Silly question, these DON'T have to be used for NAS/RAID. Can be stand alone?

Not using mine for NAS or RAID. I have one in my desktop as the secondary drive and an NVME SSD as the primary. Mainly for all of my pictures, videos, and other large space consuming objects. I never turn my PC off so this HDD is ideal. 5400 vs 7200 is a non-issue in this configuration. FYI this drive uses CMR (Google it) which is FASTER than the SMR in a typical HDD desktop.

how long is the warranty?

Western Digital will no longer honor the warranty on these devices. I just purchased 2 and WD indicated that they were sold in 2014 and the warranty has expired. I've contacted Amazon and asked them to remove the "3-year manufacturer's limited warranty" detail on this listing. WD even had me send them the Amazon invoice and pictures of the drives and still denied any warranty coverage when I tried to register them.

Can you use this drive as a media storage in a HTPC but not necessarily in a NAS/Server configuration?

You could, but it's really designed for a NAS/Server setup!!! For a HTPC, I'd look at once of their Green Drives! The Green like the Red arn't the FAST HDD. They are slower, but for streaming Media in a HTPC type setup, that's what I would go with. It's slower, but it's more Energy Efficant and more quite and less heat. If you need the Speed of loading files up fast, the Black drive is the version to get. You can also go with a combination of a Black drive for all your normal programs, and a green drive for your Media. Even go with a 120 or 240 Gig SSD drive for Windows and a few programs, and have all your Media on a large 3TB Green drive!!! You don't need a fast HDD to stream Media!!! I have a NAS with 3 WB RED 3TB HDD installed in RAID 5 config for a total of 5.4TB of storage. I just built my new PC which I have 2 SSD drives installed, my older 120 Gig one and a almost new 240 Gig one. Plus 2 3TB HDD which are another brand, but basically Black drives. One I keep most of my software on and the other I use for Media Center. The 240 Gig SSD I use for Windows 7 and a few other programs I want to load quick, and my 120 Gig SSD I use for the PLEX Database files. It's a ton faster on a SSD then on a HDD even a fast HDD with the fastest SATA connection!!! I could of went with just a Green 3TB HDD for Media Center and it would have been just fine! I'm a Cable Cutter, so I record all my Broadcast TV channels using Media Center to play in any room in my house. Works out great and very flexable. Same with PLEX and using my ROKU boxes for that. I'm a huge user of PLEX. Ripping my huge Movie collection and putting it all on my NAS has been great. No more hunting around for the movie I want. I don't even have to get up. I can watch them in any room in the house and they look great. I take all my discs out of the cases toss the cases in the garbage and put the discs into CD/DVD Disc Binders. Ones that hold like 300 discs. It saves huge amounts of space. using PLEX, it's like my own personal Netflix service!!! Except no monthly fee's and it's all content I like. it also never comes and goes. There's none of that crap you have to skip or not allowed to skip before the movie like Movie Advertisements and FBI warnings, etc. All Gone, starts right up.I've been using my 3 WB 3TB Red drives for over a year now and have been problem free. My NAS shows zero errors. It's important for these things to run slower and produce less heat and be more energy efficient for what their intended use is for. That's for a Home or small business NAS! I have mine in my small Closet up on a top shelf with my other hardware. It can hold 4 drives and I currently have the 3 in it and down just just over 1 TB of space left so I'll be popping another drive in soon. maybe delete some other content. Let me tell you, those drives are packed together very close and in a small case with a single fan!!! It's a hot day out today. I don't have the AC on, the doors are open. My Netgear ReadyNAS is showing 38 degrees right now, my HDD are showing 38/39 Degrees, that's Celsius. So around 100/102 degree's F. It powers down to sleep mode when it's not used for 10 minutes. So another way to conserve power!!! I'm up to 11071 Power On hours and 17157 Start/Stop Count currently on #1 WB 3TB Red Drive. Still showing a ATA error count of 0. Just some of the stuff I can log into my NAS and look up simply. I got my first one at Newegg and the second one and third one here at Amazon back May 21 St, 2013.Again, there's a reason why WB is making different types, more Specialized HDD's!!!! If you're not going to put the RED into a NAS, I'd go with the Green drive instead. Still get the slower speed, Energy savings, less heat and less noise because they're running slower. Instead of 7200 RPM, they're around 5400 RPM. With faster speed like the black drive, well it requires more power, more power means more heat and more noise. But software loads up faster. So there's Pro's and Con's to anything and everything. You CAN use the RED, but really, if it's not going in a NAS, why would you want to? It has some extra features for use with a NAS, that the Green drive doesn't, but your PC is not going to use them like the NAS will.

Is it possible to use this drive as a normal desktop drive for storage?

