WD Red Plus
4 TB, 3.5", CMR
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This is completely normal. This can be explained by the way an HDD works, because the read/write head of the HDD has to "jump" to reach the corresponding sectors. So if you "read" or "write" different things at the same time, the head will have to jump back and forth faster or more often. Defragmenting helps if the sectors of a file are not in a row ... then the clacking may become quieter. But the hard drive is still one of the quietest I have in my NAS.
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The drive fits into the MyCloud Ex2, the buffer size is a generous 256 MB. The drive is very quiet, only the fan of the WD MyCloud is actually loud.
In my case, they were neatly sealed in ESD bags with silicate bags and packed in cardboard boxes that were padded all around with foam triangles about 3 cm high. So they were already very well protected
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It depends. If one disk is defective, you can replace that one. If you want to increase the size of the raid, you have to replace all 4.
I couldn't tell you about a DS1512+ but I just replaced two disks on my DS216Play and DS218+ with these and it works perfectly (latest DSM 7 on both).
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The WD Red (Plus) is simply optimised for NAS. But you can also use it on a normal PC without any problems.
According to the specs, the old one should be able to do 150MB/s, you can also test it at home, only SSDs can do 750MB/s and more. Datasheet of the old one: https://www.compare.de/datacontent.php?EAN=0718037810058 Difference to the new one will be SMR/CMR, there are already many threads about this, maybe this link will help you https://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/threads/unterschied-zwischen-wd40efax-und-wd40efrx.1266616/
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Hoi - The hard disk supports any file system (be it SMB, AFP, EXT1234x, ZFS etc etc) - the NAS specifies which file system is (or can be) written. The NAS has - like any other system, e.g. like your PC or your MAC - an operating system installed (otherwise we could hardly communicate here together in text messages) and this operating system can read file systems... A NAS does nothing else, but then additionally makes the disk space available to other systems - for whatever - e.g. for Time Machine. Thus: YES, you can use the hard disk for TM - a NAS for this is quite practical, 2TB will not be enough for you over time, 2 hard disks that mirror each other make sense... If you have more questions: fire away, I'll try to answer them for you - LG
Thank you very much, it's good to know that digitec is serious about secure shipping for these disks. Years ago, when I bought 3 WD REDs from another Swiss online store, they were shipped in a cardboard box without the slightest bit of padding. Two of them were broken after a few hours of use, but after the warranty had expired.
Hello, 1/ The main difference is that the red pro operates at a maximum speed of 7200 RPM, which is faster than the red plus. Then, the pro makes less noise and is made to work in a business environment. I believe the warranty is longer (check the digitec website). To make sure the drive is compatible with your synology, check the sinology site. I tested the red plus and it works very well on a QNAP TS-253-D. 2/ You can always add extra disks on a NAS To start at least 2 disks 4 or 6T (depending on need) that work in mirror (Raid1) Best messages, David
Well, there are errors everywhere where work is done, it's great when you report errors.
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This ending in the model designation "...EFZX" shows that this is a CMR hard disk. SMR has the suffix "...EFRX".
7200rpm is about 20% faster. 5400rpm ~ 100mb/s, 7200rpm ~ 120mb/s
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