives, one of which was bad) and Amazon prime (for the final drive) came through for me.
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18.02.2013
10/10
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I bought these disks, even though they are officially only recommended for smaller NAS enclosures (up to 5 disks, if I am not mistaken). even though these disks were about 5-10% more expensive than the slightly faster rated Barracudas.As speed was not my top selection criterion, I was willing to be flexible, in favor of quiet operations, and a more NAS aware behaviour of the disks. Well... In terms of speed... These 8 disks are running 10 inches from my ear, and while I do hear car doors close at the other end of the street, I don't hear these disks, even when running at operational speeds.Moreover these disks (as opposed to the Barracudas) have a variable spindle speed, which means that they can idle down when the NAS detects no activity is needed.BUT... I must say, even the speed amazes me. I do uncompressed non-linear video editing, and the rendering speed of the effects is near instantaneous, offering me all the speed I could ever need.These disks are amazing thus far, and if the reliability keeps up, I would be a repeat buyer anytime, that is, until pricing of nearline disks would come to within 15% of them.I would recommend these disks to anyone looking for NAS optimized disks with great performance and reliability, and quiet operation and idle noise levels.
Скроменый эксперт
05.12.2012
2/10
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I have it installed in a server tower, with a mix of other drives to include WD Green drives. The Red drive performs as well as any other drive and the drive temperature is lower than surrounding drives, which was one reason I purchased this drive.So far, so good. As I slowly upgrade or replace my current drives with Red drives I will try and come back and report again.UPDATED: 7 JAN 2013Failed! WHS said it was missing, I took out the drive. Re-installed, tried another cable/power connector, took it out and plugged it into a win 7 box, files came up for a moment then dropped. Drive is sort of seen in drive manager but states that it is not ready. Ran Spinrite 6.0, couldn't see it.Downloaded WD Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows, it stated that it failed due too to many bad sectors detected. I have been a long, long time shopper of WD drives and their media boxes. I was very surprised that it failed and so soon too, since these Red drives are supposed to be tougher, longer lasting, quieter, and cooler than the 5 green drives I have had for years. Not so sure about that...So I will be trying to recover any data I can for a bit but more than likely it is gone, had about half the drive duped using stablebit butnot sure which files...I guess I will find out soon.I am not saying stay away from WD, this is the first drive that I have had fail as far back as I can remember. Even so, every company makes mistakes, I will give them the benefit of the doubt but we will see how customer support works out.
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09.04.2013
10/10
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WD Red 3 TB NAS Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, SATA III, 64 MB Cache - WD30EFRXThis Drive is awesome with error correction runs a cool 95-110 Degrees F. Also has twice the life hours of the WD Green that just a short time ago was the best on the market for the price.. Now WD Red for the price and Life, this by far is your best investmentif you have stuff on your computer you really care about.. The Error Correction alone was the Part that I care'd about the most.. I do not USE NAS or RAID .. they say in reviews if you do not use a NAS or RAID, this drive is not worth the extra money! I have to Disagree Strongly here. If you have Data On your Computer that you cannot lose and you cannot spend the big ($) Money for the Solid State Drives (Besides they are still much too small still). This is your Best drive on the market today :)CrystalDiskInfoIt is Very Important to know your Hard Drive's Health on your computer at all times. If you did not know that this can be done.. The Free Software Link I provided is Still "The Best" software out today..Yes it is freeware... Enjoy
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24.11.2012
10/10
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I don't know much about the technicals of hard drives. Yet, I guess at the end of the day as long as they are working and not making much noise that is all I need to know.I placed two of these 'Red' drives in a Synology DS-212j NAS as basically a RAID 1 setup. The Synology recognized them without a problem.Synology's DSM 4.1 software has some aggressive power management schemes and it seems these drives take greater advantage of those schemes than other drives. When both drives are in operation I am seeing about ~22 to ~23 watts of electrical usage from the wall outlet. When they go into deep hibernation mode the unit get down to ~8 to 9~ watts.I think the best feature so far is when the drives go to sleep they stay asleep. Unit activity does not necessarily wake the drives. That may be more of a feature of the DSM software but also, IMO, the new algorithms in the firmware of the hard drives is part of the equation.I'm sure some of the other features that make the drive quiet and smooth running help.I got two of these when the price of was a Franklin and half each...about the same as WD green series pricing. At the regular price, I don't think they are anything special over the green pricing so for me I would not pay the premium.However, I am happy with the performance thus far and if they failed for any reason not related to the mechanicals of the drive itself I would not hesitate to purchase them again. But really, when do hard drives fail not related to its components?
