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# 5400 RPM optimized for quiet, cool operation 3TB capacity for massive storage SATA 6 Gb/s interface for fast data transfer Western Digital 3TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD30EFRX

**Brand:** western digital
**Price:** ₩436494
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## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your NAS game with WD Red Plus — storage that works as hard as you do!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Western Digital 3TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD30EFRX by western digital
- **How much does it cost?** ₩436494 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- western digital enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted western digital brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **SATA 6 Gb/s Speed:** Seamless, high-throughput connectivity ensures smooth RAID rebuilds and file transfers.
- • **Massive 3TB Storage:** Store and share your critical files with ease—perfect for growing SMB NAS setups.
- • **Whisper-Quiet 5400 RPM:** Engineered for low noise and cooler temps, so your workspace stays distraction-free.
- • **CMR Technology Reliability:** Avoid SMR pitfalls with proven CMR tech designed for consistent NAS performance.
- • **NASware Firmware Compatibility:** Built specifically for 24/7 NAS environments, maximizing uptime and data integrity.

## Overview

The Western Digital 3TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive (model WD30EFRX) is a 3.5-inch SATA 6 Gb/s HDD designed for small to medium business NAS systems. Featuring 5400 RPM rotational speed, 64 MB cache, and CMR technology, it delivers reliable, quiet, and cool operation optimized for 24/7 workloads up to 180 TB/year. Its NASware firmware ensures compatibility and enhanced data protection in multi-bay NAS arrays, making it a trusted choice for professional-grade storage and seamless RAID performance.

## Description

Packed with power to handle the small- to medium-sized business NAS environments and increased workloads for SOHO customers, WD Red Plus is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as RAID array rebuilding on systems using ZFS and other file systems. Built and tested for up to 8-bay NAS systems, these drives give you the flexibility, versatility, and confidence in storing and sharing your precious home and work files.

