WD Red Plus: Performance and Power Efficiency for SMB & Power Users

WD Red Plus internal HDDs are powerful, reliable drives engineered to deliver optimized performance and efficiency for demanding small to medium business (SMB) and advanced home user NAS environments.

WD Red Plus provides the speed and capacity required to reliably store, protect, and share rapidly growing amounts of data within mid-sized, RAID-optimized NAS systems, all while operating with increased power efficiency.

1. Tuned for NAS with NASware™ Technology: Western Digital’s exclusive NASware™ Technology precisely fine-tunes drive parameters to perfectly align with NAS system workloads, leading to a significant increase in both sustained performance and long-term reliability.

2. Designed for Continuous 24x7 Operation: Recognizing that your NAS system is always running, WD Red Plus hard drives are meticulously designed for high-intensity, always-on (24x7) operation. This robust design offers users confidence in reliable, continuous data access.

3. Optimized for Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): WD Red Plus drives are engineered for enhanced power efficiency (using less power than previous models) and are designed to run cooler. This not only directly reduces operating costs but also helps mitigate heat issues in thermally challenging NAS enclosures.

4. Balanced for Multi-Drive Reliability: These drives feature Enhanced Dual-Plane Balance Control technology. By significantly improving balance, this system prevents the excessive vibration and noise common in multi-drive systems, which can otherwise reduce lifespan and degrade performance over time.

5. Dependable Compatibility & RAID Ready: WD Red Plus is validated through extensive testing with a wide range of NAS system vendors to ensure dependable compatibility with most NAS enclosures. They are engineered with RAID error recovery control to help minimize drive failures in multi-bay RAID systems.