Engineered to deliver high performance and reliability to commercial and enterprise NAS environments, the 14TB Red Pro 7200rpm SATA III NAS HDDfrom 14TB Red Pro 7200rpm SATA III NAS HDDis well-suited for multimedia and creative pros, medium to large businesses, and commercial and enterprise NAS systems. Able to work in RAID-optimized NAS systems with an unlimited number of drive bays, this 14TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 512MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, which all help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a rate of up to 255 MB/s. This drive also features high levels of reliability, with 600,000 load/unload cycles, < 1 in 10¹⁵ non-recoverable read errors per bits read, a workload rate of 550TB per year, dual-plane balance control technology, and 2.5 million hours MTBF. Shock protection is provided by a multi-axis shock sensor and WD's NASware helps increase system compatibility, allowing Red Pro drives to be more easily integrated with your existing network infrastructure.

14TB Storage Capacity    3.5" Form Factor    SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface    512MB Cache    7200 rpm    Data Transfer Speeds up to 255 MB/s    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles    2.5 Million Hours MTBF    Multi-Axis Shock Sensor    NASware Technology

• 14TB storage capacity
• For RAID-optimized NAS systems with an unlimited number of bays
• Workload rating of up 550TB per year and up to a 2.5 million hours MTBF

• Multimedia creative pros
• Medium to large businesses
• Commercial and enterprise NAS systems

Western Digital's exclusive NASware technology fine tunes drive parameters to match NAS system workloads, which helps increase performance and reliability.

WD Red Pro hard drives are designed to handle the rigorous demands of high-intensity 24/7 multi-user NAS environments and increase system durability.

Western Digital partners with a wide range of NAS system vendors for extensive testing to ensure compatibility with most NAS enclosures.

WD Red Pro drives include Rotation Vibration (RV) sensors that anticipate and proactively counteract disturbances caused by increased vibration. By dispersing excess vibration across the drive chassis, turbulence is minimized, performance is maintained, and drives are protected.

WD Red Pro hard drives include a multi-axis shock sensor to detect subtle shock events and automatically compensate with dynamic fly height technology to further protect the drives in NAS enclosures.

Western Digital stands behind their NAS storage solutions with the assurance of a limited 5-year limited warranty and world-class support services for hassle free data storage.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. can I use this drive in my new iMac?

A: While this drive will install, and boot in the new iMac it does not have Apples thermal sensor. Because of this the fans in the iMac will always run at 100% and I would not recommend it as an upgrade. Also note that the new iMacs are very difficult to open for the upgrade.

Q: 2. Can I use these hard drives in the Promise Technology 6TB Pegasus2 R2+ Thunderbolt 2 RAID Storage Array? B&H # PRP2R2HD6US MFR # P2R2HD6CFUS

A: Yes, but the W.D red is optimized for NAS drives.

Q: 3. will it be compatible with Synology DS415Play?

A: This HDD is compatible with Synology enclosures.

Q: 4. Western digital

A: Yes it is a Western Digital drive.

Q: 5. I know and understand that Black hard drives are made for gaming computers which is what I have. But no matter what color the drive is or what it's made for will they all work with any desktop computer reliably?

A: The short answer is that yes, any of the different drives will work just fine. "NAS" rated drives ostensibly will be more resilient in the face of things like vibrations and running nonstop, but personally I'd focus more on the speed (5400 vs 7200rpm). In this case both the black and this one look to be 7200, so you're fine either way. BUT, if you're planning on using this as your primary drive (as opposed to storage) I'd very strongly suggest getting an SSD instead, where the speed and subsequent experience with things like booting up and really just everything, is vastly better.

Q: 6. what is the Difference between Retail and OEM?

A: OEM hardware and software are packaged for distribution to companies who build systems. OEM come in packaging units and they don't come in a retail box, that allows the price to be cheaper. They're also for customers that know how to build and install the drives without needing support. So you don't get customer support from the manufacture or technical support.

Q: 7. Is WD12TB Red Pro compatible with Synology DS920+? Thanks.

A: Yes, the WD12TB Red Pro is compatible with Synology DS920+.

Q: 8. Would these work in the DS1520+?

A: Yes, this WD 12TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD (Retail), would work with the DS1520+.

Q: 9. whats the actual model number? per WD site 6tb red pro is WD6003FFBX (6TB). but i see WDBRJY0060HNC-WRSN in the title. not clear

A: WDBRJY0060HNC-WRSN is the Retail part number for WD6003FFBX.

Q: 10. can this be used as a spare for wd 4100 16 tb?

A: I believe the WD 4100 comes with 5400rpm drives (model# WD40EFRX). They're a little cheaper.