WD unveils WD Red Pro Drives with 5 TB and 6 TB Capacities

WD, a Western Digital company, has announced expansion of its award-winning WD Red Pro hard drive line with the release of 5 TB and 6 TB capacities. The WD Red Pro family is purpose-built for NAS (network-attached storage) systems having up to 16 drive bays and serving businesses with more expansive storage needs than the standard WD Red drives.

WD Red Pro 5 and 6 TB drives leverage an enhanced design and 128 MB cache to deliver data transfer rates of 214 megabits per second (Mb/s). WD’s NASware 3.0 features technology promoting data protection, high NAS performance and reliable integration....Read more