Engineered to deliver high performance and reliability to commercial and enterprise NAS environments, the 6TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III NAS HDDfrom 6TB Red Pro 7200 rpm 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 6TB 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 267 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 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.

6TB Storage Capacity    3.5" Form Factor    SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface    256MB Cache    7200 rpm    Data Transfer Speeds up to 267 MB/s    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles    2 Million Hours MTBF    Multi-Axis Shock Sensor    NASware Technology

• 6TB 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 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. Is this compatible with ds923+?

A: Yes, the Seagate 16TB IronWolf Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD (CMR) is compatible with the Synology DS923+ 4-Bay NAS Enclosure, B&H # SYDS923.

Q: 2. 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: 3. What is the firmware on the 6TB drives?

A: We do not have information about which firmware is installed into the Seagate 6TB IronWolf Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD (CMR) BH #SEST6000NT01.

Q: 4. 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: 5. If I replace the WD Red NAS 5400 RPM drives in a My Cloud EX2 Ultra with these, how much of a performance difference can I reasonably expect to see?

A: Almost no difference, unless you're using these drives as regular OS drives, where application read/write speed is more critical. If building a NAS I would recommend 5400s, the read speed is fine for streaming, they last longer than 7200s on average, and they're usually cheaper. I got these 7200 at a great price, so it made sense for me at the time.

Q: 6. 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: 7. Are Western Digital NAS drives compatible with the Lacie Big 5 NAS system? Thanks

A: Yes, theses drives would work with the Lacie Big 5

Q: 8. Is this WD 6T Red Pro NEW product from Factory or refurished / recertified ?

A: NEW from factory

Q: 9. 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: 10. Does the retail version include the screws for mounting it?

A: No, the WD 6TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD (Retail) BH #WEBRJY0060HN does not include mounting screws. Those should be already either in your PC case or if using a NAS/RAID enclosure, they would be included with that.