Review: Best storage drive , NAS not required + professional Q & A podcast addressing RED drives | a great youtube video | - I have been a long term western digital customer for over 10yrs. This drive is aimed and marketed at NAS type devices however also very good in a regular desktop computer system as a storage drive, which is how I am currently using it for my personal desktop system . I have owned this red drive for approx. 10 days now. The sustained transfer speed is very good. the lower / variable spindle speed compared to normal 7200RPM drives doesn't impact its performance for my use . It performs better then my 4TB WD green drive. My Red drive was installed in a computer with many hard drives and it runs at a cool 84F (29 C ) at idle, the lowest temp. drive in the computer. Also according to the Red drive spec sheet uses the least amount of power as well. Time limited error recovery (TLER) is one of the benefits for the Red drives , outlined in the youtube video podcast below. A popular weekly hardware video podcast with storage editor at PC Perspective ( pcper) Allyn Malventano addressing uses of red model drives: https://youtu.be/WjjCMWZ0aDU?t=51m I included a start time for later in the podcast @ 51 minutes, the start of discussion of WD red drives and its use in NAS and non NAS systems Some valuable info on NAS / RAID design can be found in this video as well. plus other general server hardware info is addressed. At time 55:40 in the the video more info and insight regarding DIY home NAS and RAID stability, reliability and design is discussed as well. Potentially saving a DIY person some pretty decent cash and at least some calories reading conflicting information online. All of which for some buyers reading reviews on desertcart for this product would find useful or at least interesting. For me, my drives in my personal computer for this review are used for pure storage via Linux based operating systems. In some computer systems i've built are media servers, again using linux with LVM and sometimes MDADM , other times using RAID cards such as IBM M1015 , a cheaper version, of more expensive promise model cards with SAS. HGST is another maker of hard drives with good reputation and within the same general price range for some of their models, however western digital now owns them, formally Hitachi Global Storage Technologies . I've not taken the time while writing this to check if HGST drives feature some of the features the Red model line up offers. If you are going for a gaming system drive or require heavy I/O for a operating system drive, the red of course wouldn't be your best option. I use a WD Black drive, # WD3003FZEX for this . Steam games fill a drive quickly. With my budget and limited sata ports it makes a SSD fairly useless for storing games , or a media server gaming rig combo. Most of the time, once game is loaded , its mostly done , leaving the CPU and GPU left doing the work... . so for my needs esp dual booting , gaming on linux and windows using a Black model drive is my best option for my hardware , storage and requirements to have one type of operating system running most of the time. I do sometimes run Linux on a stand alone 120GB SSD , if I disconnect my optical drive , smaller ssd drives are quite inexpensive now and do make life a bit easier esp on aging desktop hardware. The cost per TB in a black model is still quite low for the performance level and the only high performance drive to offer a 5 year warranty standard. Especially when compared to a hybrid model drives cost and other drive makers of fast mechanical and hybrid solutions. Heavy gaming via steam would make a hybrid drives nand cache not very effective , fairly quickly iirc . Hopefully some of this info will prove useful , or at least give some starting ground to look into , research options deeper that may not have been considered before.
Review: NAS Best Friend - After about six months of searching for the perfect drive, I finally settled on two of these Western Digital Red 2TB WD20EFRX hard drives. I was ready to purchase HGST enterprise drives, the former Hitachi, but WD came out with these drives just in-time. I wanted to get the 3TB WD30EFRX version for my Synology DS212 NAS , but the price difference didn't make that much of a sense, and 2TB drives are more than enough for a few years of my home office use. I am very happy that these drives MTBFs are rated at 1,000,000 hours, they use less power, and they are cheaper than other enterprise drives. Upon receiving, I immediately installed them in my NAS. It took about 15 minutes to install DSM 4 and begin the inspection process. I neither chose Raid 1, JBOD, or SHR, and I took some online advice and created two separate volumes, one on each disk, to have two independent file systems. In this case, you don't have to worry about rebuilding disk arrays if any drives fail, and you always have a backup present. I was planning on using Folder Sync feature to sync all folders from Disk 1 to Disk 2 every other hour, but I found out this feature only works on two independent Synology Disk Stations; however, you can use automated backup feature to backup data from Disk 1 into Disk 2, and it produces about the same result as Folder Sync does, and it gives you a few more options for backing up system and application files as well. Synology volume creation took about 7 hours for each drive with automatic bad sector reallocation feature. I later tested each drive with S.M.A.R.T extended test--each took about 4 hours--and I am happy to report that I did not have any bad sectors on either of the drives. That is, the "Reallocated Sector Count" reads zero in S.M.A.R.T report. The drives are surprisingly quiet. I had an enterprise RE2 500GB in my NAS, and it was thunderstorm loud compared to these. The temperature is also very reasonable. When the drive is resting it is about 31C/88F, and under heavy usage it rises up to 35C/95F. Although these drives speed are only 5000 rpm, I don't see any difference in file transfer speed. The only downside that I could sense was the startup time from sleep. I feel that compared to my old WD RE2 drive, it takes a good 2 to 5 seconds more for the NAS to come out of sleep each time. Not a deal breaker, but something to consider when you invest in these drives. I think WD has done a good job with these drives, and they are currently the best on the market for home or home office use. That being said, I still think WD RE4 drives are the best enterprise drives and ultimate in performance; however, if you are looking for a good set of drives for your NAS, and the power consumption and noise are important to you, these WD Red drives will work just fine. Compared to desktop drives, these come with a few enterprise features that come in handy and will save you some time and money down the road.

## Features

- Available in capacities ranging from 1-14TB with support for up to 8 bays
- 5400RPM performance class
- Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate*| * Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours))
- NASware firmware for compatibility
- Small or medium business NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
- 3-year limited warranty
- This model uses CMR technology and is being renamed “WD Red Plus” to distinguish it from the current “WD Red” product, which uses SMR technology
- During this transition period, WD Red Plus devices may be delivered with a ”WD Red” label, but rest assured the device you are receiving will be the CMR-version of WD Red and can be confirmed by the model number

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B008JJLW4M |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
| Best Sellers Rank | #34 in Internal Hard Drives |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Color | Red |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (24,309) |
| Date First Available | July 11, 2012 |
| Department | hdd |
| Flash Memory Size | 3 TB |
| Hard Drive | 3 TB Mechanical Hard Disk |
| Hard Drive Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Hard Drive Rotational Speed | 5400 RPM |
| Hardware Platform | PC; Mac |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 5.7 x 4 x 1.03 inches |
| Item Weight | 13.1 ounces |
| Item model number | WD30EFRX |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| National Stock Number | 7025-01-621-3953 |
| Operating System | NASware firmware |
| Product Dimensions | 5.7 x 4 x 1.03 inches |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Series | Red |
| Standing screen display size | 4 Inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Western Digital
- **Color:** Red
- **Compatible Devices:** NASware 3.0 firmware (PC; Mac )
- **Connectivity Technology:** SATA
- **Digital Storage Capacity:** 3 TB
- **Hard Disk Description:** Mechanical Hard Disk
- **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 3.5 Inches
- **Hard Disk Interface:** Serial ATA-600
- **Installation Type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Special Feature:** Data Recovery Service

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Silly question, these DON'T have to be used for NAS/RAID.  Can be stand alone?**
A: Not using mine for NAS or RAID. I have one in my desktop as the secondary drive and an NVME SSD as the primary. Mainly for all of my pictures, videos, and other large space consuming objects. I never turn my PC off so this HDD is ideal. 5400 vs 7200 is a non-issue in this configuration. FYI this drive uses CMR (Google it) which is FASTER than the SMR in a typical HDD desktop.

