WD Red Plus 4TB NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 256MB Cache

​I'm using this WD Red Plus 6TB drive in my Ugreen DXP2800 NAS, and it's a fantastic match. Installation was a breeze and the NAS recognized it instantly. It's quiet, runs cool, and provides reliable performance for my home media server. Highly recommended for anyone with this NAS.

I have been purchasing HDDs for many decades now and I am sticking to the Western Digital brand because I trust WD to reliably store my data (all personal, including many TB of family video). Some HDDs are on 24/7 with constant access and can get hot, especially when the ambient temperature is high during summer, and I choose WD Red for these more demanding uses.As a personal user, I carefully pick the size and style (e.g. Green Blue Black Red, Red Plus, Red Pro) to give the best price per TB and performance for intended usage. I am paranoid about preserving data and have a rigorous strategy of redundant usage and multiple backups which I have had to prove on occasions due to human error.I do not expect HDDs, from any brand, to last forever though some are still going strong after 20 years with no hint of degradation. In my experience, a few % of HDDs start to show signs of problems after 5 years, and I constantly monitor the raw read error count. These WD HDDs keep going reliably with 100% data integrity for years after the first signs of problems, allowing me time to choose how to retire/replace. I have never had a WD HDD fail catastrophically, it is always a graceful degradation, hence why I trust WD to look after my data.

Purchased to replace a faulty drive in a NAS device. Easy to install and repair the RAID. Usual WD quality and good value for money.

After 3 Seagate HDD failures within weeks it's time to move on. They weren't even that old!This is being used as a backup within a USB housing on Linux Manjaro KDE.Nice and quiet. TBH it hardly spins up unless it is accessed for the occasional backup.At the same time I subbed the internal disks that failed with fanxiang 4TB nvme SSDs as data drives.We'll see what longevity is like over time.

Purchased two of these HDD to install into my new NAS. Set them up and added all of my data on Raid one. After about 6 weeks i started to hear a different noise coming from the NAS on rare occasions. A solid continuous noise that lasted for about 3 or 5 minutes. After just over four months my NAS warned me that my storage pool and volume was degraded. Telling me to replace a HDD and repair the data. In ten years with different manufactures I have never had a HDD fail. Did not expect it after just over four months. So i would recommend that you think hard before purchasing a WD RED PLUS and choose another manufacture like SEAGATE. I am hoping that i can get a refund for this faulty product.

WD Red Plus 6TB NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive reviewI bought these to replace Seagate drives that I've had nothing but trouble with the past few years, A. being ridiculously slow and B. lately just completely dying on me after just a few months use.So far the WD Drives have been good and the speed is reasonable for spinning rust HDD's, around 160mbps copying largish media files and they're very quiet in use, I use these for Plex and they are more than good enough for that, the test comes with time and seeing if they last better than the Seagates did.I will report back in a few months if I have any issues.From what I've read there's been quite a few instances of people buying drives listed "New" and the build date on the drives being somewhat older than when they bought it thereby lowering the warranty period, I'd suggest it's always best to go on the manufacturers website and check with the serial number which is easy to do, these had a build date just a few weeks before I bought them, so absolutely fine.Time will tell but so far I'm pleased with the WD Drives.

Works perfectly and is quiet. I use it in my raid storage and which has four 6tb each some the storage capacity is great. It just slots straight in to the raid so is easy to install. The price is great as they seem to last longer the other makes of hard drives

Quality drives as ever - NAS now populated with 8 x 8TB