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Posted 7 June 2023

2 x 12 TB WD Red Pro NAS Hard Drives - £428.39 Delivered @ Western Digital

£428.39£611.9830% off
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30% when you buy 2x 12TB WD Red Pro drives + 5.1% TCB cashback


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Designed specifically with medium or large scale business customers in mind, WD Red™ Pro NAS HDDs are available for up to 24-bay NAS systems. Engineered to handle high-intensity workloads1 in 24x7 environments, WD Red™ Pro is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as RAID array rebuilding on extended operating systems such as ZFS or other file systems. These drives add value to your business by enabling your employees to quickly share their files and back-up folders reliably in your NAS solution.

Exclusive NASware™ 3.0 Technology
Our exclusive advanced firmware technology, NASware™ 3.0, enables seamless integration, robust data protection and optimal performance for NAS systems operating under heavy demand. Built into every WD Red™ Pro hard drive, NASware 3.0’s advanced technology improves storage performance by increasing compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability.

Built for Optimum NAS Compatibility
WD Red™ Pro drives with NASware™ technology takes the guesswork out of selecting a drive. Optimized for NAS systems, our unique algorithm balances performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. Simply put, a WD Red™ Pro drive is one of the most compatible drives available for NAS enclosures. But don’t take our word for it. WD Red™ Pro drives are a reflection of extensive NAS partner technology engagement and compatibility-testing.

Larger NAS Bay Shock Protection
WD Red™ Pro NAS HDDs are equipped with a multi-axis shock sensor that automatically detects subtle shock events and dynamic fly height technology which adjusts each read-write function to compensate and protect the data. This combination of technology further protects the drives in larger 24-bay NAS environments and helps increase hard drive reliability.

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.

Error Recovery Prevention
Built specifically for RAID and NAS environments, WD Red™ Pro NAS HDDs come equipped with error recovery controls as part of NASware™ 3.0 technology to help reduce drive fallout in RAID applications.

Extended Drive Testing
A NAS environment that has up to 24 bays is very demanding on a hard drive with added vibration and heat. This is why every WD Red™ Pro drive is shipped with extended thermal cycle burn-in testing to help ensure each drive is tested for extended reliable operation.

Longer Warranty Coverage
WD Red™ Pro NAS hard drives comes with a 5-year limited warranty for an even greater peace of mind.

Desktop drives vs. WD Red™ Pro
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:

Features

  • 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 aren’t typically designed and tested under those conditions like WD Red™ Pro drives are.
  • Error Recovery Controls: WD Red™ Pro NAS hard drives are specifically designed with RAID error

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  1. jazid's avatar
    jazid
    Great deal but watch this to help decide if you are happy with WDs policies.

    hotukdeals.com/com…753
    ando's avatar
    ando
    What I took from that was that the WD software is reporting it as a warning after 3 years, but nothing to do with SMART data, to me it's a crappy move but that's them pushing for you to buy a new product.

    If the SMART data isn't changed or flagged in any other software then they're fine.
  2. r2m's avatar
    r2m
    I've always had WD Reds in the past but these newer WD Red drives are horrific, they make a loud click every 6-7 seconds, it's a feature of their PWL ( preventative wear levelling) and you cannot turn it off. Incredibly annoying if you are ever in the same room. (edited)
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    jazid
    Good info, since when have they clicked?
  3. cowbutt's avatar
    cowbutt
    Eh, I got a couple of HGST DC550 18TB drives for £275 each from Scan a couple of weeks ago. I think that was a far better deal, but they've gone up to £341 each now.
  4. energy80s's avatar
    energy80s
    Got an email from Western Digital a month ago saying that their store had been hacked and my personal data stolen. Be careful shopping there now.
  5. AamirQuazi's avatar
    AamirQuazi
    This is a great deal - even without the cashback!

    i have a 2TB red which had been running for over 12 years without a single bad sector.

    Even my oldest current WD in my NAS is a 8TB plus 2016 running continuously.

    The pro’s are a little noisier than the seagates - dont bother with the gold - even in my patch panel in the loft i can hear it!
  6. Paul_Batey's avatar
    Paul_Batey
    the deal doesn't work, no voucher code and nothing at final checkout?? and if you go into main page and click on WD Pro drives it shows only 15% off 2 12TB drives but still nothing comes up! poor show really! negative from me sorry.
  7. droitwichdosser's avatar
    droitwichdosser
    The opens to the WD gold page with 1TB drive in the list?
  8. iluvsafc's avatar
    iluvsafc
    Image shows a 2TB drive
    tubbyasstoo's avatar
    tubbyasstoo
    maybe you will get 12 of them LOL
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