Red Pro 4TB HDD Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 7200rpm with 256MB Cache for NAS WD4005FFBX

Name: Western Digital Red Pro 4TB HDD Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 7200rpm with 256MB Cache for NAS WD4005FFBX
Brand: Western Digital
SKU: 54054651
Price: 382.82 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (59 reviews)

Key features:

Communication protocol: SATA III
Rotation speed: 7200rpm
Recording technology: CMR
Cache size: 512 MB
Size: 3.5 inches

See full description

Top specs

Usage

NAS

Disks for use in NAS (Network-Attached Storage) systems that provide access to data from all devices on a network. They are designed for continuous operation with other such disks in RAID configurations to protect data from failures.
Communication Protocol

Hard drives communicate with the computer through a protocol.

There are two protocols for HDD hard drives, SATA (for simple use) and SAS (high reliability for corporate use).

SATA III

A modern hard disk connection standard that offers twice the maximum speed compared to SATA II.
The majority of hard disks use this standard.
The motherboard must support it for the disk to operate at its maximum potential.
Cache Size

Intermediate temporary memory between the disk and the computer, allowing the hard disk to provide faster and more immediate access to data. It does not have any particular benefit for the average user.
Form Factor

The size of the HDD hard drive.

3.5

The classic size of a desktop computer hard disk drive (HDD).
Rotation Speed

The most important feature along with capacity is that the faster the rotation speed of a hard disk, the faster the access and storage of data it can provide.

7200

The most popular HDD hard drives, about 33% faster than 5400. Suitable for all uses such as installing programs and games. For installing the operating system, programs, and games, SSD are even faster and remain the best choice.
See all

382 82 €

Delivery Tuesday, 24 November

Free shipping cost

Sent from Romania

From Smart PC 4.2 (10)

4.2 (10 reviews)

Romania

7 pieces

See Hard Drives on the page of Smart PC

What if it breaks?

You're covered by the statutory 2-year warranty. Contact us and we'll handle the entire process with the store, ensuring your issue is resolved with prompt support through a repair, replacement, or refund. Learn more

What if I change my mind?

No problem, as long as it's within 14 days. We'll come pick it up or you can choose the Skroutz Point that suits you, completely free for up to 2 times per year, and we'll refund your money. Get Skroutz Plus to enjoy unlimited free returns.

Description

Specifically designed for those with medium or large businesses, WD Red Pro hard drives are available for NAS systems with up to 24 bays.

Designed to handle high-demand workloads in 24/7 work environments, the WD Red Pro is ideal for archiving and sharing, as well as for rebuilding RAID arrays in advanced operating systems like ZFS or other file systems.

These units add value to your business by enabling your staff to quickly share their files and reliably back up folders with your existing NAS solution.

Desktop Hard Drives vs WD Red Pro Units

Do the best for your NAS system and choose a hard drive specifically designed for NAS systems with a range of features that allow you to store your data and maintain optimal performance. Consider the following when choosing a hard drive for a NAS system:

Compatibility: Unlike desktop drives, these drives have been specifically tested for compatibility with NAS systems for optimal performance.

Reliability: NAS or RAID environments that operate continuously generate high heat, and desktop drives are typically not designed and tested under these conditions, as is the case with WD Red Pro drives.

Error Recovery Settings: WD Red Pro hard drives for NAS are specifically designed with error recovery settings for RAID, so as to reduce errors in the NAS system.

Noise and Vibration Protection: Designed to operate independently, desktop hard drives usually offer little to no protection from the noise and vibrations prevalent in a multi-drive system. WD Red Pro drives are designed for high performance in multi-bay NAS system environments.

Exclusive NASware 3.0 Technology

The exclusive advanced technology of Western Digital's NASware 3.0 software allows seamless integration, robust data protection, and optimal performance in highly demanding NAS environments.

Embedded in every WD Red Pro hard drive, the advanced NASware 3.0 technology enhances system performance in storage by increasing compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability.

Greater shock protection

WD Red Pro drives feature a multi-axis shock sensor that automatically detects any subtle shock events and dynamic fly height technology that adjusts the read-write head operations to compensate and protect data.

