Is this WD Red drive backed by WD's 3-year limited warranty? I don't see it in the product description.

I had an issue with some of the WD Red drives I had purchased through Amazon... I had a failure and contacted WD for replacement under warranty... I was told that the drive I had only had a one year warranty period not the three year. The drive serial number started with WD and that indicated it was a drive from a single disk NAS.. those have only a one year warranty Where the other drives carry the 3 year. What is the difference in the drives i can not say or tell from looking at them and no other information was provided by WD. I was told I needed to go back to the seller and see if they would fix the issue. Since I've bought a number of drives over the last three years one at a time and registered them with WD, I didn't mark each drive and could not tell which drive came from what seller since the invoices didn't indicate the serial number of the drives.. I have 4 other drives in that situation. Since it was registered at the time I received the drive I know it was within the 3 years but after the 1 year warranty that WD would support. I had to buy a replacement.. Thing is that all the drive were in WD boxes and sealed in static bags.

Can this drive be installed into an external HD case and used as a single drive media server or does it have to be installed in a NAS case?

It's designed for continuous use and not intended to be shut down and restarted on a routine basis. Those that say that they lack the performance of a desktop HD is just not true. they have similar performance characteristics with most 5200 RPM drives. One typically doesn't put a 4TB drive in a PC as a system drive. Usually, you would use a 1 TB drive that are typically 7200 RPM, which does provide better performance. If you really need that much space in your PC (system or otherwise) you're better off not using a NAS drive, something like the Seagate Barracuda.

Why is this more expensive than an external wd 10 tb drive such as: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=wd+10tb+elements+desktop+usb+3.0+external+hard+drive&re

The retail storage market is more competitive. NAS and Enterprise drives meet 24/7/365 read write reliability benchmarks and typically have a 3-5 year warranty. Retail consumer drives may in some cases last as long as NAS drives, but typically will have a shorter warranty. Note that liberating a hard drive from a retail external enclosure (to use in a PC) would likely void the drives warranty altogether.

Can this drive be used to replace the internal hard drive within the apple 3tb time capsule?

Depends if it uses a 2.5in or 3.5inch drive or not. Specs are probably fine but need to know what size of hard drive it takes. Based on the dimensions of the apple device, it might accommodate this. Based on the apple dimensions, I would be surprised if it uses 3.5in drives but it isn't impossible.

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S**X

８月に購入したものは、Ext4だろうとBtrfsだろうと、フォーマットしてみたのだが、コピーを実行するとディスクI/Oエラーが出る。Lubuntuのファイルマネージャーにボリュームは表示されるが、フォルダやファイルは表示されない。初期不良の可能性大ということで返品交換を頼んだ。新しく届いたものはBtrfsでフォーマットし、複数のSSDからrsyncコマンドでバックアップ。 2週間使ってみて、現在のところ不具合は何も出ていない。

16.10.2025

さ**6

交換したとたんに、嫌な臭いがなくなりました。効果有りました、問題ないです。

2.08.2025

A**ー

衝撃対応もできない、紙袋に固定もされず、プチプチ巻いただけ。いざ使用しようと思えば、案の定2台購入のうち1台が初期不良、NASのドライブ替えても反応しません。とても精密機械を売る業者に値しません。

10.11.2024

T**E

Highly recommended for use on servers Good product, We use it frequently and it works correctly.

28.12.2025

G**A

Failed in 10 days , no RMA in gurgaon for western digital

26.12.2025

G**L

J'ai établi un double disque RAID sur mon ordianateur

16.12.2024

M**O

Ho voluto rischiare acquistandolo nella sezione "Seconda Mano" (ex Warehouse) perché il prezzo era troppo invitante per lasciarlo lì. Mi serviva un disco per espandere il mio piccolo NAS casalingo e mi ero preparato psicologicamente a ricevere un disco con qualche centinaio di ore alle spalle. Invece, è stata una botta di fortuna incredibile. Appena arrivato (imballaggio generico ma ben protetto nella busta antistatica), l'ho collegato al PC e ho lanciato subito CrystalDiskInfo per controllare i dati S.M.A.R.T. Risultato? Accensioni: 2. Ore di attività: 4. In pratica chi lo ha comprato prima di me lo ha scartato, provato mezza giornata e reso. È un disco nuovo a tutti gli effetti, pagato quasi la metà. Sul prodotto in sé: Il WD Red Plus è una garanzia per chi ha un NAS. È CMR: Fondamentale! A differenza dei dischi economici (SMR), questo usa la tecnologia CMR che è molto più stabile per le configurazioni RAID. Non rallenta quando deve riscrivere i dati. Silenziosità: Girando a 5400rpm scalda poco e non vibra. Per un server che sta acceso 24/7 in salotto è perfetto. Consiglio per chi compra usato: Non abbiate paura di prendere gli HDD usati da Amazon, ma fate sempre il check con un software appena arriva. Se vedete che ha troppe ore o settori danneggiati fate il reso, ma se vi capita come a me, avete fatto l'affare dell'anno.

21.01.2026

C**L

Todo lo que se espera de este tipo de disco duro. Contentos.

8.12.2025

ASIN	B0C4X31Q9F
Amazon Bestseller	#19,065 in Computers ( See Top 100 in Computers ) #66 in Internal Hard Drives
Are Batteries Included	No
Brand	Western Digital
Color	red
Customer Reviews	4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (167)
Date First Available	May 17, 2023
Form Factor	3.5-inch
Hard Disk Description	Hybrid Drive
Hard Disk Rotational Speed	5400 RPM
Hard Drive Interface	Serial ATA
Hard Drive Size	2 TB
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer	No
Item Weight	449 g
Item dimensions W x H	14.7 x 10.2 x 2.6 cm
Item model number	WD20EFPX-SPC4TN0
Manufacturer	Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
Product Dimensions	14.71 x 10.16 x 2.62 cm; 449.06 g
Series	WD Red Plus HDD

Western Digital 2TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 64 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD20EFPX

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