Thursday, May 18th 2017
Western Digital Introduces 10 TB RED, RED PRO HDDs
Western Digital has introduced new models to its RED and RED PRO line-up of HDDs. The RED series is oriented more towards a NAS environment, though nothing is really stopping you from putting on of these into your system. These use the same HelioSeal technology that WD uses on their enterprise-class drives, which allows the company to increase the capacity of the RED and RED PRO drives by 25%.
The normal RED drive is built for systems with up to 8 drive bays, while the RED PRO is built for systems with up to 16 drive bays. The RED series is more silent, with an internal spindle speed of 5400RPM, while the RED PRO series comes with a 7200RPM speed. This means the PRO series is louder while operating, but also that is has better performance and faster data access times.
WD RED & RED PRO 10TB Feature Highlights
Pricing and Availability
The new WD RED and WD RED PRO 10 TB hard drives are available now. The WD RED 10TB feature a three-year limited warranty and a $494.00 USD MSRP, while the WD RED PRO 10 TB expand both those details to a five-year limited warranty and a $533.00 USD MSRP.
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The normal RED drive is built for systems with up to 8 drive bays, while the RED PRO is built for systems with up to 16 drive bays. The RED series is more silent, with an internal spindle speed of 5400RPM, while the RED PRO series comes with a 7200RPM speed. This means the PRO series is louder while operating, but also that is has better performance and faster data access times.
- HelioSeal: Bringing Western Digital's fourth generation, exclusive HelioSeal technology in 10TB capacity to the NAS storage market.
- 3D Active Balance Plus, an enhanced balance control technology that improves overall drive performance and reliability.
- Seamless integration with Western Digital's My Cloud Pro Series NAS and My Cloud Expert Series NAS systems. These systems are designed specifically for the creative community. They enable a seamless transfer of content between devices in any location, whether users are shooting remotely or editing at home.
- NASware 3.0 is the latest version of WD's original NASware technology. It is designed to improve reliability and system performance, reduce customer downtime, and to simplify the integration process.
- Optimized performance class - 5400 RPM class for SOHO environments, 7200 RPM class for up to 16 bay NAS systems
Pricing and Availability
The new WD RED and WD RED PRO 10 TB hard drives are available now. The WD RED 10TB feature a three-year limited warranty and a $494.00 USD MSRP, while the WD RED PRO 10 TB expand both those details to a five-year limited warranty and a $533.00 USD MSRP.
15 Comments on Western Digital Introduces 10 TB RED, RED PRO HDDs
years ago we used to refer to buying storage in MB/$ now, its TB/$, cant wait for the next step.
Therefore for the WD Red 10TB drives to meet my price / performance metrics 4x 8TB drives (32TB) should be roughly the same cost as 3x 10TB drives (30TB). Prices naturally vary depending on vendor.
WD Red 4TB = ~$140
WD Red 8TB = ~$280
WD Red 10TB = ~$494
HGST 12TB = ~$1250
The calculation comes out as follows:
4x 8TB = 4x $280 = $1120
3x 10TB = 3x $494 = $1482
If I can buy three 10TB WD Red drives for about ~$1120 or less it would be worth it to me. So that would be about ~$373 USD per drive.
For now I am content to stick with my 8x 8TB (64TB) configuration.
Lets not even talk about the 12TB drives. There is no way I would spend $1250 USD for a single 12TB drive. I'd love to have 12TB HDDs but they are asking prices that only enterprise organizations are willing to pay.
I've been waiting for this! I love my WD Reds. I already have a 10TB Gold, but the Reds strike the perfect balance for storage, cost and reliability.
How many drive bays do you have left? Are you looking to consolidate any data onto a new drive? You might want to consider a 8TB if you are constrained; it is cheaper per TB than the 4TB by a little bit. It depends on your use case though.
I have a wd 640Gb black going for over 5-6 years and 1 1TB going for another 4-5 years no smart errors either, unlike the seagate drives i had...
I have approximately upwards of 25 WD Red drives.
I first populated a Synology DS1815+ NAS with 8x 4TB WD Red drives (Synology Hybrid RAID 2 disc redundancy). I then gradually replaced them with 8x 8TB WD Red drives. The WD Red 4TB drives then went into a DIY 12 bay NAS with the exception of two that I am using in a DAS. There are also about 8x 3TB WD Red drives in my 12 bay Server running Microsoft Server 2012 Essentials. I have a couple 2TB WD Red drives too.
Typically I don't install HDD in any of my systems, which are all SSD only.