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Sporting the original NAS hard drive colour, the WD Red Pro 12TB continues the success of WD Red products by adding support for 1-bay to 24-bay storage systems for medium and large businesses. WD Red Pro hard drives include exclusive WD NASware 3.0 technology that provides unmatched compatibility, reliability, and performance.
Created specifically for small and medium-sized businesses, the WD Red lineup has been expanded with WD Red Pro models that are available for medium to large NAS environments with 1 to 24 bays. Featuring 12TB of capacity, the WD Red Pro comes with a 5-year limited warranty and is designed to support your company's growing workloads.
WD Red Pro comes with NASware 3.0, which improves system compatibility and ensures seamless integration into your network infrastructure. Add value to your business by allowing your employees to quickly share files and reliably back up folders with WD Red Pro hard drives in your NAS solution.
Because your NAS system is always running, it is essential to use a high reliability drive. With a 35% increase in mean time between failures (MTBF) over standard hard drives, WD Red with NASware 3.0 is designed for 24x7 environments. Delivered with time-limited error recovery(TLER) built into NASware 3. 0, WD Red Pro prevents failures caused by error recovery that are common with desktop hard drives.
WD Red Pro comes with a 5-year limited warranty for your peace of mind. All WD Red Pro hard drives are covered by professional support services with a dedicated 24/7 premium support line (in English, regional hours vary).
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General information |
Product name |
Western Digital WD Red Pro 12 TB SATA 6Gb/s |
Brand |
Western Digital | |
Model |
WD121KFBX | |
Main characteristics |
Interface with the computer |
Serial ATA 6Gb/s (SATA Revision 3) |
Hard drive format |
3" 1/2 | |
Capacity |
12 TB | |
Performance |
Rotation speed |
7200 RPM |
Cache size |
256 MB | |
Recording technology |
CMR | |
Design |
Hard drive type |
HDD (Hard Disk Drive) |
Use |
for NAS | |
Physical characteristics |
Width |
101.6 mm |
Height |
26.1 mm | |
Depth |
147 mm | |
Weight |
660 g | |
Warranties |
Commercial warranty |
Seller 2 years
|
Legal warranty |
See terms & conditions
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Product referenced on 11 Jun 2019
Performance in line with my expectations, I've never been disappointed by WD!
Purchased to replace an ageing "classic" Red, this Pro version is still noisier, which can be annoying depending on the room where it is installed.
LDLC delivery is always top notch, ultra-fast and very well protected and packaged!
The hard drive is very good. I haven't yet been able to measure its performance. As for reliability, in the past I've had specialist RAID drives that lasted at least 5 years, and if I've changed a few, it's because I was running out of space, not because they'd failed. The drive is still a bit noisy when it's performing operations (it 'scratches'), hence one less star.
The main point has been made in these comments.
I just want to clarify, approximately:
150 MB/s writing
250 MB/s reading
Of course, as always, less efficient with small files.
The WD Red Pro 14Tb joined its little friends in the NAS without a hitch. Nickel installation, immediately recognised, it does its job perfectly as expected. Quiet, reliable, perfect for long-term storage. A sure bet for demanding NAS users!
Very satisfied with this hard drive, as always, or almost always with Western Digital drives. Quiet, large storage capacity. No problems with installation and support with QNAP TS-464-8G. But, not enough hindsight, to assess the reliability of this drive in the long term :).
A drive designed for long-term use with a heavy workload.
There's certainly more to it than that, but among HDDs designed for NAS and small servers, its capacity to withstand the load of annual transfer volumes puts it at the top of the range, with a 5-year warranty compared with 2 or 3 years for competitors.
+ More expensive than others, but designed to last under intensive use.
Installed in a QNAP NAS and a small TR-004 storage bay
No hindsight yet on reliability / theory, as 2 weeks of use at this stage
Large capacity, fast performance recognised directly by the Synology ds224+ nas, ideal for family use.
Delivery a little slow, but clean. Super-easy to install: just assemble, switch on the power and the rest takes care of itself.
Very good product at a fair price
Fast delivery and on time
Nothing more to say, it was perfect
Complete and very good range of discs on offer
Selection criteria clearly explained
Fast ordering and delivery, but that's typical of LDLC
Start-up as per technical description
And the NAS is very happy with its new equipment
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