**Q: how long is the warranty?**
A: Western Digital will no longer honor the warranty on these devices. I just purchased 2 and WD indicated that they were sold in 2014 and the warranty has expired. I've contacted Amazon and asked them to remove the "3-year manufacturer's limited warranty" detail on this listing.  WD even had me send them the Amazon invoice and pictures of the drives and still denied any warranty coverage when I tried to register them.

**Q: Can you use this drive as a media storage in a HTPC but not necessarily in a NAS/Server configuration?**
A: You could, but it's really designed for a NAS/Server setup!!!  For a HTPC, I'd look at once of their Green Drives!  The Green like the Red arn't the FAST HDD.  They are slower, but for streaming Media in a HTPC type setup, that's what I would go with.  It's slower, but it's more Energy Efficant and more quite and less heat.  If you need the Speed of loading files up fast, the Black drive is the version to get.   You can also go with a combination of a Black drive for all your normal programs, and a green drive for your Media.   Even go with a 120 or 240 Gig SSD drive for Windows and a few programs, and have all your Media on a large 3TB Green drive!!!  You don't need a fast HDD to stream Media!!!  I have a NAS with 3 WB RED 3TB HDD installed in RAID 5 config for a total of 5.4TB of storage.   I just built my new PC which I have 2 SSD drives installed, my older 120 Gig one and a almost new 240 Gig one.  Plus 2 3TB HDD which are another brand, but basically Black drives.  One I keep most of my software on and the other I use for Media Center.   The 240 Gig SSD I use for Windows 7 and a few other programs I want to load quick, and my 120 Gig SSD I use for the PLEX Database files.   It's a ton faster on a SSD then on a HDD even a fast HDD with the fastest SATA connection!!!  I could of went with just a Green 3TB HDD for Media Center and it would have been just fine!  I'm a Cable Cutter, so I record all my Broadcast TV channels using Media Center to play in any room in my house.   Works out great and very flexable.  Same with PLEX and using my ROKU boxes for that.  I'm a huge user of PLEX.   Ripping my huge Movie collection and putting it all on my NAS has been great.  No more hunting around for the movie I want.  I don't even have to get up.   I can watch them in any room in the house and they look great.  I take all my discs out of the cases toss the cases in the garbage and put the discs into CD/DVD Disc Binders.  Ones that hold like 300 discs.  It saves huge amounts of space.  using PLEX, it's like my own personal Netflix service!!!  Except no monthly fee's and it's all content I like.  it also never comes and goes.  There's none of that crap you have to skip or not allowed to skip before the movie like Movie Advertisements and FBI warnings, etc.  All Gone, starts right up.I've been using my 3 WB 3TB Red drives for over a year now and have been problem free.  My NAS shows zero errors.  It's important for these things to run slower and produce less heat and be more energy efficient for what their intended use is for. That's for a Home or small business NAS!  I have mine in my small Closet up on a top shelf with my other hardware.  It can hold 4 drives and I currently have the 3 in it and down just just over 1 TB of space left so I'll be popping another drive in soon.  maybe delete some other content.  Let me tell you, those drives are packed together very close and in a small case with a single fan!!!  It's a hot day out today.  I don't have the AC on, the doors are open.  My Netgear ReadyNAS is showing 38 degrees right now, my HDD are showing 38/39 Degrees, that's Celsius.  So around 100/102 degree's F.   It powers down to sleep mode when it's not used for 10 minutes.  So another way to conserve power!!!  I'm up to 11071 Power On hours and 17157 Start/Stop Count currently on #1 WB 3TB Red Drive.  Still showing a ATA error count of 0.  Just some of the stuff I can log into my NAS and look up simply.   I got my first one at Newegg and the second one and third one here at Amazon back May 21 St, 2013.Again, there's a reason why WB is making different types, more Specialized HDD's!!!!   If you're not going to put the RED into a NAS, I'd go with the Green drive instead.  Still get the slower speed, Energy savings, less heat and less noise because they're running slower.   Instead of 7200 RPM, they're around 5400 RPM.   With faster speed like the black drive, well it requires more power, more power means more heat and more noise.  But software loads up faster.  So there's Pro's and Con's to anything and everything.   You CAN use the RED, but really, if it's not going in a NAS, why would you want to?   It has some extra features for use with a NAS, that the Green drive doesn't, but your PC is not going to use them like the NAS will.

