WD Red 6TB 3.5 Inch NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM - WD60EFRX

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Western Digital partners with a wide range of NAS system vendors for extensive testing to ensure compatibility with most NAS enclosures. These are my drives of choice currently. They are purely for data as I use SSDs for the operating system. And is really worrying. SMR have such a huge drop in writing performance than they had to advertise them as "archiving" devices before. Until all of them come clear and clearly brand SMR devices as such, i will try not to buy an HDD. x WD Green 3D NAND (120GB, 2.5") - - Boot drives (maybe mess around trying out the thread to put swap here too link)

Compatibility: Unlike desktop drives, WD Red hard drives are specifically designed and tested for NAS and include NASware™ technology which fine tunes drive parameters to match NAS system workloads for optimum performance. If your drive is not found in this guide, please send me pictures from both, the label and the PCB sides of the HDD (or full model and serial number if you cannot take the pictures) and I'll try to add your drive to the guide.Few of them are SMR and other are CMR drives. You can identify them here https://nascompares.com/answer/list-of-wd-cmr-and-smr-hard-drives-hdd/

Reliability: Desktop drives aren’t typically designed for the demands of an always-on NAS environment. WD Red hard drives are designed to perform under tough conditions encountered in high-intensity 24x7 multi-user NAS environments. It is important to choose a drive purpose-built for RAID-optimized NAS systems to ensure optimum performance and preserve your valuable data. Take the following into consideration when choosing a hard drive for your NAS: The thing i'm pointing out is the characteristics of the EFAX and EFRX seem to be very different - at least in a in a QNAP NAS and you probably shouldnt mix them if you can avoid it.Do right by your NAS and choose the drive purpose-built for NAS with an array of features to help preserve your data and maintain optimum performance. Take the following into consideration when choosing a hard drive for your NAS: As an industry-leading hard drive manufacturer, Western Digital stands behind their NAS storage solutions with the assurance of a 3-year limited warranty and world-class support services for hassle free data storage. WDC naming convention: all model names in this naming convention start with letters "WD", WDC full model name would aslo have a dash, for example WD60EFRX-68L0BN1. I noticed that they didn't say they would STOP using SMR drives in the line that is supposed to be for NAS (the Red line) - just that you should know & buy the Red Pro line if you are concerned about it. Sheesh.... All Red Labeled Western Digital are top products for storage/NAS/SAN purposes and this drive is no exception. Also noticed that the 6TB is a bit quieter than their 4TB predecessor. It's an amazingly good product and an extremely good value for money. Western Digital, ALWAYS!

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/sneaky-marketing-toshiba-seagate-wd-smr-drives-without-disclosure Right now all (Seagate, WD and Toshiba) of the major manufacturers have been selling SMR without clearly branding them as such.FANS: 3xFractal R3 120mm - 3 Front, 1 Rear. Corsair Commander Pro to control the fans (see script and code) It is what it is but just a warning that while the "Red"branding may be the same, the drives arent.