This combination of technologies further protects the drives in larger 24-bay NAS environments and increases the reliability of the hard drives.

3D Active Balance Plus

The improved technology of Western Digital for dual-plane balance significantly enhances the overall performance and reliability of the unit. If hard drives do not have proper balance, excessive vibrations and noise may occur in systems with multiple units, reducing the lifespan of the hard drives and degrading their performance over time.

Prevention for Error Recovery

Specifically designed for RAID and NAS environments, WD Red Pro drives feature error recovery settings, which are integrated into NASware 3.0 technology, thus reducing disk errors in RAID applications.

Extensive disk testing

A NAS environment with up to 24 bays is very demanding for a hard drive, as there are additional vibrations and heat. That is why every WD Red Pro drive is shipped after undergoing extensive thermal cycle testing, to ensure that each drive is tested for extended and reliable operation.

Manufacturer

Western Digital - HDD Hard Drives Western Digital

See full description

Specifications

Compatibility

Use: NAS

Product Details

Capacity: 4000 GB

Communication Protocol: SATA III

Recording Technology: CMR

Performance

RPM: 7200 rpm

Cache size: 256 MB

Dimensions

Form Factor: 3.5 "

Important information

Specifications are collected from official manufacturer websites. Please verify the specifications before proceeding with your final purchase. If you notice any problem you can report it here.

See all specifications

Reviews (59)

Reviews

4.5

4.5

Review this product

Speed
Value for money
Temperature
Reliability
Moderate noise

What do users say? AI-generated summary

Overall, users appreciate the high speed and large capacity, and most rate its performance for NAS and backup positively. They also report good performance during continuous operation and satisfactory data transfer speeds. However, several users point out that it is very noisy, and some report failures or bad sectors, as well as reduced reliability in certain cases.

Reviews photos

Reviews by our members

5 out of 5 members found this review helpful

hurin

2023-10-31

Verified purchase

Bought for 350€, you can't call it cheap. I waited for a while hoping that the prices of HDs would drop like NVMEs, but in vain.
It was plugged into an Asus X570e gaming motherboard, the performance is very good.
It makes noise, as if it's writing with a pencil.

Translated from Greek ·

Speed
Reliability
Temperature
Value for money

Moderate noise

Did you find this review helpful?

10 out of 12 members found this review helpful

aapostolos79

2021-04-14 Expert user

Verified purchase

I have a 4Tb and a 2Tb, I put them in the NAS DS918+. I won't talk about the strange noise like boiling water, but the 4tb after 5 hours of verifying was at 79%.
The 2tb crashed after 7 months!!!!

Translated from Greek ·

Temperature

Speed
Noisy
Reliability
Value for money

Did you find this review helpful?

Most recent
Most helpful

From Cyprus

5

laporte
2026-08-01

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 16000 GB, cache size: 512 MB

From other countries

4

Toz
2026-02-24

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB

There isn't much to say. Unfortunately, prices haven't dropped much in recent years, but you get what you pay for. However, for its capacity, the drive is relatively quiet, except if you do a large seek, which, OK, it's an HDD, not an SSD. You might find a cheaper drive with this capacity and 7200rpm, but probably not as quiet, from what I've seen.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
4

2 out of 4 members found this review helpful

mixosp
2025-11-26

Verified purchase
The disk was purchased to be used in a PC for backup and the first thing one notices when installing it is the noise from the spinning disks (not negligible), which is probably because it runs at 7200rpm, as well as a different noise when writing/reading to the disk (like scratching), which is more intense but not continuous. In a quiet environment, it might be annoying. As for performance, I am attaching the numbers. Reliability will show over time.

Translated from Greek ·
Did you find this review helpful?
4

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

Panos_Stavrakis
2025-06-29
I use it in a NAS, it reaches a high temperature compared to the Seagate I had before, I don't know if this is normal

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
- Moderate noise
- Value for money
- Temperature
Did you find this review helpful?
4

3 out of 3 members found this review helpful

antonis.papanikolaou
2025-02-04

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB

I have had it for 1 month in NAS. Good performance, I don't have particular demands. Extremely noisy for a disk!