**Q: Is it possible to use this drive as a normal desktop drive for storage?**
A: Yes, it is certainly possible.  But there are tradeoffs to consider.  This drive is designed for 24/7/365 operation, but is NOT designed for speed.  If you want really fast access to your data (say, if you're a gamer or if you're doing CAD work) this isn't the best choice for your drive, and you'll be paying a lot for features you won't be using.In my own cases, I've been migrating my 5-bay Synology Network Attached Storage system from 3TB drives to 6TB drives.  The older 3TB drives are NOT going to waste, however.  I'm installing them into other systems, as "local software repositories" and the like.  I'm not actually running any software off of them.Realistically, these drives are designed to run in RAID configurations (where the "striping" effect gives you plenty of speed, as you're reading and writing not to just one drive but multiple drives, dramatically reducing your wait time for "seeking" from any given drive.  They are designed to spin constantly, at a pretty low power cost, versus standard desktop drives which are designed to spin up as you access them, and then spin down when you stop using them.If you want a fast desktop computer, your best bet is something along the lines of the WD "Black" line.  If you want a cheaper "general purpose" drive, the WD "Blue" line is what you want.  If you want a low-energy consumption drive (with significant performance compromises) you want the WD "Green" line.  And if you're running a drive perpetually, in a RAID configuration, you want the WD "Red" line.  (There's also an "enterprise drive" line which is designed for larger NAS applications which only make sense for large business server farms, but these are typically SAS-interface drives and can't really be used in a standard home application anyway.)I refer to the WD drive lines here, but Seagate and the other players in this market all do similar "tweaked versions."That last line is key.  We're talking about what the drive is OPTIMIZED towards...  what "tweaks" have been made to the hardware and the internal software (ie, "firmware").So... yes, you can run these in any system with the appropriate interface.  Your system capabilities might limit the portion of the drive you can actually SEE (you may only see 2TB unless your system is pretty new)...  that's not a shortcoming of the drive, it's a shortcoming of older hardware and, to a certain extent, older operating system variants.  If your system can see 2TB+ drives, and has a SATA interface, you can use this drive.Whether you'd be better off with some other "tweaked and optimized" version is another story entirely, though.  You're tossing away money buying one of these rather than a desktop-optimized drive (black, blue, or green) if you're just going to put it into a normal PC.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best storage drive , NAS not required + professional Q & A podcast addressing RED drives | a great youtube video |
*by J***S on June 4, 2015*

I have been a long term western digital customer for over 10yrs. This drive is aimed and marketed at NAS type devices however also very good in a regular desktop computer system as a storage drive, which is how I am currently using it for my personal desktop system . I have owned this red drive for approx. 10 days now. The sustained transfer speed is very good. the lower / variable spindle speed compared to normal 7200RPM drives doesn't impact its performance for my use . It performs better then my 4TB WD green drive. My Red drive was installed in a computer with many hard drives and it runs at a cool 84F (29 C ) at idle, the lowest temp. drive in the computer. Also according to the Red drive spec sheet uses the least amount of power as well. Time limited error recovery (TLER) is one of the benefits for the Red drives , outlined in the youtube video podcast below. A popular weekly hardware video podcast with storage editor at PC Perspective ( pcper) Allyn Malventano addressing uses of red model drives: https://youtu.be/WjjCMWZ0aDU?t=51m I included a start time for later in the podcast @ 51 minutes, the start of discussion of WD red drives and its use in NAS and non NAS systems Some valuable info on NAS / RAID design can be found in this video as well. plus other general server hardware info is addressed. At time 55:40 in the the video more info and insight regarding DIY home NAS and RAID stability, reliability and design is discussed as well. Potentially saving a DIY person some pretty decent cash and at least some calories reading conflicting information online. All of which for some buyers reading reviews on amazon for this product would find useful or at least interesting. For me, my drives in my personal computer for this review are used for pure storage via Linux based operating systems. In some computer systems i've built are media servers, again using linux with LVM and sometimes MDADM , other times using RAID cards such as IBM M1015 , a cheaper version, of more expensive promise model cards with SAS. HGST is another maker of hard drives with good reputation and within the same general price range for some of their models, however western digital now owns them, formally Hitachi Global Storage Technologies . I've not taken the time while writing this to check if HGST drives feature some of the features the Red model line up offers. If you are going for a gaming system drive or require heavy I/O for a operating system drive, the red of course wouldn't be your best option. I use a WD Black drive, # WD3003FZEX for this . Steam games fill a drive quickly. With my budget and limited sata ports it makes a SSD fairly useless for storing games , or a media server gaming rig combo. Most of the time, once game is loaded , its mostly done , leaving the CPU and GPU left doing the work... . so for my needs esp dual booting , gaming on linux and windows using a Black model drive is my best option for my hardware , storage and requirements to have one type of operating system running most of the time. I do sometimes run Linux on a stand alone 120GB SSD , if I disconnect my optical drive , smaller ssd drives are quite inexpensive now and do make life a bit easier esp on aging desktop hardware. The cost per TB in a black model is still quite low for the performance level and the only high performance drive to offer a 5 year warranty standard. Especially when compared to a hybrid model drives cost and other drive makers of fast mechanical and hybrid solutions. Heavy gaming via steam would make a hybrid drives nand cache not very effective , fairly quickly iirc . Hopefully some of this info will prove useful , or at least give some starting ground to look into , research options deeper that may not have been considered before.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ NAS Best Friend
*by S***N on August 18, 2012*

