Western Digital 8TB WD Red Pro NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 256 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD8003FFBX
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I'm not sure if they're "DLNA Compliant," but that's how I use them the majority of the time. The WD Red drives, in my opinion, are designed for continuous use, NAS, and streaming. I haven't had a WD Red fail me in years, despite the fact that a couple of Seagates died, forcing me to switch to the WD Red and the RAID configuration.
The Red was designed to be used 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This is not the case with the Black.
I've had no failures in over three years of using my purple drives with nine cameras 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you ask me, I think it's pretty good.
I have four of the older 3TB versions of this drive in external USB3 enclosures that I rotate for full system backups, and they've done a great job. In my main daily-use computer, I also have one of the 3TB drives. It's now a driver computer, and it does a good job of it. It's not as fast as some, but that's not a big deal because it's mostly used as a secondary data store. Because I upgraded all of the drives in my Drobo NAS to 6tB drives a while back, I have a lot of the older 3tB drives. Those drives, as well as five of the 8TB units in another NAS, have performed admirably, and I can enthusiastically recommend them (within reason).
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Make sure it says "Ships from and sold by Amazon" when you purchase it. com" or you may be unable to obtain the stated 5-year warranty. br>I placed an order for two of these. I purchased the drives from a third-party seller, and when I registered them with Western Digital, I only received a 30-day warranty! That was a lot of time in those 5 years. At the very least, the drives didn't die. When and if the drives fail, I'll update this.
After 33 days, my hard drive stopped working. NOTE AFTER: Finally, we arrive at a conclusion. The problem was finally resolved after several (at least 5) interactions with Customer Service, none of which could be done over the phone. Western Digital replaced the drive (after finally agreeing to cover the cost of returning the defective drive to them). It took a few more attempts for them to acknowledge my return of the bad drive shipment, which then activated the full 5-year warranty on the replacement drive (their default is 120 days, seriously), so be diligent if you buy this and have to return it! They simply appear to be overworked in Customer Service. br>br>ORIGINAL Which is the worst? A hard drive with a 5-year warranty. a year warranty that expires in 33 DAYS, or the manufacturer - Western Digital in this case - br> Reacting irrationally and inappropriately with rigid rules. In my opinion, the purchase of a hard drive for a business is more than just the sheet metal and magnetic discs required to put it together; it is also the company's commitment to the drive's reliability. To be fair, I previously owned three "Red" drives that I had no issues with for three years. This purchase was for four hard drives that would be used in a Synology DS918 NAS. I upgraded to these "Pro" drives because I was more concerned with the period AFTER three years, rather than the first month! br>br>The drives were simple to install, appeared to be well-built (on the outside), and were shipped in a timely manner. One of these four drives in the NAS had significantly degraded to the point of being unusable the day before. I reasoned that even good companies have a few faulty drives, so I went to the WD website, which was buggy in and of itself, and incapable of processing an RMA. br>br>As a result, this morning I called the company. I was told that I could return the drive to them (at my expense) and they would send me a new one ("re-ship"). certified") as soon as it is received. 10- 15 business days (two weeks) folks, it'll be three weeks). I could get premium service if I gave them my credit card number as an alternative: They would put a hold on my card for the full retail price of the drive, ship me a NEW drive right away, and then release the amount on hold once they received the drive back. When I pointed out that it had been 33 days (the drive had only been at work for about three weeks), they said they would escalate the case and try to get free shipping, but that if I wanted a NEW drive, they would still require my credit card. despite the fact that I informed them that I was happy to return the drive and wait for them to receive it before they shipped me the replacement drive (I purchased a backup drive for the NAS). They stated that they would escalate the situation and see what happens. It had been about 12 hours since that happened. Waiting to see what happens next. br>br>I rely on machines as a businessperson. But, more importantly, I put my faith in the companies that make those machines. When a machine breaks down, it's important to know what to do next. what occurs - I anticipate the company standing by them and doing the right thing. I'm currently unable to obtain a direct response from WD. "SAD!" as some in Washington are known to exclaim. "br>br>In the past, I've had good luck with WD drives.
Over the years, I've ordered a lot of WD hard drives. The first to go bad was this one (12TB Red Pro). It would spin but not initialize, so I exchanged it for a new one that worked right away. Not exactly reassuring for a supposedly "professional" piece of hardware boasting "improved reliability" and "extended drive testing. ".
Purchased two 4TB WD Red Pro drives for my QNAP NAS,br>1) Drive 1 failed after only two years, and back then they had advanced replacement with a CC hold, and this was a decent replacement in a reasonable amount of time - The main issue here is the unreliability of the WD RED Pro NAS drives. br>2) Drive 2 failed three months ago, and warranty replacement has been a nightmare; for advance replacement, they now charge $25 non-refundable fee. refundable, but you must pay for shipping the drive to them; an alternative was to ship them the faulty drive and once they received it, they would ship me a refurbished drive; however, it has been two months and I have received no response from customer service. br>3) Main Issues - br> a) How their top-of-the-line WD RED PRO Drives are so unreliable that I lost everything on my NAS twice (thankfully I had backed it up)br> b) Warranty replacements are a farce with WD; they make it extremely painful and are just as unreliable as their Drives nobr> c) There is "Zero" empathy for potential data loss of their customersbr> d) A company that loses br>br>From now on, all of my hard drive needs will be handled by a different company.
I purchased two of these units for my Synology DiskStation 718. After extensive troubleshooting with Synology (these drives are on the Synology approved hard drive list), Western Digital, and my IT department, it appears that both drives arrived with too many bad sectors to function. 'Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)' says the Synology installation software. The drives are unable to be initialized by Windows in order to delete unallocated dive space, and the Western Digital Data LifeGuard Diagnostics are unable to test the drives due to "too many bad sectors detected. " 'These are brand new drives that were manufactured in May of this year. I can accept (1) as bad luck, but (2) is unacceptably dangerous. Western Digital instructed me to send the drives back to the seller.
For my four-disk NAS unit, I purchased four of these (quadruplets). All of this to say, while I expect a long life from them, I'll update my review if I have a different experience. br>br>I'd like to point out how quiet these are.
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