Product ReviewsWestern Digital WD WD40EFRX 4TB Red SATA3 6GB/S Cache 64MB 3.5in Hard Drive
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 Rating: Review Date: 02/07/15  |
Cons: cost
Pros: capacity |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/04/14 |
Cons: None
Pros: Fast and stable Comment:
I am using the 2 reds in a DS214+ NAS and so far they are working very good. seem to be cool and quiet. Price is a little high. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/11/14 |
Cons: None
Pros: Quite, Fast and Lots of storage Comment:
I ordered 3 of these Drives the other day and they work great for what i need them for. Get them while you can at this price.Scott |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/15/14 |
Cons: Aren't 6gb lol
Pros: Large capacity, silent operation, WD NAS quality Comment:
Not much to say, capacity is great and silent operation, I have these and a pair of 3tb models running in nas boxes 24/7 and feel confident in them, speed is what it should be for this class of drive, just wishing they would go 6tb. |
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Rating: Review Date: 07/08/14 |
Cons: still a bit too costly
Pros: 4tb. enough said Comment:
very wary of large capacity drives. i've had several 3tb drives fail on me after less than a year so i'm hoping this one will last a bit longer. so far it seems to be alright but only time will tell. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/24/14 |
Cons: Cheap to buy.
Pros: Good transfert speed. Comment:
I have 14 of those drives and so far they're working perfectly. Would recommend over those crappy Green Drive. |
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Rating: Review Date: 03/24/14 |
Cons: as yet unknown
Pros: Quality, durability Comment:
First, WD is the premier drive mfg today. Others have once been good then drop quality in favour of profit, but this one keeps its quality high, always.Second, the Red series is a rock solid drive, specifically tailored for RAID operations. I am currently spinning a set of 4 in my QNAP NAS. Working very well, and I expect that to remain for a long time to come.Upgraded my NAS from the 2-drive model a year ago. It was running 2 x WD Red 2TB drives. Never a problem with them. As with every WD I have ever purchased. The only brand with 0 failures in 20 years, including my 10 years as university IT Manager. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/27/14 |
Cons: had to use warranty
Pros: Good warranty Comment:
I bought two of these for a nas4free box. I decided to splurge and get the Reds to improve my reliability. One has been running fine for a year, the other failed after about 2 months. the RMA process was quick, hopefully the replacement gives me better luck. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/26/14 |
Cons: - slightly more costly than the Greens.
Pros: - designed for NAS- 4 TBs! Comment:
Used for my NAS and works perfectly. |
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Rating: Review Date: 01/08/14 |
Cons: None
Pros: Works fine. Comment:
Bought two. Sata connector broke upon installation. Lined up perfectly to hit a graphics card. Tried to RMA and pay for repair, but was informed that they don't repair.Informed that they use many types of controller cards and since I created the problem, the drive is a paper weight. I was suprised that repairing the drive was not an option. Lesson learned.Picked up a Toshiba 3TB drive during a recent sale. Was going to stick with the reds due to 5 yr warranty, but the warranty didn't provide me any additional protection.Disappointed in level of support/repair options. |
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Rating: Review Date: 12/23/13 |
Cons: - Not a true 7400 rpm
Pros: - Quiet- Western Digital Quality- 1 000 000 hours of longivity and 5 years warranty- 4 TB!! Comment:
This is my second WD Red series. This drive is perfect for data storage for your NAS or home server. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/14/13 |
Cons: -from what i know, this uses a 5 platter configuration. not quite as great as a 4 platter drive as it means more chance of failure and noise
Pros: -pretty quiet overall-good for low intensity home server builds Comment:
Put it on my rig for now to run some tests. should be great for my home server build coming up |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/06/13 |
Cons: - None so far
Pros: - No errors or bad sectors as of yet!- Reasonably quiet/low vibration Comment:
Just got this bad-boy home... set it up on GPT and seems to work like a charm so far. Will report back if I run into any issues, but satisfied with it so far. |
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Rating: Review Date: 11/01/13 |
Cons: none so far
Pros: Quiet, reasonably fast, 4TB Comment:
Purchased 2 for my DS212+. Formatted and installed, have them running in SHR with no flaws or faults so farExactly what I would expect out of a NAS drive |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/21/13 |
Cons: Cost
Pros: Quiet, low vibration, reliable so far Comment:
Costs a bit more than standard desktop hard drives do, but reliability has been perfect so far. I purchased 4 of these to go in a Windows Home Server in a RAID-5 array. No problems, huge capacity - can't complain. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/17/13 |
Cons: Unconfirmed bad reliability with other resellers.
Pros: Designed especially for NAS Comment:
I'm putting 4 of these in a Synology DS1513+, and adding another drive later. Nothing I can really say except these are HDD built specifically for NAS and that can only be a good thing. There are other resellers whose customers report shoddy drives, though that is likely a result of bad handling, not what I would expect from NCIX. Will update review accordingly if I get any DOA drives. |
Nice capacity, quiet. Use this in my NAS (freenas ZFS) and have not had any issues. Would definitely buy again.