Engineered to deliver high performance and reliability to commercial and enterprise NAS environments, the 8TB Red Pro 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD from WD is well-suited for multimedia and creative pros, medium to large businesses, and commercial and enterprise NAS systems. Able to work in RAID-optimized NAS systems with an unlimited number of drive bays, this 8TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 256MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, which all help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a rate of up to 267 MB/s. This drive also features high levels of reliability, with 600,000 load/unload cycles, < 1 in 10¹⁵ non-recoverable read errors per bits read, a workload rate of 550TB per year, dual-plane balance control technology, and 2 million hours MTBF. Shock protection is provided by a multi-axis shock sensor and WD's NASware helps increase system compatibility, allowing Red Pro drives to be more easily integrated with your existing network infrastructure.

8TB Storage Capacity    3.5" Form Factor    SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface    256MB Cache    7200 rpm    Data Transfer Speeds up to 267 MB/s    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles    2 Million Hours MTBF    Multi-Axis Shock Sensor    NASware Technology

• 8TB storage capacity
• For RAID-optimized NAS systems with an unlimited number of bays
• Workload rating of up 550TB per year and up to a 2 million hours MTBF

• Multimedia creative pros
• Medium to large businesses
• Commercial and enterprise NAS systems

Western Digital's exclusive NASware technology fine tunes drive parameters to match NAS system workloads, which helps increase performance and reliability.

WD Red Pro hard drives are designed to handle the rigorous demands of high-intensity 24/7 multi-user NAS environments and increase system durability.

Western Digital partners with a wide range of NAS system vendors for extensive testing to ensure compatibility with most NAS enclosures.

WD Red Pro drives include Rotation Vibration (RV) sensors that anticipate and proactively counteract disturbances caused by increased vibration. By dispersing excess vibration across the drive chassis, turbulence is minimized, performance is maintained, and drives are protected.

WD Red Pro hard drives include a multi-axis shock sensor to detect subtle shock events and automatically compensate with dynamic fly height technology to further protect the drives in NAS enclosures.

Western Digital stands behind their NAS storage solutions with the assurance of a limited 5-year limited warranty and world-class support services for hassle free data storage.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. I know and understand that Black hard drives are made for gaming computers which is what I have. But no matter what color the drive is or what it's made for will they all work with any desktop computer reliably?

A: The short answer is that yes, any of the different drives will work just fine. "NAS" rated drives ostensibly will be more resilient in the face of things like vibrations and running nonstop, but personally I'd focus more on the speed (5400 vs 7200rpm). In this case both the black and this one look to be 7200, so you're fine either way. BUT, if you're planning on using this as your primary drive (as opposed to storage) I'd very strongly suggest getting an SSD instead, where the speed and subsequent experience with things like booting up and really just everything, is vastly better.

Q: 2. Western digital

A: Yes it is a Western Digital drive.

Q: 3. What is the difference between wd4004fzwx and wd4003fzex? Both are WD 4TB HDD. I see 128MB cache and 64MB respectively and the 128MB costs less.

A: the 128MB drive is supposed to be newer, the 64MB the older model that has been tested. I think I checked BackBlaze data sheets and these drive have good results.They are pretty quiet as well.

Q: 4. whats the actual model number? per WD site 6tb red pro is WD6003FFBX (6TB). but i see WDBRJY0060HNC-WRSN in the title. not clear

A: WDBRJY0060HNC-WRSN is the Retail part number for WD6003FFBX.

Q: 5. Is this drive hot swap-able if I use it with a internally mounted removable hard drive bay? Like the Thermaltake N0023SN Max 4 3.5 SATA HDD Rack. Thanks.

A: This drive is used in a internal connection and I have not tried to hot swap it. I think that if it were ejected properly, it could be hot swaped.

Q: 6. What is the manufacturer part number of the two drives included in the box?

A: The Mfr part # of the individual drives is: WEBRJY0100HN

Q: 7. Will this fit the Sabrent dock https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1412784-REG/sabrent_ec_dflt_2_5_3_5_sata_ssd_to_usb.html?

A: Yes, this WD Black 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal HDD will fit into the above Sabrent HDD enclosure.

Q: 8. Do these OEM Drives come with WD 5 year limited warranty?

A: This product has a Limited 5-Year Manufacturer's Warranty.

Q: 9. Is this compatible with ASUS Prime Z370-A LGA1151 ATX motherboard?

A: Yes, it is compatible.

Q: 10. Is this WD 6T Red Pro NEW product from Factory or refurished / recertified ?

A: NEW from factory