WD Red™ Pro
PRODUCT BRIEF
Product Highlights
• Available in capacities ranging from 2–18TB with
support for up to 24 bays
• Supports up to 300 TB/yr workload rate
• Enhanced reliability with 3D Active Balance™
Plus technology and error recovery controls with
NASware™ 3.0 technology
• Extended drive testing to ensure each drive is
tested for extended reliable operation
• 5-year limited warranty
Desktop Drives vs. WD RedTM Pro
Do right by your NAS and choose the drive purpose-built for NAS with an array of features to help
preserve your data and maintain optimum performance. Take the following into consideration when
choosing a hard drive for your NAS:
• Compatibility: Unlike desktop drives, these drives
are specifically tested for compatibility with NAS
systems for optimum performance.
• Reliability: The always-on environment of a NAS
or RAID is a hot one, and desktop drives aren’t
typically designed and tested under those
conditions like WD RedTM Pro drives are.
• Error Recovery Controls: WD Red Pro NAS hard
drives are specifically designed with RAID error
recovery control to help reduce failures within the
NAS system.
• Noise and Vibration Protection: Designed to
operate solo, desktop drives typically offer little
or no protection from the noise and vibration
present in a multi-drive system. WD Red Pro
drives are designed to thrive in multi-bay NAS
system environments.
NAS HARD DRIVES
For the Demands of Big Business
Designed specifically with medium or large scale business customers in mind, WD
RedTM Pro drives are available for up to 24-bay NAS systems. Engineered to handle
high-intensity workloads in 24×7 environments, WD Red Pro is ideal for archiving and
sharing, as well as RAID array rebuilding on extended operating systems such as ZFS or
other file systems. These drives add value to your business by enabling your employees to quickly share their files and back-up folders reliably in your NAS solution.
Exclusive NASware™ 3.0 Technology
Our exclusive advanced firmware technology, NASware™ 3.0, enables seamless integration, robust data protection and optimal performance for NAS systems operating
under heavy demand. Built into every WD Red Pro hard drive, NASware 3.0’s advanced
technology improves storage performance by increasing compatibility, integration,
upgradeability, and reliability.
Built for Optimum NAS Compatibility
WD Red Pro drives with NASware technology takes the guesswork out of selecting
a drive. Optimized for NAS systems, our unique algorithm balances performance and
reliability in NAS and RAID environments. Simply put, a WD Red Pro drive is one of the
most compatible drives available for NAS enclosures. But don’t take our word for it.
WD Red Pro drives are a reflection of extensive NAS partner technology engagement
and compatibility-testing.
Larger NAS Bay Shock Protection
WD Red Pro drives are equipped with a multi-axis shock sensor that automatically
detects subtle shock events and dynamic fly height technology which adjusts each
read-write function to compensate and protect the data. This combination of technology further protects the drives in larger 24-bay NAS environments and helps increase
hard drive reliability.
3D Active Balance Plus
Our enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves the overall
drive performance and reliability. Hard drives that are not properly balanced may cause
excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system, reduce the hard drive life span,
and degrade the performance over time.
Error Recovery Prevention
Built specifically for RAID and NAS environments, WD Red Pro drives come equipped
with error recovery controls as par t of NASware 3.0 technology to help reduce drive
fallout in RAID applications.
Extended Drive Testing
A NAS environment that has up to 24 bays is very demanding on a hard drive with added vibration and heat. This is why every WD Red Pro drive is shipped with extended
thermal cycle burn-in testing to help ensure each drive is tested for extended reliable
operation.
Longer Warranty Coverage
WD Red Pro drives comes with a 5-year limited warranty for an even greater peace of
mind.
WD Red™ Pro
PRODUCT BRIEF
NAS HARD DRIVES
Specifications
18TB 16TB 14TB 12TB 10TB
Model Number¹
Recording Technology CMR CMR CMR CMR CMR
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s
Formatted capacity 18TB 16TB 14TB 12TB 10TB
Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch
Native command queuing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Advanced Format (AF) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RoHS compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Performance
Interface Transfer Rate (max) Interface
Speed
Interface Transfer Rate (max)4 Internal
Transfer Rate
Cach e (MB)
RPM 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200
5
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles
Non-recoverable errors per bits read <10 in 10
MTBF (hours)
Workload Rate (TB/year)
Limited warranty (years)
6
7
8
9
Power Management
12VDC ±5% (A, peak)
5VDC ±5% (A, peak)
Average power requirements (W)
Read/Write
Idle
Standby and Sleep
Environmental Specifications
Temperature (°C)
Operating
Non-operating
Sho ck (Gs)
Operating, (2 ms, re ad/write)
Operating, (2 ms, re ad)
Non-operating (2 ms)
Acoustics (dBA)10
Idle
Seek (average)
10
Physical Dimensions
Height (in./mm, max) 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1
Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147
Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6
Weight (lb/kg , ± 10%) 1.52/0.69 1.52/0.69 1.52/0.69 1.4 6/0. 66 1 .65/0.75
WD181KFGX WD161KFGX WD141KFGX WD121KFBX WD102KFBX
6 G b/s 6 G b/s 6 G b/s 6 G b/s 6 G b/s
27 2 M B/s 259 M B/s 255 MB/s 24 0 M B/s 2 65 MB/s
512 512 512 256 256
600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000
14
1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
300 300 300 300 300
5 5 5 5 5
1.80
6.1
3.6
0.9
0 to 65
-40 to 70
30
50
250
20
36
<10 in 10
1.80
6.1
3.6
0.9
0 to 65
-40 to 70
30
50
250
20
36
14
<10 in 10
1.85
6.2
3.0
0.8
0 to 65
-40 to 70
30
65
300
20
36
14
<10 in 10
1.8
6.0
2.8
0.6
0 to 65
-40 to 70
30
65
300
20
36
14
<10 in 10
1.75
8.4
4.6
0.5
0 to 65
-40 to 70
250
14
30
65
34
38