Review on 📁 Western Digital 14TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - High Capacity Data Storage Solution with 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR and 512 MB Cache - Reliable 3.5" WD140EFFX Drive by William Mathis

I run a design studio that works with MANY media. From group shots to full HD video editing, I need plenty of reliable storage. I started with an EX4 Western Digital NAS loaded with 4 Western Digital Red drives. 4 drives of 4TB each, total 16TB of storage. A year later I upgraded the Ex4 to a PR4100 as it was MUCH faster than the EX4. I ended up moving 4 drives from the Ex4 to the PR4100 and worked with it for another year; and they reside in a NAS appliance that runs 24/7 without activating hibernation on the drives. They are awake, working 24 hours a day, seven days a week. I recently bought 4 of these WD Red drives, each 8TB, for a total of 32TB. I'm running drives 24/7 again in my NAS device without sleep mode enabled. No ramp up/stop time. I can't comment on how reliable the WD Red drives are. I've been using them for almost 3 years now. They're reliable, stable in speed when used in the right RAID configuration in their respective NAS environments, and they're generally quiet (unless you're running a format for a new RAID setup on them, of course off and making some noise at the same time). When I upgraded to 4 new 8TB drives, I took the old 4 4TB drives and started using them in my desktop PC as my secondary main drives. No problems with any of them. They still work stably even after 3 years of use. All drives run around the clock. I've never had a Western Digital drive crash unexpectedly. Most of them last 3 to 4 years and I usually only replace them because I need higher capacity drives, not because they die or fail. I highly recommend WD rims and these red rims are awesome!