The quest for more storage is never ending. If you are a content creator then you can well understand the pain when file sizes are getting bigger from more megapixel counts or higher resolution footage. I have been using Synology NAS for well over a decad...
The Western Digital WD Red Pro 5 TB is a NAS (Network Attached Storage) hard disk drive. Let's test it and see if is it a good option for a desktop computer.The WD Red Pro family has models with 3 TB, 4 TB, 5 TB, 7 TB, and 8 TB capacity, all of them with...
Disclosure: This unit is provided by WD.The WD Red Pro 5TB WD5001FFWX drive is 7200 RPM class whose PCB components as of the same hardware as the WD5001FZWX. But the firmware is different as Red Pro series are made keeping NAS systems with up to 16-bays i...
The 6TB Red Pro builds on WD's portfolio of purpose-built hard drives for NAS, offering a 50% capacity boost over the previous highest capacity model (4TB WD Red Pro). The Red Pro family is designed to address the needs of those using storage systems up t...
It has been a while since we took a look at some hard drives here at PC Perspective. While seemingly everyone is pushing hard into Solid State Storage, those spinning platters have gotten the computer industry by for several decades, and they won't be goi...
Despite the increasing affordability of SSDs, hard drives continue to remain the storage medium of choice for applications where capacity and cost factors outweigh performance requirements. Specialty drives have become the order of the day, with hard driv...
For storage of lots of data, a hard drive is the best option for the time being, especially now that SSD prices are rising rather than falling. Luckily there is still enough innovation in the hard disk field. Time for a new comparative test with no less t...
While the price of SSDs continues to drop, the ‘old' hard drive is still the cheapest way to store a lot of data. Especially in a NAS or Mini-ITX system, where there is limited physical space you probably want a drive with as much capacity as possible...
Western Digital – or WD, as they like to call themselves nowadays – is expanding their range of products. The race to higher capacity storage is still active and previously we tested the 6TB-variants of the Red-, Green- and Purple-models. Today we add t...
About a month ago, we published our review on the Western Digital Black WD6001FZWX 6TB hard drive. As I was scouring the internet , one user commented on the introduction of my article, saying it "takes the cake for the most creative way to segue into a h...
High-capacity NAS OptiNAND on a platter impresses Shane Downing. Read our WD Red Pro 20TB Review.Model:WD201KFGXCapacity:2TB-22TBInterface:SATA 6Gb/sForm: 3.5-inchTech: CMR (ePMR),OptiNANDRPM: 7,200Rate: 272MB/sCache: 512...
WD recently refreshed their Gold, Red Pro and Purple product lines with new 22TB flagships. Aimed at NAS systems with up to 24 bays, the 22TB Red Pro features WD's latest technologies for CMR hard drives and the company's NASware 3.0 technology. Today we...
WD has recently added a new flagship HDD drive to their NAS orientated Red Pro range, in the form of a huge 20TB capacity model. It features WD's latest technologies for CMR hard drives, including OptiNAND, ePMR and triple-stage actuator technology, as we...