Red Plus 8TB 3.5 SATA III Internal NAS Hard Drive
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$1,437.28at Best BuyChecked Nov 9
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The WD Red Plus 8TB is a 3.5-inch internal hard drive built for NAS enclosures, using CMR recording rather than the shingled recording that hurt earlier Red drives. It spins at 5400 rpm with a 256MB cache on a SATA 6Gb/s interface, so it favors quiet, low-power operation over raw speed. It suits home and small-office NAS owners running one to eight bays who want a drive rated for 24/7 use and vibration tolerance. Against Seagate IronWolf and Toshiba N300 drives of the same size, it is the safer pick for mixed RAID arrays, though it is slower than 7200 rpm NAS drives for heavy media editing.
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Lowest price we've seen: $1,437.28 on Nov 10 at Best Buy. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 10.
Owners of multi-bay NAS units generally rate the Red Plus line well, and the 8TB CMR model is often chosen specifically to avoid the SMR controversy of the older Red drives. Reviewers note it runs cool and quiet and holds up in RAID rebuilds, while complaining that it is not fast.
