Western Digital Red (SMR) - Revision history

TheDragonFire123: 2 revisions imported: Import hard drive product families

2024-09-24T23:03:03Z

2 revisions imported: Import hard drive product families

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aew>TheDragonFire123: TheDragonFire123 moved page Western Digital Red to Western Digital Red (SMR): Although the page prose does a good enough job on its own, moving the article might help reduce confusion between this and Red Plus more, and doesn't exclude the pre-SMR Reds.

2022-06-25T04:52:34Z

TheDragonFire123 moved page Western Digital Red to Western Digital Red (SMR): Although the page prose does a good enough job on its own, moving the article might help reduce confusion between this and Red Plus more, and doesn't exclude the pre-SMR Reds.

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aew>TheDragonFire123: Created page with "{{infobox hard drive product family |image1 = |caption1 = A WD30EZRZ, an example of a 5,400 RPM member of this family. |image2 = |caption2 = |manufac..."

2022-03-10T11:25:26Z

Created page with "{{infobox hard drive product family |image1 = |caption1 = A WD30EZRZ, an example of a 5,400 RPM member of this family. |image2 = |caption2 = |manufac..."

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{{infobox hard drive product family
|image1 =
|caption1 = A [[WDC WD30EZRZ-xxZ5HBx|WD30EZRZ]], an example of a 5,400 RPM member of this family.
|image2 =
|caption2 =
|manufacturer = [[Western Digital]]
|purpose = nas
|z-height = 26.1
|speed = 5,400
|af = 512e
|recording_technology = smr
|released = 2020
|in_prod_exceptions = except WD40EFAX-xxSHWNx
|predecessor = [[Western Digital Red Plus]]
}}
The current incarnation of the '''Western Digital Red''' family was launched in 2020 as a response from controversy as a result of undisclosed SMR being used in Red products. To allay concerns, the Red family was renamed Red Plus, and a new Red family was created designated entirely of SMR models only. Despite some praise for better marketing, the Red family has received criticism that SMR is inherently incompatible with RAID purposes that Red family drives would be expected to use, and calls have been made to discontinue all SMR NAS drives entirely.

==Current models==
*[[WDC WD20EFAX-xxBR2Nx]]
*[[WDC WD30EFAX-xxJH4Nx]]
*[[WDC WD40EFAX-xxJH4Nx]]
*[[WDC WD60EFAX-xxJH4Nx]]

[[Category:Western Digital Red]]
[[Category:Western Digital hard drive families]]