WD Red Pro 26TB NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 512MB Cache

Just performed an extended Smart (S.M.A.R.T) test on this 20TB drive via DSM on my Synology DS220J NAS. Test reports the drive is healthy and total power on time was 0, as you'd expect for a brand new drive. So all is working well. I purchased this drive from Amazon and they delivered it too. Packaging was sufficient but really, for an item of such high value, I wish they would do better. It essentially came in a cardboard box with some brown paper used to pad it out - only on one side of the box though - should be on both, and at the sides! Fortunately though, the WD box itself is fairly well packaged with some plastic inserts to hold the drive in place and prevent it making contact with the edges of the box itself. The box was also sealed with a clear plastic label which looked original to me. The drive itself was within an antistatic bag. So the drive is packaged in the WD box quite well - Amazon, not so much. But it arrived in good condition and it's working - that's all that matters. As for the price - the only word I can use to describe it is 'ridiculous'. Not only in the sense that AI data centers are pushing HDD prices up across the board, but the price on Amazon seems to change every five minutes. I won't say any more than that as this review will probably get blocked but Amazon has a 'price history' feature, which I'd encourage you to use. I've never had a WD NAS grade drive before so can't comment on longevity, but my expectations are that this should last at least 5 years and if that proves not to be true, you can guarantee I will come back and update this review!

So, I recently intall the 8tb spinning disk into my home storage server. It's a pretty hefty drive, specifically designed for this kind of continuous operation. I've been testing it out for a while now, and so far, it's been a champ. No weird noises or slowdowns to report. I'm pretty pleased with how it's handling all the data.

The drive I received was labelled WD Red Pro WD103KFBX, but when installed it electronically identifies as an HGST HUH721010ALE604 with a completely different serial number. Label serial: AE57U3KD Actual drive serial: 2YGJ11DD Western Digital's warranty checker does not recognise the serial printed on the label. It DOES recognise the drive's actual electronic serial and identifies it as an out-of-warranty 10TB OEM drive described as "APPLE iCloud". The drive therefore isn't what its WD Red Pro label claims it is. Returned for refund.

If NVMe speed is not the driving factor rather a reliable backup is then these are a good alternative I run 2 of these in a RAID 0 set giving me 32TB of backup space and they are very good, Performance is surprisingly fast and as its just two disks after 4 years I'll mothball these as a backup of that day and pop in two new ones (in 4 years time that's more likely to be SSD). Today though with an inexpensive Enclosure its an inexpensive and reliable backup solution when you need high volume backups. I use these as a fast tertiary backup so Raid 0 is fine. I would never recommend Raid 0 as your only backup option.

As described, arrived early and was securely packed. Not used as yet as I am waiting for a Nas enclosure to expand my network storage. This Hdd comes with a 5yr warranty and the project was the best at the time of purchase.

Ordered to 6 TB drives. One drive posted a tiny bit of exterior damage. After testing I decided it is safe to use so I did not return. Not happy with the damage though as the metal lid is a bit bent on the edge

Replaced a failing drive in my NAS and it's working well.

Drive delivered was manufactured 2024, on checking WD website with the drive serial number it only gives a 1yr warranty (expired July 2025) it should be 5yrs.

Excelente duración, poco ruido .

Excellent NAS drive, and great price! Bought four to upgrade a client's Synology NAS server. After days of drives swapping, storage pool repairing and data scrubbing, all four drives installed without any hiccup. System ran well for over a month now without any issue with many updates and modification. Heat performance is outstanding! No matter the load, drives kept at around 33 degrees Celius, compared to the Seagate 8GB NAS drive routinely ran at over 40 degrees Celius. Even the client mentioned that the Synology NAS enclosure is noticeably cooler to touch, and also quieter. R/W speed is also satisfactory. Highly recommended!

Good

Excellent as described

Ordered 2 both came intact and drives works