Built into every WD Red hard drive, NASware 3.0’s technology helps improves your system’s storage performance by increasing compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability

Desktop drives aren’t purpose-built for NAS, but WD Red drives with NASware are. WD’s technology helps takes the guesswork out of selecting a drive. WD Red is for small NAS systems and WD’s algorithm balances performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments

Desktop hard drives are not designed for NAS environments. Do right by your NAS and choose a drive 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:

• Compatibility: Without being tested for compatibility with your NAS system, improved performance is not guaranteed
• Reliability: The always-on environment of a NAS or RAID is a hot one and desktop drives aren’t typically tested in those conditions. WD Red is
• Error Recovery Controls: WD Red NAS hard drives are specifically designed with RAID error recovery control to help reduce failures within the NAS system. Desktop drives are not typically designed for RAID environments where this can be an issue
• Noise and Vibration Protection: Designed to operate solo, desktop drives offer little or no protection from the noise and vibration faced in a multi-drive system. WD Red drives are designed for multi-bay NAS systems

Stream, backup, share and organize your digital content at home with a NAS and WD Red drives designed to share content to the devices in your home. Red NASware helps increase your drives’ compatibility with your devices, TV, stereo, and more

WD Red is a good hard drive choice for 1 to 8-bay systems. NASware 3.0 allows for integration with your existing network so WD Red can share and backup files at the speed of your business. For larger businesses with up to 16 bays, use WD Red Pro

This helps ensure your data is protected from excessive vibration and noise in a NAS or RAID environment. This dual-plane balance control helps reduce the degradation of your drive over time

Since your NAS system is always on, a reliable drive is essential. With an MTBF of up to 1 million hours, the WD Red drive with NASware 3.0 is designed for 24×7 environments

By reducing power consumption, the operating temperature of your NAS stays cooler. With a lower temperature in your system, you can create a more reliable solution for your NAS