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
5

3 out of 3 members found this review helpful

Katsou2000
2024-12-28

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB

I literally wear them out with write-delete. I have never had a problem with a WD drive. From all the other well-known companies, I have had unpleasant experiences. For conventional drives, WD is the best, in my opinion.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
5

2 out of 4 members found this review helpful

Dimitrios_Koumentos
2024-04-17
This review is about the capacity: 6000 GB

1 year of use in raid 1, (2x6TB). Very fast on the internal network with a Gbit switch. Right from the start of setting up the POOL, one of them showed signs of bad sectors, which increased daily as data was written to it. It was replaced by the company within warranty, without any data loss and the re-creation of the POOL without any issues in the existing Raid 1. As for noise, I don't have a strong opinion, as the fans cooling the PC are already noisy and the PC is "abandoned" in the storage room.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
Did you find this review helpful?
3

18 out of 25 members found this review helpful

dimitris1445264994
2021-05-15
This review is about a variation of the product

Good gold and holy I don't say, 220mb/sec in an external box with usb3 but .... guys I was shocked by the noise it makes when you use it! It reminded me of a 25-year-old HDD! I didn't keep it, I sold it in a month because I wanted it mainly for backup use and when I opened it at night, it could be heard in the next room! I'm looking at the purple series now, which is supposed to be quieter.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
- Temperature
- Value for money
- Noisy
Did you find this review helpful?
1

14 out of 19 members found this review helpful

Vangelis_Chatzopoulos
2021-05-04
This review is about a variation of the product

In operation for 3 months as a third disk on a PC for file backup only. With very little activity, it already has bad sectors and cannot be repaired with a simple chkdsk /f/r. I transferred as many files as I could, but I had losses. I had told myself never again WD, but I was swayed by its features, the PRO, and other comments I read on the internet.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Moderate noise
- Reliability
- Value for money
Did you find this review helpful?
5

7 out of 8 members found this review helpful

Yfasmata_Ichtiaroglou
2021-03-03 Store representative
This review is about a variation of the product

They were installed on Synology NAS 220+. They have not shown any malfunction, they are quiet and have not increased the temperature. Time will tell about their durability.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
- Quiet
- Temperature
- Value for money
Did you find this review helpful?
4

10 out of 16 members found this review helpful

ep82silv
2020-08-27 Expert user
This review is about capacity: 2000 GB, cache size: 64 MB

Located on a Synology without RAID. Simple NAS operating 24/7 without Hibernation.
So far, after 1 year, it is working perfectly without any bad sectors, etc.
By the way, please note that the entire WD RED series from 2TB-6TB is not recommended for RAID.

Its reading speed is flawless.
Regarding writing, due to SMR, it has crazy fluctuations, which can be annoying during the transfer of large amounts of files. In other words, it depends on the purpose you want to use it for.

edit:
After experiencing the exact same conditions, on the exact same machine, in the exact same position, with the Seagate IronWolf 4TB VN008,
the "Western Digital 2TB Red Pro NAS WD2002FFSX 7200RPM" is noticeably noisier than the "Seagate IronWolf 4TB VN008 5900rpm".

I am not modifying the review regarding the noise because it still doesn't bother you, nor do I consider it unbearable (at a distance of 1.5m). It's just that with the WD, when you shut down the NAS, you barely notice that something was working before, while when you shut down the NAS with the Seagate, you don't notice any sound difference, it is completely silent.
Also, under the exact same conditions, I also tested 2 Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB L003 7200RPM (not suitable for NAS!) and they were also completely silent.

Translated from Greek ·
- Reliability
- Quiet
- Temperature
- Value for money
- Speed
Did you find this review helpful?
2

10 out of 44 members found this review helpful

Filiphalk
2020-05-21

Verified purchase
This review is about a variation of the product

Good and fast but with 2 power outages it short-circuited and it's useless. It's better to spend the extra money on someone more reliable even if it has less space.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Quiet
- Temperature
- Reliability
- Value for money
Did you find this review helpful?
5

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

paris_poukamisas
2025-10-14

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 16000 GB, cache size: 512 MB

Huge capacity. It has been working non-stop for almost 2 years. It is worth its money.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
5

