How do these compare to WD Red? Specifically real world examples, not on paper
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Here is a link to a review that does a comparison: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5790/nas-hdd-showdown-wd-red-vs-seagate-nas/index.html
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The WD Red Series are the only drives I put in mine (17 of the 3TB ones). I would strongly suggest the 3TB or 4TB versions of the WD Red NAS drives for this unit and nothing else.
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I'd like to add a little additional information to the excellent explanation from Jaygyver. I have both drives, an older WD1002FAEX and a newer WD1003FZEX. When I purchased the WD1002 model it was priced about the same as the newer model is today. I believe the current price disparity is due to two factors: the differences in suppliers as described by Jaygver, and also a design change. I noticed that my WD1002 was slightly heavier than the WD1003, and after some research discovered that was due to the WD1002 having two magnetic platters while the WD1003 was a newer single platter design. Evidently the WD engineers were able to simplify and hopefully improve the design. For me, both drives perform excellently and I'm equally pleased with both. However, I have seen discussions on certain tech forums in which intense gaming purists believe the older two platter design is better, and that WD changed the design simply to cut manufacturing costs. Thus the high prices for the WD1002 is due to it's scarcity (since it's now discontinued) and their belief that it's slightly better in both performance and ruggedness. As I said above, however, both perform equally well for me, and they're both Western Digital Black Series with 5 year warranties, so it's a no brainer to go with the best deal price wise.
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Yes, these are used for NAS situations, although they can also be used as regular hard drives. The reason I purchased the "Red" drives, is that they have a 5 year warranty instead of a 2 or 3 year warranty
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I am using 2.5" WD Blue's. Seem to be working fine. My issue with the Drobo Mini is I use it with a Mac Mini and the drives won't hibernate. I have the setting in the Drobo dashboard checked. I have seen comments in the Apple forums that this is an issue with Mavericks and Firewire but nothing about Lightning connections. This may be a deal breaker for me.
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WD Black drive are high performance consumer drives. They're designed for things like desktop PCs. WD Red drives are constructed with NAS and home/small business servers in mind. WD Red drives are built with things like more vibration resistance, lower operating temperatures, and a longer warranty. This in turn gives them more reliability in an "always on" situation where they would be subject to constant use. The enhanced vibration resistance also gives them more stability when used with multiple other HDDs as they would be subject to more vibration this way. If you plan on having your home server with multiple drives in a RAID config and keeping it on at all times to access then I would recommend WD Reds.
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The WD Red can be used as a standard drive. The WD Red is a standard SATA drive optimized for NAS operation, but it will work just like any other hard drive.
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I'll be honest, I am a fan boy of Western Digital, and ASUS btw, but they don't make HD's. In the last few years, I've had more Seagate drives fail on me, than Western Digital. That being said, I am also hard on HD's, and being in Oklahoma, my PC runs real warm through half the year. I would def. go with the Blue WDEZEX for my money.
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The primary difference between WD black and red is the error reporting. In a computer, the black drive permits occasional errors, typically correcting them (but having the errors available to see). However, in a server, having errors in, say, a raid system can be devastating. In a server, if a drive has an error that is undetected, then a second error on a different drive can make the raid system unable to rebuild. Thus, the red drives immediately report the error to the NAS so it can be properly handled.Bottom line, you probably don't want Red drives in a computer, and you probably don't want black drives in a NAS. They're both highly reliable, but different. The primary difference between WD black and red is the error reporting. In a computer, the black drive permits occasional errors, typically correcting them (but having the errors available to see). However, in a server, having errors in, say, a raid system can be devastating. In a server, if a drive has an error that is undetected, then a second error on a different drive can make the raid system unable to rebuild. Thus, the red drives immediately report the error to the NAS so it can be properly handled.Bottom line, you probably don't want Red drives in a computer, and you... » Read More The primary difference between WD black and red is the error reporting. In a computer, the black drive permits occasional errors, typically correcting them (but having the errors available to see). However, in a server, having errors in, say, a raid system can be devastating. In a server, if a drive has an error that is undetected, then a second error on a different drive can make the raid system unable to rebuild. Thus, the red drives immediately report the error to the NAS so it can be properly handled.Bottom line, you probably don't want Red drives in a computer, and you probably don't want black drives in a NAS. They're both highly reliable, but different. « Show Less
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I have a diskless version. I did buy the disk separatly and did not have any problem.i idid buy wd red label hd.
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No, these are the latest models, you can tell by the actual model designation number. I think it ends in something like EFRX..... One of mine would not format initially, and WD overnighted me a new one... even before they sent me the RMA (Returm Material Authorization) !
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I have a variety installed - mainly used for storage of movies/music and vmware. If you want reliability, stick with the reds. I went for cost - so have WD, Seagate and Hitachi. Have only had 1 WD give me an issue in 3 years (10 3 Tb drives) - so when the 3 Tb drive failed, I replaced it with a 4 Tb and let the hybrid raid expand..
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It depends on your user environment. 7200 rpm drives will be more responsive to a certain extent. However, slower spinning drives run cooler and require less power. Depending on your usage scenario you might benefit choosing either. You need to carefully assess what it is that you need to accomplish. There is an excellent review on anandtech that was published recently where multitude of NAS drives were put to the test. Every drive tested had redeeming factors. You might want to check it out. Article title "wd red pro review 4 tb-drives for nas systems benchmarked. Hope this helps.
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All the drives I received are model WD20EARS-00MVWB0. So far they work great. I am running them in SansDigital TR8M(-B)P in JBOD configuration. So far zero problems, I will probably pickup 5 more to get a total of 16TB.
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Manufacturer's warranty on new WD Red WD20EFRX Hard Drives are currently 3 years. (Source: http://support.wdc.com/warranty/policy.asp)
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Other have said this does NOT come with WD Red Drives. The WD model with WD Red drives is WD My Cloud EX2. WD 6TB My Cloud EX2 Network Attached Storage - NAS - WDBVKW0060JCH-NESN
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Hi Marcel:Thanks, that information is really helpful. Can you comment on the accuracy and acceptability of the color when you use the WD TV media hub to show jpeg photos on an HDTV? I realize this can be quite subjective, but if you have used a WD TV to show jpegs on an HDTV, I would be interested in your comments.Thanks, Richard