Award-winning Line Offers Optimal Performance,
High Capacity and Reliability for Always-On NAS Systems
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) , a global data storage
technology and solutions leader, today announced the expansion of
its award-winning WD Red® and WD Red Pro NAS hard drives lineup
with the introduction of 10TB capacity models optimized for use in
personal, home and small to medium business NAS systems. Western
Digital has shipped more than 15 million helium-based high capacity
drives into multiple applications, including for NAS systems, to
date and is continuing to support customers with higher capacities
and outstanding reliability. The WD Red line of NAS hard drives
allow customers to scale up or down to meet their changing NAS
storage needs.
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WD Red and WD Red Pro 10TB NAS Hard Drive
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“In July 2012, we introduced the WD Red line to address the
unique performance, compatibility and scalability challenges facing
home and small business NAS customers,” said Brendan Collins, vice
president, devices business unit at Western Digital. “Five years
and over 16 million WD Red family hard drives later, we continue to
advance the platform, bringing our innovative HelioSeal platform
and other advanced technologies that allow customers to meet their
evolving private cloud needs.”
WD Red 10TB NAS Hard Drive
Introduced in 2012, WD Red hard drives address the unique
environment of NAS and the growing demand for affordable, reliable
and compatible storage that reduces customer total cost of
ownership. Designed with Western Digital’s HelioSeal®
helium-technology, the WD Red 10TB hard drive provides higher
capacity and performance to meet the increasing storage needs of
always-on, single-to-8-bay NAS systems. The helium-based design
enables a 25 percent capacity increase from the WD Red 8TB NAS
storage drive. With support for up to 16 bays in tower- and
rack-based systems, the WD Red Pro 10TB hard drive delivers the
same high performance, reliability and capacity to systems
operating in up to 16 bay NAS systems.
Features and Specifications:
WD Red / WD Red Pro 10TB
- HelioSeal: Bringing Western Digital’s
fourth generation, exclusive HelioSeal technology in 10TB capacity
to the NAS storage market
- 3D Active Balance Plus, an enhanced
balance control technology that improves overall drive performance
and reliability
- Seamless integration with Western
Digital’s My Cloud® Pro Series NAS and My Cloud Expert Series NAS
systems designed specifically for the creative community to enable
seamless transfer of content between devices in any location,
whether users are shooting remotely or editing at home
- NASware® 3.0, an enhanced version of
WD’s original NASware technology, designed to improve reliability
and system performance, reduce customer downtime and to simplify
the integration process
- Optimized performance class – 5400 RPM
class for SOHO environments, 7200 RPM class for up to 16 bay NAS
systems
The WD Red and WD Red Pro 10TB drives are finalizing
compatibility testing with a number of leading NAS system
providers. WD provides a compatibility list of WD Red-qualified
products and manufacturers that is available on the WD website at
https://www.wdc.com/products/internal-storage/wd-red.html.
Availability
The new WD Red and WD Red Pro 10TB hard drives are available now
at select U.S. retailers and distributors. The WD Red 10TB NAS hard
drives feature a three-year limited warranty and a $494.00 USD
manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) (model #: WD100EFAX).
The WD Red Pro 10TB drives feature a five-year limited warranty and
a $533.00 USD MSRP (model #: WD101KFBX). More information about WD
Red hard drives, including terms of the limited warranty may be
found on the company website at
https://www.wdc.com/products/internal-storage/wd-red.html.
About Western Digital
Western Digital is an industry-leading provider of storage
technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage,
experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing
market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling,
high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation,
high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed
under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors,
resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial
and investor information is available on the company's Investor
Relations website at investor.wdc.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including statements concerning the development, performance and
capacity, capabilities, applications, and availability of the WD
Red and WD Red Pro 10TB HDDs and the HelioSeal platform. There are
a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause these
forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including, among
others: volatility in global economic conditions; business
conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of
competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of
commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by
competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our
development and introduction of products based on new technologies
and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with
acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in
manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including our most recently filed periodic report to which
your attention is directed. The company undertakes no obligation to
update the information in this release in the event facts or
circumstances change after the date of this release.
© 2017 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, HelioSeal, My Cloud, NASware and WD Red
are registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital
Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries.
All other marks are the property of their respective owners. As
used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes.
Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating
environment. Product specifications subject to change without
notice. Not all products are available in all regions of the
world.
WD Red and WD Red Pro 10TB NAS Hard Drive Launch
Partners
ASUStor, Inc.
"The WD Red and WD Red Pro 10TB hard drives are well-suited for
addressing the growing data storage needs of our home and SMB
customer-base. High-definition videos and photos are driving up
capacity demands as our customers want to store engaging content
and multimedia so it can always be accessible. The WD Red line of
hard drives provide the type of reliability, performance and
capacity needed to power a private cloud, so home and SMB users can
create a highly economical and secure archive,“ said Shawn Shu,
president, ASUStor, Inc.
QNAP Systems, Inc.
“Over the past five years, Western Digital NAS hard drives have
demonstrated reliability and high performance to make them well
suited for 24/7, data-intense NAS operating environments. With the
addition of 10TB capacity, the new helium-based WD Red and WD Red
Pro NAS hard drives offer an ideal pairing with QNAP Turbo NAS
products for use in a variety of SMB and enterprise NAS
applications,” said Meiji Chang, general manager, QNAP.
Synology Inc.
“Synology is excited for the introduction of the helium-based
10TB WD Red and WD Red Pro hard drives. Whether it’s sharing
high-definition multimedia content around the house, backing up
photos at the studio, or managing distributed file syncing and
disaster recovery at the office, our users require dependable data
storage when creating their private cloud with Synology NAS. These
drives will equip users with a wider range of reliable,
high-performance hard drive options to best fit their current and
next-generation NAS system needs,” said Alex Wang, CEO, Synology
America Corp.
Thecus Tech., Corp.
“The WD Red 10 TB drives bring a much-needed capacity increase
for SOHO and SMB users managing their personal and private clouds.
These drives, along with our Thecus NAS units, will provide
high-powered, comprehensive solutions to the storage industry, and
we are pleased to expand our work with Western Digital to provide
high-performance, reliable, and cost-effective NAS solutions for
our SOHO and SMB customers," said Florence Shih, President,
Thecus.
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