After about six months of searching for the perfect drive, I finally settled on two of these Western Digital Red 2TB WD20EFRX hard drives. I was ready to purchase HGST enterprise drives, the former Hitachi, but WD came out with these drives just in-time. I wanted to get the 3TB WD30EFRX version for my Synology DS212 NAS , but the price difference didn't make that much of a sense, and 2TB drives are more than enough for a few years of my home office use. I am very happy that these drives MTBFs are rated at 1,000,000 hours, they use less power, and they are cheaper than other enterprise drives. Upon receiving, I immediately installed them in my NAS. It took about 15 minutes to install DSM 4 and begin the inspection process. I neither chose Raid 1, JBOD, or SHR, and I took some online advice and created two separate volumes, one on each disk, to have two independent file systems. In this case, you don't have to worry about rebuilding disk arrays if any drives fail, and you always have a backup present. I was planning on using Folder Sync feature to sync all folders from Disk 1 to Disk 2 every other hour, but I found out this feature only works on two independent Synology Disk Stations; however, you can use automated backup feature to backup data from Disk 1 into Disk 2, and it produces about the same result as Folder Sync does, and it gives you a few more options for backing up system and application files as well. Synology volume creation took about 7 hours for each drive with automatic bad sector reallocation feature. I later tested each drive with S.M.A.R.T extended test--each took about 4 hours--and I am happy to report that I did not have any bad sectors on either of the drives. That is, the "Reallocated Sector Count" reads zero in S.M.A.R.T report. The drives are surprisingly quiet. I had an enterprise RE2 500GB in my NAS, and it was thunderstorm loud compared to these. The temperature is also very reasonable. When the drive is resting it is about 31C/88F, and under heavy usage it rises up to 35C/95F. Although these drives speed are only 5000 rpm, I don't see any difference in file transfer speed. The only downside that I could sense was the startup time from sleep. I feel that compared to my old WD RE2 drive, it takes a good 2 to 5 seconds more for the NAS to come out of sleep each time. Not a deal breaker, but something to consider when you invest in these drives. I think WD has done a good job with these drives, and they are currently the best on the market for home or home office use. That being said, I still think WD RE4 drives are the best enterprise drives and ultimate in performance; however, if you are looking for a good set of drives for your NAS, and the power consumption and noise are important to you, these WD Red drives will work just fine. Compared to desktop drives, these come with a few enterprise features that come in handy and will save you some time and money down the road.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by B***N on January 20, 2015*

