The WD Red Plus WD30EFZX 3TB is optimized for NAS systems and is suitable for home users as well as small or medium-sized companies. Expand your NAS with this 3.5-inch hard drive and you can share your files with your devices at home or at the office in multiple RAID applications. You could use the Red Plus as a backup drive, something the base models aren't suitable for. With 3TB, you'll have enough storage capacity for 300 Full HD movies of 2 hours or 300,000 photos. Thanks to the built-in anti-vibration sensors, the drive will last longer than a regular hard drive. With a rotation speed of 5400RPM, this drive is energy-efficient, too. When you're not processing any files, the WD30EFZX lifts the read-write head from the disk. That way, it doesn't wear as fast, which makes the drive more durable.
Highlights:
- Available in capacities ranging from 1-14TB with support for up to 8 bays
- Supports up to 180 TB/yr workload rate
- NASware firmware for compatibility
- Small or medium business NAS systems in a 24x7 environment
WD Red™ for Personal or Home Office
Stream, backup, share, and organize your digital content at home with a NAS and WD Red™ drives designed to effortlessly share content with the devices in your personal or home office environments. NASware 3.0 technology increases your drives’ compatibility with your existing network and devices, TV, stereo, and more. Live in a connected world.
Exclusive NASware 3.0
Not just any drive will do. Get up to 48TB of capacity in your 8-bay system and with WD’s exclusive NASware 3.0 technology, you can optimize each and every drive. Built into every WD Red™ hard drive, NASware 3.0’s advanced technology improves your system’s storage performance by increasing compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability.
Built for Optimum NAS Compatibility
Designed for personal and home office NAS systems, our unique algorithm balances performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. WD Red™ drives are optimized for environments where idle time is available to perform necessary background operations. To ensure optimal performance, always check compatibility with your system. WD Red™ drives may not be suitable for higher workload environments. For ZFS file systems and overall NAS system compatibility, we highly recommend WD Red™ Plus drives, which are optimized for higher workloads.1
24/7 Environment
Since your NAS system is always on, a reliable drive is essential. With an MTBF of up to 1 million hours, the WD Red™ drive is engineered to tackle 24x7 environments.
Specifications:
- Capacity: 3 TB
- Interface: SATA
- Transfer Rate: up to 180MB/s
- Form Factor: 3.5 in
- Cache Size: 256 MB
- RAM Size: 3 TB
- Hard Disk Description: Mechanical Hard Disk
- Hard Drive Interface Serial: ATA-600
- Hard Disk Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM
- Wattage: 4.8 Watts
- Hardware Platform: PC, Mac
- Are Batteries Included: No
- Lithium Battery Energy Content: 2 Kilowatt Hours
- Lithium Battery Weight: 2 Grams
- Number Of Lithium Ion Cells: 5
- Number of Lithium Metal Cells: 5
- Included Components: WD Red Plus HDD