WD Announces the Release of Innovative Hard Drives Series

Western Digital introduced its new hard drives series with SATA 6 Gb/sec interface. The new series, codenamed WD Red, has been developed specifically for the employment in NAS servers of basic level, which involve up to 5 bays and are destined for the home or office use. WD Red hard drives belong to the 'Power of Choice' series and are adapted exactly for the NAS servers of basic level. The company's designers understand the variety of requirements each customer might have and offer the most convenient approach to the home- or office-based solutions. WD has implemented a dedicated color-coded scheme to differentiate their line of 'Power of Choice' products: WD Blue, WD green, WD Black, and the innovative WD Red. Hence, the selection of the needed solution is facilitated by the color-coded approach.

WD red hard drives are developed in 3.5 inch dimension type and go in 1 TB, 2 TB, and 3 TB volume capacity. All the models have been thoroughly tested according to their compatibility with the major NAS servers available in the market; in addition, they have been optimized to achieve the maximal performance showings.

WD Red is based on NASware technology which is called to ensure the reliability and efficiency, as well as, to minimize the time-out cases and facilitate their configuration. These hard drives employ an up-to-date balancing technology, 3D Active Balance Plus, that improves the performance characteristics and stability of operation.

The current forecasts as for the network solutions of the basic level are quite promising, presupposing that this segment will see a violent boost in the coming several years. Thus, WD Red can become a unique tool for any customer, providing good opportunities for the enlargement of network drives.