Western Digital Ultrastar Red Pro 3.5" 18000 GB Serial ATA WD181KFGX

Western Digital Ultrastar Red Pro 3.5" 18000 GB Serial ATA is designed specifically for medium to large-scale business customers. These drives are suitable for up to 24-bay NAS systems and are engineered to handle high-intensity workloads in 24×7 environments. They are ideal for tasks such as archiving, sharing, and RAID array rebuilding on systems with extended operating systems like ZFS. These drives facilitate quick and reliable file sharing and backup in your NAS solution, thus adding value to your business.

Exclusive NASware™ 3.0 Technology offers seamless integration, robust data protection, and optimal performance. This advanced firmware technology improves storage performance by enhancing compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability for NAS systems under heavy demand.

WD Red Pro drives with NASware technology simplify the selection of a drive by optimizing performance and reliability for NAS and RAID environments. These drives benefit from extensive compatibility-testing and NAS partner technology engagement, making them highly compatible with NAS enclosures.

For larger NAS environments, WD Red Pro drives are equipped with a multi-axis shock sensor and dynamic fly height technology to protect data from subtle shock events and increase reliability. The 3D Active Balance Plus technology further enhances overall drive performance and reliability by reducing excessive vibration and noise in multi-drive systems, thereby extending the hard drive's lifespan and maintaining performance over time.

The drives come equipped with error recovery controls to prevent drive fallout in RAID applications, and they undergo extended thermal cycle burn-in testing to ensure reliable operation in demanding NAS environments with up to 24 bays. Additionally, the WD Red Pro drives come with a 5-year limited warranty for greater peace of mind.

When compared to desktop drives, WD Red Pro drives offer several specific advantages, such as enhanced compatibility with NAS systems, improved reliability for always-on, high-temperature environments, RAID error recovery controls, and protection against noise and vibration in multi-bay systems.

Additional product notes highlight that these drives are available in capacities from 2TB to 18TB, support up to 24 bays, sustain a workload rate of up to 300 TB/year, and feature enhanced reliability with 3D Active Balance Plus technology and NASware™ 3.0 technology. The dimensions of the drive are 5.79" x 4" x 1.03", with a cache size of 512 MB, a disk speed of 7200 RPM, a SATA interface, a transfer rate of up to 272MB/s, and they utilize CMR recording technology.