So, der Puls ist wieder unten. Lange habe ich mit mir gerungen, diese Platte anzuschaffen - ich brauchte mehr Platz in meinem NAS. Knapp zwei Jahre (14500 Stunden laut SMART, eine Platte hat EINEN CRC-Fehler gemeldet - das war's an Auffälligkeiten in zwei Jahren) haben zwei WD Red 2TB Western Digital WD20EFRX Red 2TB Interne Festplatte für NAS-Storage (8,9 cm (3,5 Zoll), 5400rpm, SATA III) hier klaglos und unauffällig ihren Dienst im RAID 1 getan, warum also keine neuen aus der Serie... Die bisherigen Rezensionen haben mich allerdings stutzig gemacht, von auffällig vielen Problemen war die Rede, hauptsächlich allerdings in QNAP-Geräten. Also, ich habe ein Synology-NAS Synology DiskStation DS213+ NAS-Server (2x1GHz, 512MB RAM, 2-Bay, SATA II, 2x USB 3.0) und ich bestelle bei Amazon - was soll mir passieren?!? Wenn doch Fehler auftreten sollten, ist Amazon da erfreulich problemlos. Erstmal sollte nur eine Platte her, die soll problemlos laufen, erst dann kaufe ich eine zweite. Die Lieferung mit Amazon Prime hat vier Tage gebraucht - naja. Aber die Platte kam an. Im Karton hat sich allerdings eine Menge bewegt, an Füllmaterial hat der Kollege im Versand nämlich ganz gut gespart! Die Platte kam zusätzlich in der Original-WD-Kunststoffverpackung und darin im Antistatikbeutel eingeschweißt. Nach einer kurzen Akklimatisierungsphase habe ich sie an ein USB-SATA-Adapter gehangen, um einen ersten Test zu machen. Einschalten - nix passiert? Beim Hochheben der Platte habe ich dann wohl gemerkt, dass sie läuft! Sie ist sehr leise, auch beim Anlaufen. Die 2TB-Seagate-Platte in meiner Apple Time Capsule 2TB (drahtloser Netzwerkspeicher und AirPort Extreme Basisstation) genau wie die Seagate Expansion Desktop STBV2000200 Externe Festplatte 2TB (8,9 cm (3,5 Zoll), USB 3.0) "schreien" beim Anlaufen kurz auf (klingt ein bißchen wie Darth Vaders Tie-Fighter). Hier bei der WD-RED: Nix zu hören. Kaum Vibrationen zu spüren. Bei Zugriffen auch keine unangenehmen Geräusche. Also bisher: Daumen hoch! SMART hat über das USB-Adapter-Gedöns nicht funktioniert, also habe ich die Platte mutig ins laufende NAS geworfen. Hot-Plug sollte das Synology ja können. Platte 2 einfach rausziehen, die Platten im Rahmen ummontieren und die neue 6TB reinschieben. Fertig! Keine 5 Minuten für die Hardwaregeschichte. Im Speichermanager des DSM dann die Prüfung und Vorbereitung der Platte und anschließend Reparatur des RAID-Volumens anstoßen. Keine Probleme, alles fluppt. Naja - fluppen ist nicht das richtige Wort - die Reparatur des RAID-Volumens hat acht Stunden gedauert (1,74TB Daten von Platte 1 auf die neue Platte spiegeln). Ein kurzer SMART-Check: alles normal. Den langen SMART-Check wollte ich über Nacht laufen lassen, das habe ich aber unterschätzt: Der lief 16 Stunden!!! Die Platte ist halt recht groß - man muss Geduld mitbringen. Ergebnis: Problemlos. Keine Aussetzer, keine Warnungen. Geil! Die Platte wird ein wenig wärmer als die alte 2TB-Platte, die hat nämlich aktuell 23°C, die neue 6TB meldet 27°C. Immer noch: Cooles Ding. Die Zeiten, wo man sich die Finger an Platten verbrennen konnte, sind definitiv vorbei. Der Lüfter im Synology ist im "Lieber leiser als kälter"-Modus - aber diese Temperaturen sind mehr als in Ordnung. Von der Geschwindigkeit kann ich nichts berichten - intern soll sie laut Datenblatt 175MB/s schaffen, in dem Fall begrenzt das Gigabit-Ethernet des NAS-Systems eher als die Platte, das Synology liefert "nur" knappe 100MB/s. Reicht hierfür also! In einer oder zwei Wochen, wenn nichts Außergewöhnliches auftritt, bekommt die neue Platte dann auch eine passende Schwester, damit ich den Platz, der neu zur Verfügung steht, auch nutzen kann. Ich werde die Rezension erweitern, wenn es Neuigkeiten gibt. Bis dahin das Fazit: keine Probleme aufgetreten, Installation problemlos, Platte leise und kalt und vor allem: riesig viel Platz! Edit: Update nach 300 Stunden: Null Fehler. Die zweite Platte ist inzwischen da. Die war übrigens anders verpackt! Sie