2024-04-17 16:23:56
How to choose a data storage disk for NAS is definitely something that requires great caution and homework. There are two main reasons: First, there are now dedicated SSDs for NAS, which can improve data access speeds alone or in conjunction with HDDs. Second, how to choose a NAS HDD that meets your needs is even more troublesome, because different brands and product clues provide different technologies.
Western Digital’s data storage products have expanded from magnetic hard drives to include SSDs. Whether in everyone’s pockets, homes, cars, or clouds, Western Digital products can be found everywhere. The WD Red series is a NAS data storage product line. The WD Red series is a NAS data storage solution (product line). The hard disk part provides three models: WD Red, WD Red Pro and WD Red Plus; and this article is about What I am introducing to you out of the box is the WD Red Plus NAS HDD 4TB capacity model.
WD Red Plus NAS HD (Model: WD40EFPX) Specifications:
- 5400 rpm/256MB/4TB/CMR writing/NAS dedicated hard drive
- Exclusive NASware 3.0 technology optimizes power usage and intelligent error correction to shorten error recovery time
- Original 3-year limited warranty, ATA streaming support.Improve the smoothness of streaming videos
WD Red Plus NAS HDD 4TB x2 unboxing
The product packaging is as above. This time, two 4TB models were installed in a NAS for testing, and a single one was installed on a desktop computer for installation and application introduction ~
The model number of WD Red Plus NAS HDD is WD40EFPX, and there is capacity information on the product~
I also took a photo of the bottom of the hard drive for everyone to see; it is a SATA III interface, so the read and write speed is affected by SATA III~
The picture above shows ASUSTOR AS3304T v2 NAS, which is a 4Bay model.
Install into the hard disk extraction box~
Regarding installation and application, you can click here to read this report, which is mainly to test the data reading and writing speed in the computer.
Tested with TxBENCH, we got a frightening ultra-high-speed data reading of 201.465 MB/s and writing of 195.611 MB/s!
Tested with CrystalDiskMark and got good data of 213.4 MB/s reading and 210.4 MB/s writing!
Tested with AttoDisk Benchmark, the fastest read speed was 206.45 MB/s and the fastest write speed was 201.58 MB/s!
Tested with AJA, I got data reading of 185 MB/s and writing of 148 MB/s!
Summary of usage experience
Since NAS manufacturers now design the server settings to be very simple, and you can even complete the installation, data backup and access tasks through the mobile APP, so it is really recommended that everyone DIY one. A NAS system that suits your needs. WD provides quite a variety of data storage solutions, which can perfectly improve the speed of data backup and access through HDD and SSD with different functional orientations. And with the technical blessing and guarantee, everyone can rest assured to back up precious files in WD NAS HDD / SSD. With the characteristics of private cloud, there is no need to worry about cloud data being stolen or lost, and it is also very economical data. Backup solution!
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