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15.04.2013
10/10
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I decided to switch all my 3TB Green drives to 3TB RED ones after the Greens started to fail, ran hot and had poor performance. I'm happy to report the new RED drives run 7 degrees cooler, transfers are always over 100MB! (was only 20-40) and I'm confident they are built to last in NAS setups. I have all 8 drives hooked up via two of these 4-bay USB 3.0 enclosures:Mediasonic HF2-SU3S2 ProBox 4 Bay Hard Drive Enclosure with USB 3.0 & eSATAI also have much higher transfer performance when I added a USB 3.0 hub instead of connecting direct for some reason.Anker® Uspeed USB 3.0 4 Port Hub + 12V 2A Power Adapter + 3ft USB 3.0 Cable , Backward Compatible with USB 2.0I can access one giant pool thanks to stablebit drivepool. (works great, transfers have never been faster)I'll post a link in the comments with more performance and real world details.So again, I fully recommend these if you are serious about home storage. The extra $20 over green is WELL WORTH IT!!!!
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28.11.2012
10/10
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Bought this drive because I leave my computer on 24/7. So far, it is very quiet and runs as cool as my Samsung and Hitachi drives. It took less than a couple of minutes using Windows Disk feature from Administrative Tools to format and partition the drive. Since I installed it, It has been working very well without any noticeable sounds or heat issues. I was concerned about buying the other Western Digital or Seagate Hard drives due to all the negative reviews from other customers. I bought the Red Hard drive because it is made to run for long extended period of time. As of today, I am very happy with the drive. Amazon.com packed it very well which kept it from being DOA when I received it.Update: 01/07/2013 Since installing this NAS hard drive in my tower, when you boot up to restore a system image from another hard drive in your computer case, it won't recognize it. It only recognizes the NAS drive. I needed to put my system Image backup on my NAS drive to be able to be recognized during boot up or repair function of Windows 7 or 8. If you have a network, then it won't be a problem but if you don't, be aware that, at least on my computer, it will only recognize the NAS drive during boot up when it comes to restoring your backup. The NAS drive has an embedded program so that it can be used in a Network type of computer configuration but looks like it isn't meant to be installed in a Non-Networked Computer case.
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21.01.2013
10/10
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I purchased this 2 TB Western Digital Red drive to swap out with the old internal drive of my Owned HR21-100 DirecTV DVR to add some serious recording space. Drive came packaged well from Amazon (double boxed) and checked out well upon arrival. I put the drive in the DVR, allowed the DVR to format it and have been using it for the past 2 weeks or so. 2 TB is a lot of HD recording space when you were previously limited to 500 GB. This drive is extremely quiet, much more quiet that the old OEM WD Drive that it replaced. With your ear right next to the DVR, you can barely tell when it's spinning. Due to several of the included features, this drive is very well suited for a DVR environment. So far, it's running cool and smoothly. Hopefully I'll get many years use out of it.As a side note, in case anyone is thinking about cracking open their DirecTV DVR, most customers do not own their DirecTV receivers and would be breaking their lease agreement by opening the DVR. In fact, I have 2 DVRs and 2 regular HD receivers and only one of them is a customer owned unit. In any case, this drive will function equally as well in an external ESATA enclosure connected to your leased DirecTV DVR without violating your lease agreement.