war nicht in der durchsichtigen Plastikhülle drin, sondern "nur" in der Antistatiktüte, dafür mit zwei Kunststoff-Formteilen fest im Karton verpackt - da wackelte nichts mehr. Sehr gutes und vertrauenerweckendes System! Ob das aber immer so ist - keine Ahnung. Edit2: Update nach 800 Stunden: Null Fehler. Die zweite Platte ist komischerweise 2°C kälter als die zuerst eingebaute. Was aber merkwürdig ist: Der Load Cycle Counter ist nach 400 Stunden Betrieb auf 332, bei der nunmehr fast 800 Stunden laufenden ersten Platte noch bei 58. Scheinbar sind die beiden Platten trotz identischer Firmware unterschiedlich konfiguriert, am NAS sollte das meiner Meinung nach nicht liegen, dass eine Platte öfter schlafen geht als die andere... Wenn das linear so weitergeht, hält die "neuere" Platte nur hochgerechnet 91 Jahre, bis der Load Cycle Counter auf 600.000 steht - und dann ist laut WD ein Ausfall wahrscheinlich :-/ Also ganz so beunruhigt bin ich nicht, aber dass die beiden sich unterschiedlich verhalten, ist schon ein bißchen komisch. Edit3: Neuestes Update: Der Load-Cycle-Counter der neueren Platte hat sich nicht linear weiter erhöht. Und das ohne weiteres Zutun. Komisch, aber ok. Die 2° Temperaturunterschied zwischen den Platten sind geblieben - Messungenauigkeit oder tatsächliche Differenz? Ich kann's nicht sagen. Ist mir inzwischen auch total peng. Hier mal im Vergleich die aktuellen SMART-Daten (Platte 1 wurde später ersetzt!): Platte 1: Power-On Hours: 744h / Load Cycle: 359 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 69 / Temperatur: 24°C Platte 2: Power-On Hours: 1078h / Load Cycle: 85 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 81 / Temperatur: 26°C Keine weiteren Auffälligkeiten oder Fehler. Feine Platten. Die erste der beiden "alten" Platten wurde nun einer neuen Bestimmung zugeführt, die zweite verbleibt noch mit den "alten" Daten vom NAS als Backup. Die Zeitintervalle des Nachschnüffelns werden nun wohl größer werden. Aber ich behalte das hier mal bei... Edit4: Alles gut. 3 Monate im Betrieb. Fehler: 0,0. Die zweite Backup-Platte ist im externen USB 3.0 Gehäuse eingebaut und wandert jetzt Richtung Backup-Medium für's NAS. Mache mir nun keine großen Sorgen mehr. Hier mal im Vergleich die aktuellen SMART-Daten (Platte 1 wurde später ersetzt!): Platte 1: Power-On Hours: 1364h / Load Cycle: 455 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 164 / Temperatur: 24°C Platte 2: Power-On Hours: 1697h / Load Cycle: 181 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 176 / Temperatur: 27°C Edit5: Halbes Jahr ist um. Läuft. Ich vermute, dass hier eher die Leute schreiben, die Ärger mit der Platte haben als die, deren Geräte klaglos und unauffällig laufen. Ich kann nichts Negatives berichten. Keine Fehler in den SMART-Tests. Täglich wird ein Schnelltest gemacht und monatlich ein erweiterter SMART-Test (ich bekomme dann auch einmal im Monat einen "Gesundheitsbericht" vom NAS per mail - wie nett). Die Temperaturen steigen an - es wird ja auch wärmer in Deutschland. Bin mal auf den Sommer gespannt, aber 30° ist ja noch super. Das NAS steht im Keller, dort sind keine 32° Umgebungstemperatur zu erwarten. 2980 Stunden sind übrigens 124 Tage - die erste Platte ist jedoch schon knappe 160 Tage eingebaut. Die restliche Zeit hat sie also "frei" - wenn die Power-On-Hours von der Platte so korrekt gerechnet werden :-). Rechnerisch 78% an und 22% aus. Über'n Daumen. Dennoch finde ich, dass das relativ wenig Stillstand ist. Aber irgendwer ist hier zu Hause ja ständig online und schaltet einen Rechner oder ein Handy oder was auch immer an und irgendeine App schaut auf dem NAS mal nach dem Rechten oder ein PC macht ein Backup oder ... Hier mal wie immer im Vergleich die aktuellen SMART-Daten (Platte 1 wurde später ersetzt!): Platte 1: Power-On Hours: 2646h / Load Cycle: 556 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 266 / Temperatur: 27°C Platte 2: Power-On Hours: 2980h / Load Cycle: 282 