Yes, it is certainly possible. But there are tradeoffs to consider. This drive is designed for 24/7/365 operation, but is NOT designed for speed. If you want really fast access to your data (say, if you're a gamer or if you're doing CAD work) this isn't the best choice for your drive, and you'll be paying a lot for features you won't be using.In my own cases, I've been migrating my 5-bay Synology Network Attached Storage system from 3TB drives to 6TB drives. The older 3TB drives are NOT going to waste, however. I'm installing them into other systems, as "local software repositories" and the like. I'm not actually running any software off of them.Realistically, these drives are designed to run in RAID configurations (where the "striping" effect gives you plenty of speed, as you're reading and writing not to just one drive but multiple drives, dramatically reducing your wait time for "seeking" from any given drive. They are designed to spin constantly, at a pretty low power cost, versus standard desktop drives which are designed to spin up as you access them, and then spin down when you stop using them.If you want a fast desktop computer, your best bet is something along the lines of the WD "Black" line. If you want a cheaper "general purpose" drive, the WD "Blue" line is what you want. If you want a low-energy consumption drive (with significant performance compromises) you want the WD "Green" line. And if you're running a drive perpetually, in a RAID configuration, you want the WD "Red" line. (There's also an "enterprise drive" line which is designed for larger NAS applications which only make sense for large business server farms, but these are typically SAS-interface drives and can't really be used in a standard home application anyway.)I refer to the WD drive lines here, but Seagate and the other players in this market all do similar "tweaked versions."That last line is key. We're talking about what the drive is OPTIMIZED towards... what "tweaks" have been made to the hardware and the internal software (ie, "firmware").So... yes, you can run these in any system with the appropriate interface. Your system capabilities might limit the portion of the drive you can actually SEE (you may only see 2TB unless your system is pretty new)... that's not a shortcoming of the drive, it's a shortcoming of older hardware and, to a certain extent, older operating system variants. If your system can see 2TB+ drives, and has a SATA interface, you can use this drive.Whether you'd be better off with some other "tweaked and optimized" version is another story entirely, though. You're tossing away money buying one of these rather than a desktop-optimized drive (black, blue, or green) if you're just going to put it into a normal PC.

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🚀 Elevate your NAS game with WD Red Plus — storage that works as hard as you do!

MASSIVE 12 TB CAPACITY - Store your entire digital universe without compromise.
SATA 6 GB S INTERFACE - Seamless, high-speed data transfer for demanding workflows.
BUILT FOR 24 7 NAS USE - Engineered to thrive in small to medium business environments with NASware firmware.
OPTIMIZED 5400 RPM SPEED - Balanced performance for quiet, efficient NAS operation.
CMR TECHNOLOGY FOR RELIABILITY - Avoid data slowdowns with proven Conventional Magnetic Recording.

The Western Digital 12TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive is a robust, 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s HDD designed specifically for small to medium business NAS systems. Featuring CMR technology and NASware firmware, it supports up to 180 TB/year workload, ensuring reliable, high-capacity storage optimized for 24/7 operation with a 3-year limited warranty.

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J**S

Best storage drive , NAS not required + professional Q & A podcast addressing RED drives | a great youtube video |

I have been a long term western digital customer for over 10yrs. This drive is aimed and marketed at NAS type devices however also very good in a regular desktop computer system as a storage drive, which is how I am currently using it for my personal desktop system .I have owned this red drive for approx. 10 days now. The sustained transfer speed is very good. the lower / variable spindle speed compared to normal 7200RPM drives doesn't impact its performance for my use . It performs better then my 4TB WD green drive. My Red drive was installed in a computer with many hard drives and it runs at a cool 84F (29 C ) at idle, the lowest temp. drive in the computer. Also according to the Red drive spec sheet uses the least amount of power as well.Time limited error recovery (TLER) is one of the benefits for the Red drives , outlined in the youtube video podcast below.A popular weekly hardware video podcast with storage editor at PC Perspective ( pcper) Allyn Malventano addressing uses of red model drives:https://youtu.be/WjjCMWZ0aDU?t=51mI included a start time for later in the podcast @ 51 minutes, the start of discussion of WD red drives and its use in NAS and non NAS systems Some valuable info on NAS / RAID design can be found in this video as well. plus other general server hardware info is addressed.At time 55:40 in the the video more info and insight regarding DIY home NAS and RAID stability, reliability and design is discussed as well. Potentially saving a DIY person some pretty decent cash and at least some calories reading conflicting information online. All of which for some buyers reading reviews on amazon for this product would find useful or at least interesting.For me, my drives in my personal computer for this review are used for pure storage via Linux based operating systems. In some computer systems i've built are media servers, again using linux with LVM and sometimes MDADM , other times using RAID cards such as IBM M1015 , a cheaper version, of more expensive promise model cards with SAS.HGST is another maker of hard drives with good reputation and within the same general price range for some of their models, however western digital now owns them, formally Hitachi Global Storage Technologies . I've not taken the time while writing this to check if HGST drives feature some of the features the Red model line up offers.If you are going for a gaming system drive or require heavy I/O for a operating system drive, the red of course wouldn't be your best option.I use a WD Black drive, # WD3003FZEX for this . Steam games fill a drive quickly. With my budget and limited sata ports it makes a SSD fairly useless for storing games , or a media server gaming rig combo. Most of the time, once game is loaded , its mostly done , leaving the CPU and GPU left doing the work... . so for my needs esp dual booting , gaming on linux and windows using a Black model drive is my best option for my hardware , storage and requirements to have one type of operating system running most of the time. I do sometimes run Linux on a stand alone 120GB SSD , if I disconnect my optical drive , smaller ssd drives are quite inexpensive now and do make life a bit easier esp on aging desktop hardware.The cost per TB in a black model is still quite low for the performance level and the only high performance drive to offer a 5 year warranty standard. Especially when compared to a hybrid model drives cost and other drive makers of fast mechanical and hybrid solutions. Heavy gaming via steam would make a hybrid drives nand cache not very effective , fairly quickly iirc .Hopefully some of this info will prove useful , or at least give some starting ground to look into , research options deeper that may not have been considered before.