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

SpeedUp Company
2024-09-14

Verified purchase

This review is about a variation of the product

High performance and reliability

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
1

2 out of 3 members found this review helpful

videoview.analytics
2024-07-16

Verified purchase

This review is about a variation of the product

I bought two, I can't format them into a Synology NAS server, and the store refuses to take them back.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
4

4 out of 4 members found this review helpful

ddalianis
2021-04-13

Verified purchase
This review is about a variation of the product

Out of the 4, one came DOA. They make a lot of noise, but they are very fast. I recommend them for NAS.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Value for money
- Reliability
- Noisy
- Temperature
Did you find this review helpful?
5

S__D__Kangas
2026-10-22

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

costaspetrakis
2026-10-13

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 6000 GB
5

S__D__Kangas
2026-10-13

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 10000 GB
5

Georgios Tsotoulidis
2026-09-28

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

emmanuel_matsakis
2026-07-22

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

AndyPlkd
2026-06-05

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 22000 GB, cache size: 512 MB
5

Fotis_Politis41
2026-05-06

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 24000 GB, cache size: 512 MB
5

ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΚΩΣΤΑΣ
2026-04-28

Verified purchase
4

GE PAUL
2026-03-27

Verified purchase
5

afrobibi
2026-03-16

Verified purchase
3

Petros Kolev
2026-03-02

Verified purchase

This review is about a variation of the product
5

zisistsi88
2026-02-24

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

JasonBK
2026-02-09

Verified purchase
5

enter_the_blue
2026-01-21

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 16000 GB, cache size: 512 MB

5

laporte
2026-08-01

0
4

Toz
2026-02-24

There isn't much to say. Unfortunately, prices haven't dropped much in recent years, but you get what you pay for. However, for its capacity, the drive is relatively quiet, except if you do a large seek, which, OK, it's an HDD, not an SSD. You might find a cheaper drive with this capacity and 7200rpm, but probably not as quiet, from what I've seen.

Translated from Greek ·

0
4

mixosp
2025-11-26

The disk was purchased to be used in a PC for backup and the first thing one notices when installing it is the noise from the spinning disks (not negligible), which is probably because it runs at 7200rpm, as well as a different noise when writing/reading to the disk (like scratching), which is more intense but not continuous. In a quiet environment, it might be annoying. As for performance, I am attaching the numbers. Reliability will show over time.

Translated from Greek ·

2
4

Panos_Stavrakis
2025-06-29

I use it in a NAS, it reaches a high temperature compared to the Seagate I had before, I don't know if this is normal

Translated from Greek ·

1
4

antonis.papanikolaou
2025-02-04

I have had it for 1 month in NAS. Good performance, I don't have particular demands. Extremely noisy for a disk!

Translated from Greek ·

3
See all

Questions

Reviews by our members

5 out of 5 members found this review helpful

hurin

2023-10-31

Verified purchase

Translated from Greek ·

Speed
Reliability
Temperature
Value for money

Moderate noise

Did you find this review helpful?

10 out of 12 members found this review helpful

aapostolos79

2021-04-14 Expert user

Verified purchase

I have a 4Tb and a 2Tb, I put them in the NAS DS918+. I won't talk about the strange noise like boiling water, but the 4tb after 5 hours of verifying was at 79%.
The 2tb crashed after 7 months!!!!

Translated from Greek ·

Temperature

Speed
Noisy
Reliability
Value for money

Did you find this review helpful?

Most recent
Most helpful

From Cyprus

5

laporte
2026-08-01

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 16000 GB, cache size: 512 MB

From other countries

4

Toz
2026-02-24

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB

There isn't much to say. Unfortunately, prices haven't dropped much in recent years, but you get what you pay for. However, for its capacity, the drive is relatively quiet, except if you do a large seek, which, OK, it's an HDD, not an SSD. You might find a cheaper drive with this capacity and 7200rpm, but probably not as quiet, from what I've seen.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
4

2 out of 4 members found this review helpful

mixosp
2025-11-26

Verified purchase
The disk was purchased to be used in a PC for backup and the first thing one notices when installing it is the noise from the spinning disks (not negligible), which is probably because it runs at 7200rpm, as well as a different noise when writing/reading to the disk (like scratching), which is more intense but not continuous. In a quiet environment, it might be annoying. As for performance, I am attaching the numbers. Reliability will show over time.