Скроменый эксперт
28.12.2012
8/10
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Reasonable tradeoff of speed, power consumption and price. No defects so far (according to CrystalDiskInfo) after a couple of complete surface tests.I don't understand why the warranty of the Red isn't at least as long as the Caviar Black. The Black uses more power, spins faster, and lacks the Red's advanced anti-vibration mechanism, which ought to make the Black less reliable than the Red (assuming all else is equal).According to its S.M.A.R.T. health status, this drive's temperature is only 32C. This may be too low for optimum health, because Seagate's large study of Seagate drives found that running too cold (or too hot) increased failure rates significantly. If this were a Seagate drive, I would wrap a blanket around it to raise its temperature a few degrees. I may do that anyway, if I can't find contrary info about Western Digital drives. (On the other hand, it's possible that many of the "too cold" drives in Seagate's study actually generated more heat than the WD Red does and were kept "too" cold by air conditioning. I expect powerful air conditioning would cause uneven temperatures inside the drive--hotter at or near the components that generate the heat, colder at the surface--and perhaps that is what caused the increased failures.)
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27.02.2013
2/10
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I was looking to create a RAID1 setup to help prevent data loss. I chose these drives because they were touted to be designed for 24/7 use at a decent price point (compared to standard desktop drives not built for this, and expensive enterprise level drives). After first installing these drives I was impressed, the speed was great; that was the end of my enjoyment. I was never able to successfully set up my RAID, one or both of the drives would always drop from the setup. The RMA process was painless and within a day I had a replacement; unfortunately that failed as well. In total, through multiple vendors (I originally believed it may have just been a bad batch) I had 7 of these hard drives and only 2 were able to complete the initial RAID setup (let alone actually move data to them), though I was never able to test the two less defective drives together. Be very careful if you decide to use these in any machine that must be reliable.The views posted are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
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28.03.2013
10/10
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2 drives installed with no problems after two days. Running nicely and very quiet--at 82 & 90 degrees. True, they do take several seconds to spin up from hibernation--if I can't wait 5 seconds, something is wrong with my patience level.I have a hard time believing the "dead on arrival" stories--especially the 3 out of 3. They don't just work instantly like a flash drive. Drives do have to be formatted and file systems installed AFTER they are plugged in, so be sure to tackle that little problem. That is not meant to insult anyone who experienced a problem--I have had a few hard drives die in my 28 years of computing experience.Can a drive be defective or damaged in shipment? Sure. Can a drive die early or get zapped by a power surge? Of course--but that's why I bought *two* and placed them in the DS212j with RAID. Swap a drive and no data loss.Looking forward to years of backup peace of mind now.
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25.11.2012
2/10
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First the good news, these drives are really quiet and run relatively cool. They are also one of the least expensive 3 TB drives currently availble certified for use in some NAS models. At least with my shipment, Amazon seems to have (finally!) improved their shipping packaging for hard drives. Mine came double boxed.But the bad news is Western Digital quality control seems to either be nearly non-existant or they simply have cut too many corners with their latest large drives. I purchased four and one failed after only a month. You don't have to search very far on the web to learn many people are having problems with the 3TB Red drives. There are reports of people using these in NAS and other RAID arrays and, while they're waiting for one failed drive to be replaced, another drive fails which means they lose all the data in the entire array. Ouch!There are now only a few companies left making hard drives. It seems with little competition quality is no longer a priority. This is really sad considering how catestrophic data loss can be. I suggest doing lots of research before buying any Red drives. Check the reviews on Newegg for example and look for verfified purchases. WD seems to be rather active in "managing" reviews. It's too bad they don't put a similar effort into making better drives.