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 278 / Temperatur: 30°C Edit6: (22.02.2016) Über ein Jahr ist vergangen, Platte 1 ist 395 Tage in Betrieb (zumindest Power-on-hours...). Es ändert sich aber nix - die Dinger laufen ohne Probleme. An den Bewertungen bei Amazon sieht man inzwischen auch, dass die Mehrzahl der Käufer glücklich mit der Platte sind. An den unten stehenden Daten sehe ich, dass sich die Laufzeit zwar verdreifacht hat, die Load- und Start-Stop-Cycles aber nicht. Warum nicht? Laufen die Platten inzwischen im Dauerlauf durch? Ist das ein neues Feature im DSM? Oder greift hier 24 Stunden am Tag einer aufs NAS zu? Hm - dann macht sich das sicher auch im Stromverbrauch bemerkbar. :-/ Hier mal wie immer im Vergleich die aktuellen SMART-Daten (Platte 1 wurde später ersetzt!): Platte 1: Power-On Hours: 9151h / Load Cycle: 602 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 296 / Temperatur: 28°C Platte 2: Power-On Hours: 9485h / Load Cycle: 328 / Start-Stop-Cycle: 308 / Temperatur: 30°C Edit7: (10.01.2017) Soll ich wieder schreiben, dass keine Fehler aufgetreten sind? Lass ich mal... Ist wieder ein Jahr vergangen. Läuft einfach. Wenn ich mir die Load-Cycles ansehe, scheint mir allerdings, dass die Platten fast ununterbrochen laufen. Dass sie nachts früher ausgegangen waren, hat sich wohl erledigt, da immer mehr Geräte auf das NAS zugreifen - auch nachts. Und die 6TB sind jetzt fast voll - was soll ich nun kaufen? 10TB von Seagate? Ich denke, ich werde eher ein 4-Bay NAS kaufen und noch eine oder zwei dieser 6TB-Platten. Hier mal wie immer im Vergleich die aktuellen SMART-Daten (Platte 1 wurde später ersetzt!): Platte 1: Power-On Hours: 16866h / Load Cycle: 709 / Start-Stop-Count: 382 / Temperatur: 25°C Platte 2: Power-On Hours: 17200h / Load Cycle: 435 / Start-Stop-Count: 392 / Temperatur: 27°C Edit8: (26.06.2017) Gähn. Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse. Das NAS ärgert mich die letzte Zeit mit ständigem Offline-sein, aber die Platten laufen. Scheint die NAS-Software zu sein. Seit einem Update gestern läuft's wieder. Übrigens: Die Firmware beider Platten ist die 82.00A82 Hier mal wie immer im Vergleich die aktuellen SMART-Daten (Platte 1 wurde später ersetzt!): Platte 1: Power-On Hours: 20850h / Load Cycle: 763 / Start-Stop-Count: 394 / Temperatur: 30°C Platte 2: Power-On Hours: 21184 / Load Cycle: 489 / Start-Stop-Count: 404 / Temperatur: 32°C Edit 9: (01.11.2017) Mein Synology 213+ hat aufgegeben - die Platten nicht. Sind zusammen mit einer 10TB Seagate Iron Wolf in einem neuen Synology DS416 play eingezogen. Der Load-Cycle sowie der Start-Stop-Counter schnellen in die Höhe - das neue NAS scheint wieder regelmäßig schlafen zu gehen. Komisch. Aber für den Stromverbrauch schon ok. Alle anderen kritischen Werte der Platten sind auf Null - null Fehler. Einmal noch für's Protokoll: Platte 1: Power-On Hours: 22918h / Load Cycle: 2980 / Start-Stop-Count: 2619 / Temperatur: 29°C Platte 2: Power-On Hours: 23254 / Load Cycle: 2706 / Start-Stop-Count: 2625 / Temperatur: 28°C Das war's. Mehr werde ich nicht schreiben. Ich kann die Platten wie gesagt absolut empfehlen. Auf Dauer werde ich auf größere umsteigen und da wahrscheinlich die Seagate Iron-Wolf Serie nehmen. Eine habe ich bereits, die läuft. Ist aktuell auch 40€ günstiger als die vergleichbare WD Red, beim Kauf der Platte war aber (noch) keine verfügbar. Ansonsten kein besonderer Grund, auf Seagate umzusteigen. Diese läuft jetzt übrigens seit 1769 Stunden ebenfalls problemlos und kühl (28°C) und ohne Fehler. Hoffentlich bleibt das dabei. Doch noch ein Edit (12/2020): Die beiden WD haben jetzt über 49.000 Power-On Stunden auf der Uhr ohne Fehler. Die Seagate IronWolf sammelt dahingegen defekte Sektoren - wir sind jetzt aktuell bei 16. Finde ich gerade ziemlich doof. Der Health-Status findet das übrigens "normal". Früher war das der entscheidende Trigger für meinen Sofort-neue-Platte-kaufen-Zeigefinger.

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