Translated from Greek ·
Did you find this review helpful?
4

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

Panos_Stavrakis
2025-06-29
I use it in a NAS, it reaches a high temperature compared to the Seagate I had before, I don't know if this is normal

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
- Moderate noise
- Value for money
- Temperature
Did you find this review helpful?
4

3 out of 3 members found this review helpful

antonis.papanikolaou
2025-02-04

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB

I have had it for 1 month in NAS. Good performance, I don't have particular demands. Extremely noisy for a disk!

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
5

3 out of 3 members found this review helpful

Katsou2000
2024-12-28

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB

I literally wear them out with write-delete. I have never had a problem with a WD drive. From all the other well-known companies, I have had unpleasant experiences. For conventional drives, WD is the best, in my opinion.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
5

2 out of 4 members found this review helpful

Dimitrios_Koumentos
2024-04-17
This review is about the capacity: 6000 GB

1 year of use in raid 1, (2x6TB). Very fast on the internal network with a Gbit switch. Right from the start of setting up the POOL, one of them showed signs of bad sectors, which increased daily as data was written to it. It was replaced by the company within warranty, without any data loss and the re-creation of the POOL without any issues in the existing Raid 1. As for noise, I don't have a strong opinion, as the fans cooling the PC are already noisy and the PC is "abandoned" in the storage room.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
Did you find this review helpful?
3

18 out of 25 members found this review helpful

dimitris1445264994
2021-05-15
This review is about a variation of the product

Good gold and holy I don't say, 220mb/sec in an external box with usb3 but .... guys I was shocked by the noise it makes when you use it! It reminded me of a 25-year-old HDD! I didn't keep it, I sold it in a month because I wanted it mainly for backup use and when I opened it at night, it could be heard in the next room! I'm looking at the purple series now, which is supposed to be quieter.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
- Temperature
- Value for money
- Noisy
Did you find this review helpful?
1

14 out of 19 members found this review helpful

Vangelis_Chatzopoulos
2021-05-04
This review is about a variation of the product

In operation for 3 months as a third disk on a PC for file backup only. With very little activity, it already has bad sectors and cannot be repaired with a simple chkdsk /f/r. I transferred as many files as I could, but I had losses. I had told myself never again WD, but I was swayed by its features, the PRO, and other comments I read on the internet.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Moderate noise
- Reliability
- Value for money
Did you find this review helpful?
5

7 out of 8 members found this review helpful

Yfasmata_Ichtiaroglou
2021-03-03 Store representative
This review is about a variation of the product

They were installed on Synology NAS 220+. They have not shown any malfunction, they are quiet and have not increased the temperature. Time will tell about their durability.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Reliability
- Quiet
- Temperature
- Value for money
Did you find this review helpful?
4

10 out of 16 members found this review helpful

ep82silv
2020-08-27 Expert user
This review is about capacity: 2000 GB, cache size: 64 MB

Located on a Synology without RAID. Simple NAS operating 24/7 without Hibernation.
So far, after 1 year, it is working perfectly without any bad sectors, etc.
By the way, please note that the entire WD RED series from 2TB-6TB is not recommended for RAID.

Its reading speed is flawless.
Regarding writing, due to SMR, it has crazy fluctuations, which can be annoying during the transfer of large amounts of files. In other words, it depends on the purpose you want to use it for.

edit:
After experiencing the exact same conditions, on the exact same machine, in the exact same position, with the Seagate IronWolf 4TB VN008,
the "Western Digital 2TB Red Pro NAS WD2002FFSX 7200RPM" is noticeably noisier than the "Seagate IronWolf 4TB VN008 5900rpm".

I am not modifying the review regarding the noise because it still doesn't bother you, nor do I consider it unbearable (at a distance of 1.5m). It's just that with the WD, when you shut down the NAS, you barely notice that something was working before, while when you shut down the NAS with the Seagate, you don't notice any sound difference, it is completely silent.
Also, under the exact same conditions, I also tested 2 Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB L003 7200RPM (not suitable for NAS!) and they were also completely silent.

