Western Digital NAS Red Plus 6TB 3.5 SATA III 6 Gbit/s 5400RPM 256MB Cache Hard Drive

Tame Your Toughest Challenges with WD Red™ Plus
Packed with the power to handle the demands of small-to-medium business NAS environments and increased workloads for SOHO customers, WD Red™ Plus is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as rebuilding RAID arrays on systems using ZFS and other file systems. Engineered and tested for up to 8-bay NAS systems, these drives give you the flexibility, versatility, and confidence in storing and sharing your precious home and work files.

For Small to Medium Business
Stream, back up, share, and organize your digital content with a NAS and WD Red™ Plus drives designed to effortlessly share content with the devices at your home or business. NASware™ 3.0 technology increases your drives' compatibility with your existing network and devices. For larger businesses with up to 24 bays, count on WD Red™ Pro drives for exceptional performance.

Exclusive NASware 3.0
No ordinary drive will do. Get up to 112TB of capacity in your 8-bay NAS system and optimize each and every drive with Western Digital's exclusive NASware 3.0 technology. Built into every WD Red™ Plus hard drive, NASware 3.0’s advanced technology improves compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability.

Built for Optimum NAS Compatibility
WD Red™ Plus drives with NASware™ technology takes the guesswork out of selecting a drive. Our exclusive algorithm optimizes the drives for NAS environments and RAID. Simply put, WD Red™ Plus is the most compatible drive out there with NAS enclosures. But don't take our word for it. WD Red™ Plus drives are a reflection of extensive NAS partner technology engagement and compatibility testing.

WD Red™ Pro for Big Business
If you're looking for heavy duty performance for NAS, WD Red™ Pro drives deliver exceptional performance for the demanding mid-to-large business customer. For NAS environments with 9 to 24 bays, WD Red™ Pro drives deliver uncompromised performance and unwavering assurance backed by a 5-year limited warranty.

3D Active Balance Plus
Our enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves the overall drive performance and reliability. Hard drives that are not properly balanced may cause excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system, reduce the hard drive life span, and degrade the performance over time.

24/7 Environment
Since your NAS system is always on, a reliable drive is essential. With an MTBF of up to 1 million hours, the WD Red™ Plus drive is engineered to tackle 24/7 environments.

Desktop Drives vs. WD Red™ Plus
Do right by your NAS and choose the drive purpose-built for NAS with an array of features to help you preserve your data and maintain optimum performance. Take the following into consideration when choosing a hard drive for your NAS:

- Compatibility: Unlike desktop drives, these drives are specifically tested for compatibility with NAS systems for optimum performance.
- Reliability: The always-on environment of a NAS or RAID is a hot one, and desktop drives are typically not designed and tested under those conditions as WD Red™ Plus drives are.
- Error Recovery Controls: WD Red™ Plus NAS hard drives are specifically designed with RAID error recovery control to help reduce failures within the NAS system.
- Noise and Vibration Protection: Designed to operate standalone, desktop drives typically offer little or no protection from the noise and vibration present in a multi-drive system. WD Red™ Plus drives are built to thrive in multi-bay NAS environment.