The 12TB WD Red Plus 7200 RPM SATA III NAS HDDfrom 12TB WD Red Plus 7200 RPM SATA III NAS HDDis built to handle the workloads of RAID-optimized NAS systems with up to 8 drive bays, including home offices and power users, small to medium businesses, and consumer and commercial NAS systems. This 12TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 256MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, which all help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a rate of up to 196 MB/s. This drive also features high levels of reliability, with 600,000 load/unload cycles, < 1 in 10¹⁴ non-recoverable read errors per bits read, a workload rate of 180TB per year, dual-plane balance control technology, and a 1 million hours MTBF. WD's NASware helps increase system compatibility, allowing Red Pro drives to be more easily integrated with your existing network infrastructure, while noise and vibration protection is provided by Rotation Vibration (RV) sensors.

12TB Storage Capacity    3.5" Form Factor    SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface    256MB Cache    7200 rpm    Data Transfer Speeds up to 196 MB/s    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles    1 Million Hours MTBF    Dual-Plane Balance Control    Noise and Vibration Protection

• 12TB storage capacity
• For RAID-optimized NAS systems with up to 8 bays
• Workload rating of up 180TB per year and 1 million hours MTBF

• Home offices and power users
• Small to medium businesses
• Commercial and consumer NAS systems

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

Since your NAS system is always on, a reliable drive is essential. WD Red Plus hard drives are designed for systems that operate 24/7, giving users the confidence of knowing they can reliably access their data.

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

WD Red Plus drives are engineered to use less power (versus previous models) and run cooler, which reduces operating costs and helps reduce heat in thermally challenged NAS boxes.

Despite using less power, the drives have plenty of bandwidth to handle the mixed performance demands of multi-drive NAS systems.

Hard drives that are not properly balanced may cause excessive vibration and noise in multi-drive systems, which could reduce hard drive life span and degrade the performance over time. WD's enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves balance and increases overall drive performance and reliability.

Western Digital stands behind their NAS storage solutions with the assurance of a limited 3-year limited warranty and world-class support services for hassle-free data storage.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. 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: 2. Western digital

A: Yes it is a Western Digital drive.

Q: 3. 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: 4. A knocking/beating/rocking noise is constantly happening when a file is transferring/saving. Is this 7200rpm WD hard drive defective? This hard drive is used with a Synology NAS enclosure. Other 5400rpm WD hard drives have been using with other NAS enclosures for years and never make any weird noise like this.

A: WD support can be contacted at the following location: https://www.westerndigital.com/support

Q: 5. Is this a Cmr or Smr drive?

A: This 4TB WD hard drive would be CMR.

Q: 6. 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.

Q: 7. So the price difference between the OEM and Retail versions is only for the box?

A: The price difference of a OEM and the retail version is just going to be for the box. You either receive the full item in it's retail box or just the drive itself.

Q: 8. Do these OEM Drives come with WD 5 year limited warranty?

A: This product has a Limited 5-Year Manufacturer's Warranty.

Q: 9. 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: 10. will it be compatible with Synology DS415Play?

A: This HDD is compatible with Synology enclosures.