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tigerstyle · 11 Jul 2012 at 04:21

Any news when these are coming to the UK?
And are they really worth it?

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/wd-red-hard-drive-official-launch-nas-soho-storage/

LFletcher · 11 Jul 2012 at 11:07

Personally more interested in the 3TB version (WD30EFRX), but now that Hitachi are gone these look like they might be a good alternative to the 5K3000/4000 and 7K drives.

Appears the WD Red's are already shipping in the US.

tigerstyle · 11 Jul 2012 at 11:17

Yeah, saw them up on one retailer for a good price, not sure if that's just going to be an introductory price though?

To add, going to come in 1/2/3Tb sizes, so all bases covered for now!

1Tb for me as I'm poor

welshdragon · 11 Jul 2012 at 13:41

I have a pair of Wd Green's in my DS712+. Keen to see how these red drives perform!

demon8991 · 16 Jul 2012 at 05:38

I live in Australia and I am ordering two 3TB red drives tomorrow @ $219 each.

I have been waiting what seems like ages for a drive like this to appear.

tigerstyle · 16 Jul 2012 at 07:48

Whats the price increase over the WD blue/green demon8991?

Here in Korea only one site has the reds now, and the price is just about 2/3rds more than what a green/blue costs (ontop of the the green/blue price that is)

But they are very attractively priced in the US currently

demon8991 · 16 Jul 2012 at 09:02

3TB Red $219
3TB Green $175
1TB Blue $95
2TB Black $189

LFletcher · 16 Jul 2012 at 11:45

Pricing appears to be popping up on some UK retailer sites now (with some having them in stock now as well);

1TB ~£85
2TB ~£103
3TB ~£150

welshdragon · 17 Jul 2012 at 11:02

LFletcher said:
Pricing appears to be popping up on some UK retailer sites now (with some having them in stock now as well);

1TB ~£85
2TB ~£103
3TB ~£150

Thats good. May swap out my greens for some dedicated nas hd's. Though my greens are faultless.

Five_Star · 24 Jul 2012 at 10:32

Picked one of the 3TB Reds as a replacement for a dead Samsung 3TB from my RAID5 setup.

I'm hoping for good things from this disk lifetime / reliability wise

welshdragon · 24 Jul 2012 at 11:00

Is there any info on them regarding speed ie 5400 etc?

Five_Star · 24 Jul 2012 at 11:05

No detail on the disk itself. WD website spec pdf says IntelliPower so I guess its somewhere between 5400rpm and 7200rpm

In essence these seem just like the WD Greens but with a better warranty and tweaked firmware.

LFletcher · 24 Jul 2012 at 11:15

From the reviews i've seen they are genreally quicker than the Green's, but slower than the Black's.

welshdragon · 24 Jul 2012 at 12:07

Ok great. Worries me when WD are intentionally vague.

LFletcher · 24 Jul 2012 at 12:11

Here's one of the reviews I read, http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_red_nas_hard_drive_review_wd30efrx

Five_Star · 25 Jul 2012 at 09:34

Got my 3TB WD Red installed in my Synology to rebuild the array last night.

Temps are most impressive, 22c idle (considering it was warm last night!) and 33c load. In comparison the Seagate ST3000DM001 disks I have are pushing 39c under load.

I know its early days but if any more of my Seagate disks fail the warranty replacements are going and I'll be replacing them with these Western Digital Reds

Meridiusuk · 7 Aug 2012 at 07:37

Hi all

I have a htpc with 5 Samsung f4 2tb and as there gone as seagates bought them out would unsay these are the best alternatives.

I don't have a nas but I just plug tem in and go basicly so just using them as a normal storage drive.

Do u think these will be just as reliable as Samsung or better and are they just as cool or quiet as the samsungs and no head noise ?

Cheers on any help or info.

welshdragon · 7 Aug 2012 at 10:44

Five_Star said:
Got my 3TB WD Red installed in my Synology to rebuild the array last night.

Temps are most impressive, 22c idle (considering it was warm last night!) and 33c load. In comparison the Seagate ST3000DM001 disks I have are pushing 39c under load.

I know its early days but if any more of my Seagate disks fail the warranty replacements are going and I'll be replacing them with these Western Digital Reds

Thats good to hear. Thinking of swapping my greens out for a pair now rather than wait until a failiure. Breaks my heart a bit though as I wont get much for my greens.

welshdragon · 11 Aug 2012 at 16:25

Finally ordered a pair! Sadly out of stock atm. How are people getting on with theirs?

demon8991 · 12 Aug 2012 at 04:02

I have two 3TB Reds and i am loving mine, i have them in a mirrored setup and they are so fast, quiet and cool! Transfered a 2GB file across last night and it went in less than 10 seconds.