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| Western Digital Red (WD30EFRX) 3 TB NAS Hard Disk Drive |
Of course, this begs the question - why choose a WD Red when the WD Green (formerly known as the WD Caviar Green) hard disk drive is also a low-powered, slower-spinning hard disk drive? It mainly lies in the WD NASware firmware, its comprehensive compatibility testing with common NAS systems and a dedicated WD Red 24x7 support line. Today, we are going to take a look at Western Digital's top Red drive - the WD30EFRX with 3 TB of storage capacity. Here are its key features :
Now, let's take a closer look at this big daddy of the new WD Red family of hard disk drives! For more details, read our Comprehensive Review! To discuss about this review, head over to the forum thread! |
The popularity of Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices is rapidly ramping up in both small businesses and homes, fueled by their usefulness and their increasing affordability. This surge in interest has led Western Digital to add a new family of hard disk drives - the WD Red family of NAS hard disk drives, even as Seagate drops production of 5,400 RPM desktop hard disk drives.| Lowest PriceGrabber Price |
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| Review |
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| Model |
• WD30EFRX |
| Formatted Capacity |
• 3,000,592 MB |
| Guaranteed Sectors |
• 5,860,533,168 |
Bytes Per Sector |
• 512 bytes (Emulated) |
Platters |
• 3 Platters (1 TB per platter) |
| Read/Write Heads |
• 6 Read/Write Heads |
| Spindle Speed |
• IntelliPower, fixed speed between 5,400 and 7,200 RPM |
| Cache |
• 64 MB DDR2 SDRAM |
Internal Data Transfer Rate |
• 145 MB/s |
| Average Seek |
• NA |
| Average Latency |
• NA |
Drive Ready Time |
• NA |
| Interface |
• Serial ATA 6 Gb/s |
| Supported SATA Data Transfer Mode |
• 6.0 Gbits/s |
SATA Hotplug Capability |
• Yes |
Native Command Queuing |
• Yes |
| Advanced Format Technology |
• Yes |
Maximum Height |
• 26.1 mm (1.028 inches) |
Maximum Width |
• 101.6 mm (4.00 inches) |
Maximum Length |
• 147.0 mm (5.787 inches) |
Maximum Weight |
• 635 g (1.40 lbs) |
Power Requirements |
• +12V DC ± 10 % |
Power Consumption |
• 4.4 W (Read / Write) |
Ambient Temperature |
• 0 °C to 70 °C
(Operating) |
Maximum Shock |
• 30 G @ 2 ms (Read / Write) |
Drive Acoustics |
• 23 dBA average (Idle Mode) |
Non-Recoverable Read Errors |
• 1 error per 1014 bits read |
Load/Unload Cycles |
• 600,000 |
MTBF |
• 1 million hours |
Warranty |
• 3 Years Limited Warranty (OEM or Retail) |
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