WD Red Plus 10TB NAS 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6Gb/s, CMR, 256MB Cache

Like most PC gamers I made the swap to SSD/NVME some years back, and considered HDDs to be an obsolete technology. It was only when I decided to digitise my media library that I needed to go beyond the 4tb in flash I had installed. I spent a very long time looking at the 20-24tb drives such as the Exos/WD Gold/Toshiba 11 ranges but was put off by reports of noise. I remember the constant chatter of the drives of yore with some weariness so I researched the most quiet option instead. That led me here. The WD Red Plus (NOT the Red Pro,) specifically the 12tb model, is the perfect sound sweet spot. At 12tb WD fills the drives with helium instead of air and it has less spinning drive platters inside. The 14tb model is only marginally louder but is more expensive for if you want to double up in the future. I mounted in directly in my PC on a rubber mounted bracket and it is SILENT. When I say silent I really mean it. The PC is liquid cooled so it is whisper quiet. I can hear the TINIEST chatter (nothing like the 20/40gb models of the previous century) if I press my ear against the PC case during huge transfers, but I didn't even bother to setup a spin-down timer once I realised how silent it is. The speed? Almost irrelevant. This is for long term media storage, so the slow write times annoy you rarely, and the read times are instant for media files and laugh at even UHD bitrates with no lag. My main drives are Samsung 9100 NVMEs running PCI5 (fastest commercial drives on the market at time of review) and the WD Red hangs with them with no shame. The stats say they are less than 10% the speed of the NVMEs, but who's buying this as a boot drive? It's either going in a NAS or as a cold storage (long term, infrequent access) drive to compliment a faster boot drive. I almost knocked a star off because it is not the best value, but being as niche as it is (most people aren't buying spinning rust anymore) I can forgive that.

Working well so far in Nas but noise is loud

These are fast and most importantly they are quiet. Very quiet. This is not true I understand of the other sizes only the 12TB

I purchased these to replace my old two 2Tb drives in my Synology NAS. I just needed more storage space so 10Tb was a great choice. They perform well and installation was a breeze thanks to the copy software that allows one new drive to be copied from the old drive, then when that's done, whack in the second drive. I wasn't prepared to fork out on the much more expensive Silent Pro version so these Red Plus were a good compromise. Yes they are noisier than the silent Pro ones, but I can't say the very slightly louder running speed is a distraction. Swings and Roundabouts really

Upgraded a Synology DS920+ from 4x4TB, to 4 of these. Installation was very smooth (but took a couple of days) and I now have 26.2TB usable. Drives are also much quieter than the previous ones (Toshiba NAS N300). Very happy overall.

Be aware!!! The 10 T one is for sale in China only and the warranty valid only in China!! It must not be sold on Amazon

Works as described and is quieter that the drive it was replacing (Wolf 12TB).

Quick delivery from EBuyer via DHL. Unfortunately they don't offer any pick-up locations, so that's over £200 sitting on your doorstep until you get home. Also no notifications from DHL, so I had to ask a neighbour to check and rescue the package from my doorstep. Not ideal. The drive itself is dated Feb 2025 on the label (delivered May 2025), and WD warranty runs until 3 years plus a month after delivery date, so there's every chance it is a brand new disk. Other sellers might not be as reputable as Ebuyer. The HDD (12TB WD120EFBX) itself is exceptionally noisy - in total contrast to other reviewers who say it is silent. Mine is installed in a Synology DS423+, which is a bit of an echo-box, but even so. You can feel the whole NAS vibrating with the disc spinning. Once it starts actually read/writing data its like a drum tattoo. It has been migrating the data from the old NAS which took 24 hours - I could hear it from the upstairs bedroom chundering away all night downstairs. As I type this I can hear the drive in the next room. The previous NAS had two drives installed and you could barely hear them, this drive all on its own easily drowns out the old pair. Too early to comment on reliability, but if the noise keeps up I'm going to have to find a new home for it.

I bought a pair of 10 TB drives and have used them in my NAS for more than 3 years now. Touch wood it is been a great experience.

Ho acquistato questo hard disk per archiviare film e giochi. Certo non è veloce come un SSD, ma rispetto agli altri dischi meccanici ha 256MB di cache che lo velocizza parecchio. Il rumore è contenuto e non scalda. Western Digital è una marca seria e affidabile. Anche se l'uso consigliato è come elemento di unità RAID, quindi situazioni dove c'è una lettura/scrittura continua, io preferisco usarlo per effettuare miei backup e per parcheggiare collezioni di dischi audio, film, concerti, insomma come memorizzazione dati a lungo termine. Quello che mi ha fatto scegliere questo disco? La possibilità di avere in un'unica unità tutto quello che mi serve a un prezzo per Giga molto conveniente. Ricordatevi che UN SOLO disco non e' un backup, dovrete avere almeno DUE copie di quello che non volete assolutamente perdere (e possibilmente non nello stesso posto fisico). Ne comprerò presto un altro. PRO: GRANDISSIMO, NON C'E' (ANCORA) UN SSD COSI' GRANDE, NON E' TROPPO LENTO, E' CONVENIENTE CONTRO: NON E' UN SSD, COME DISCO PRINCIPALE CONVIENE USARE UN PIU' PICCOLO SSD

Compared to the WD blues, the reds are quiet and faster. The blues make "grinding" noise when reading and writing data, which the reds don't. Had it for about 4 months now, so far, no issues. Keep in mind, reds are hotter than regular blues. They spin faster. My WD blues run at around 32c to 34c, while the red run at 36c to 41c. It's not a problem since those drives can go up to 55c within safe range. But thought I'd mention it. As long as the device you're putting them in have a fan, you'll be more than fine.

I have been using WD Red for quite some time now. They are a bit pricey but so far not faced any issue. Earlier I had used 4 TB drives only. This is the first time I am trying 10 TB for my NAS. Nothing to complain so far. I feel that it’s money well spent.

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