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24.02.2013
10/10
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Purchased this drive for backing up data from my RAID arrays to prevent data loss if one became corrupt. I chose this drive because it is enterprise quality and less expensive / GB than a Caviar Black. The drive passed WD drive tools short and long tests fine, so immediately went into use on my Win7 system. Copying data to this was reasonably fast, 500GB from a RAID array moved at an average of around 80mb/sec . HD Tune test shows max 156, average 115, and minimum 63.7 mb/sec with 16.8ms access time, and 175 burst rate.This saved my data when I recently upgraded an array to a larger size using 4 1TB RE4 drives and had a problem with the resize script which corrupted the array. I will use it for periodic back up, but won't keep it in the case (it's in a back plane so easily removed) to ensure data isn't lost in the event of a power surge or other catastrophe.It's quieter than the RE4 drives, and about the same as a Caviar Black for noise. Runs at 84 degrees F in my case.
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05.03.2013
10/10
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I have a Netgear ReadyNAS Ultra4 Plus that had been running with four 1TB Hitachi "enterprise" drives. Needing more capacity, I replaced two of them (so far) with these WD Red 2TB drives. Not only do they work very well, with performance at least as good as the Hitachis, but I find that they run about 10-15F cooler than the Hitachis in the enclosure, which will certainly encourage a longer lifespan.I will likely replace the last two Hitachis with WD Red drives in the near future. An excellent product at a more reasonable price than "enterprise" drives.Edit: March 28, 2013I have now replaced all four Hitachi drives with the WD drives and they're working fine. As I noted above, they run cooler than the Hitachi drives. I did note that the SMART diagnostic feature on the WD drives doesn't report as much information as the Hitachis did, such as a performance rating, but the basic stuff is there.
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13.03.2013
2/10
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I have a NAS setup, I originally had 4 Seagate drives in there which worked perfectly for over 3 years. I needed more storage so I ordered 4 of these Red drives which I noted were made specifically for the demands of NAS. The first drive has failed within 5 months. I have had to power the system down o I don't lose any data while I await the arrival of a new drive through WD's rather clumsy warranty procedure. I had to argue with them to get them to pay the cost of postage - why should I have to pay to send back a failed disc drive as well as them taking a $250 charge against my credit card - more than twice the cost of a single drive on Amazon.These are clearly not up the demands of NAS storage - I should imagine that they are no different from their cheaper drives, just branded differently to get people to pay more for the same product!
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19.01.2013
10/10
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Великолепно
I was happy to find that, not only did this drive produce almost no noise or heat, it also proved a very significant upgrade the drive it replaced - which was an upscale but old seagate barricuda. In contrast to that drive, which produces significant noise and heat at idle, the WD Red is nearly silent and very cool to the touch.The red series is designed to function as NAS drives where they are on all the time, but need better performance than the "green" line but not so much as "enterprise" drives and such; for me this is a very appropriate performance point for a desktop that runs much of the time.In this context I used a drive clone to keep all the old drive contents, then partition re-sizer, to tweak the results. System is running excellently with nearly no interruption, as contrasted to the hassle and disruption associated with a complete system re-installation.Drive is highly recommended for scenarios like those for which it was designed, which do go beyond NAS to many medium performance desktops.
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13.03.2013
8/10
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Хорошо
I purchased 4 of these drives to create a 12TB RAID5 array with mdadm on Ubuntu 12.04LTS. Prior to putting any trust into them I ran 'badblocks -wsv' on each. Took pretty much an entire weekend to scan all the surfaces. Interestingly enough, one of the drives tended to lag behind the other 3 in progress. Badblocks also indicated a bad sector on it, but SMART did not. I am keeping my eye on that one in particular. All 4 passed short and long SMART tests.Overall -- good drives. The TLER wasn't useful to me -- I am using Linux software RAID. What is more useful is that these drives are designed for 24/7 operation and have tweaks like not parking the heads as frequently. This adds to their reliability compared to something like a WD Green or Black at the cost of power savings (vs the Green) and performance (vs the Black).
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