WD Red Plus 8TB NAS SATA Hard Drive
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The WD Red Plus 8TB (WD80EFPX) is an internal 3.5-inch SATA hard drive built for NAS use. It uses CMR recording, which avoids the slow rebuilds that SMR drives can suffer in RAID arrays, and has a 256MB cache. Spinning at 5640 RPM, it is quieter and cooler than 7200 RPM NAS drives but slower in sequential transfers. Reviewers and owners generally praise its reliability in multi-bay NAS units and its CMR design; some wish it were faster for large file transfers.
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Owners of multi-bay NAS units generally report solid reliability and praise the CMR design. Some note that transfer speeds are modest compared with 7200 RPM drives.
The WD Red Plus 8TB (model WD80EFPX) is an internal 3.5-inch SATA hard drive made for NAS use. It installs in a compatible NAS bay or SATA system. It is not a USB external drive, and a USB connection requires a separate compatible enclosure.
It has 8TB of capacity, a 5640 RPM disk speed and a 256MB cache. It uses CMR recording technology.
Before buying, check the model against the NAS manufacturer's supported-drive list, capacity limits, RAID plan and bay size. RAID capacity and rebuild behavior depend on the enclosure and the other drives. RAID can provide drive redundancy, but it does not replace a separate backup of important files.