4.06.2015

B**.

Parking was factory set to 300 seconds on my drives and they are working well.

I purchased two of the 3TB drives and one of the 2TB drives. When I went into WDIDLE3 the setting for all three drives were set to 300 seconds (5 minutes). Since I was in there I simply disabled it. These drives are working flawlessly thus far as I have the two 3TB drives in a media center running Media Browser 3, PlayOn, and a few other apps. The 2TB drive is hooked up to a Dish Network Hopper as a secondary storage. I have not experienced any issues so far with these drive. I will update as time goes on with more info.*Update 3/27/15: Some drive information obtained from HD Guardian:Drive 01Serial Number: WD-WCC4N7E*****Firmware: 82.00A82User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytesProduct Name Status Exp Date (MM/DD/YYYY)3 TB WD Red Hard Drive In Limited Warranty 1/6/2018Overall Health:Temperature: 34*CHigh: 36*CLow: 34*CLast Test: Completed without error.No bad sector detected.No ATA error detected.SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 03 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 185 182 021 Pre-fail Always - 57334 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 425 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 07 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 09 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 67310 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 011 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 012 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 1193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 40194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 116 110 000 Old_age Always - 34196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0Working Time: 673 hours (28 days, 1 hours)Last Update Fri Mar 27 01:53:28 2015 CDTDrive 02Serial Number: WD-WMC4N0F*****Firmware: 82.00A82User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytesProduct Name Status Exp Date (MM/DD/YYYY)3 TB WD Red Hard Drive In Limited Warranty 12/11/2017Overall Health:Temperature: 37*CHigh: 41*CLow: 35*CLast Test: N/ANo bad sector detected.No ATA error detected.SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 03 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 181 179 021 Pre-fail Always - 59504 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 505 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 07 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 09 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 67210 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 011 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 012 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 1193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 48194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 113 109 000 Old_age Always - 37196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0Working Time: 672 hours (28 days)Last Update Fri Mar 27 01:53:28 2015 CDT-------------------------------------------Update 5/14/2015 Some drive information obtained from HD Guardian:Drive 01Serial Number: WD-WCC4N7E*****Firmware: 82.00A82User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytesProduct Name Status Exp Date (MM/DD/YYYY)3 TB WD Red Hard Drive In Limited Warranty 1/6/2018Overall Health:Temperature: 37*CHigh: 37*CLow: 34*CLast Test: Completed without error.No bad sector detected.No ATA error detected.SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 03 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 186 182 021 Pre-fail Always - 57004 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1935 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 07 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 09 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 98 98 000 Old_age Always - 184410 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 011 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 012 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 1193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 190194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 113 108 000 Old_age Always - 37196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0Working Time: 1844 hours (2 months 16 days, 20 hours)Last Update Fri May 14 22:31:35 2015 CDTDrive 02Serial Number: WD-WMC4N0F*****Firmware: 82.00A82User Capacity: 3,000,592,982,016 bytesProduct Name Status Exp Date (MM/DD/YYYY)3 TB WD Red Hard Drive In Limited Warranty 12/11/2017Overall Health:Temperature: 37*CHigh: 41*CLow: 35*CLast Test: N/ANo bad sector detected.No ATA error detected.SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 03 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 181 179 021 Pre-fail Always - 59084 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2425 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 07 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 09 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 98 98 000 Old_age Always - 183610 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 011 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 012 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 5192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 1193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 240194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 110 106 000 Old_age Always - 40196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0Working Time: 1836 hours (2 months, 16 days, 12 hours)Last Update Fri May 14 22:31:35 2015 CDT

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Hard Drive	12 TB Mechanical Hard Disk
Brand	Western Digital
Series	WD Red
Item model number	WD120EFAX
Hardware Platform	Mac, PC
Item Weight	1.46 pounds
Product Dimensions	5.79 x 4 x 1.03 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH	5.79 x 4 x 1.03 inches
Color	Red
Flash Memory Size	8 TB
Hard Drive Interface	Serial ATA
Hard Drive Rotational Speed	5400 RPM
Batteries	1 Lithium Ion batteries required.
Manufacturer	Western Digital
Language	English, English, English, English, English
ASIN	B07RQ99XJH
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer	No
Date First Available	May 29, 2019

Western Digital12TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive HDD - 5400 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 256 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD120EFAX

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