Translated from Greek ·
- Reliability
- Quiet
- Temperature
- Value for money
- Speed
Did you find this review helpful?
2

10 out of 44 members found this review helpful

Filiphalk
2020-05-21

Verified purchase
This review is about a variation of the product

Good and fast but with 2 power outages it short-circuited and it's useless. It's better to spend the extra money on someone more reliable even if it has less space.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Quiet
- Temperature
- Reliability
- Value for money
Did you find this review helpful?
5

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

paris_poukamisas
2025-10-14

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 16000 GB, cache size: 512 MB

Huge capacity. It has been working non-stop for almost 2 years. It is worth its money.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
5

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

SpeedUp Company
2024-09-14

Verified purchase

This review is about a variation of the product

High performance and reliability

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
1

2 out of 3 members found this review helpful

videoview.analytics
2024-07-16

Verified purchase

This review is about a variation of the product

I bought two, I can't format them into a Synology NAS server, and the store refuses to take them back.

Translated from Greek ·

Did you find this review helpful?
4

4 out of 4 members found this review helpful

ddalianis
2021-04-13

Verified purchase
This review is about a variation of the product

Out of the 4, one came DOA. They make a lot of noise, but they are very fast. I recommend them for NAS.

Translated from Greek ·
- Speed
- Value for money
- Reliability
- Noisy
- Temperature
Did you find this review helpful?
5

S__D__Kangas
2026-10-22

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

costaspetrakis
2026-10-13

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 6000 GB
5

S__D__Kangas
2026-10-13

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 10000 GB
5

Georgios Tsotoulidis
2026-09-28

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

emmanuel_matsakis
2026-07-22

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

AndyPlkd
2026-06-05

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 22000 GB, cache size: 512 MB
5

Fotis_Politis41
2026-05-06

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 24000 GB, cache size: 512 MB
5

ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΠΑΠΑΚΩΣΤΑΣ
2026-04-28

Verified purchase
4

GE PAUL
2026-03-27

Verified purchase
5

afrobibi
2026-03-16

Verified purchase
3

Petros Kolev
2026-03-02

Verified purchase

This review is about a variation of the product
5

zisistsi88
2026-02-24

Verified purchase

This review is about the capacity: 8000 GB
5

JasonBK
2026-02-09

Verified purchase
5

enter_the_blue
2026-01-21

Verified purchase

This review is about capacity: 16000 GB, cache size: 512 MB

5

laporte
2026-08-01

0
4

Toz
2026-02-24

There isn't much to say. Unfortunately, prices haven't dropped much in recent years, but you get what you pay for. However, for its capacity, the drive is relatively quiet, except if you do a large seek, which, OK, it's an HDD, not an SSD. You might find a cheaper drive with this capacity and 7200rpm, but probably not as quiet, from what I've seen.

Translated from Greek ·

0
4

mixosp
2025-11-26

The disk was purchased to be used in a PC for backup and the first thing one notices when installing it is the noise from the spinning disks (not negligible), which is probably because it runs at 7200rpm, as well as a different noise when writing/reading to the disk (like scratching), which is more intense but not continuous. In a quiet environment, it might be annoying. As for performance, I am attaching the numbers. Reliability will show over time.

Translated from Greek ·

2
4

Panos_Stavrakis
2025-06-29

I use it in a NAS, it reaches a high temperature compared to the Seagate I had before, I don't know if this is normal

Translated from Greek ·

1
4

antonis.papanikolaou
2025-02-04

I have had it for 1 month in NAS. Good performance, I don't have particular demands. Extremely noisy for a disk!

Translated from Greek ·

3
See all

Western Digital Red Pro 4TB HDD Hard Drive 3.5" SATA III 7200rpm with 256MB Cache for NAS WD4005FFBX

Capacity: info

Cache size: info

VAT exemption for professionals

Description

Desktop Hard Drives vs WD Red Pro Units

Exclusive NASware 3.0 Technology

Greater shock protection

3D Active Balance Plus

Prevention for Error Recovery