Description
Powering Smarter Content Management
WD Red Pro HDDs deliver the capacity and durability AI-driven NAS solutions depend on, supporting advanced data management and content aggregation. As AI NAS stores more structured and unstructured data, WD Red Pro scales to keep pace — boosting productivity and storage efficiency.
Durability for Heavy Workloads
With a workload rating of up to 550TB/yr, WD Red Pro hard drives are designed to handle the rigorous demands of high-intensity, 24×7 multi-user NAS environments. Continuous operation is exactly what these drives are built for — so your AI NAS runs hard without slowing down.
Enterprise-Class Capacity and Reliability
WD Red Pro drives are offered across a wide range of capacity points — from 2TB to 26TB— to scale with the needs of your organization. Rated at up to 2.5 million hours mean time before failure (MTBF), they deliver the enterprise-class reliability that always-on AI NAS environments depend on.
Optimized for RAID
WD Red Pro drives feature Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER), helping ensure uninterrupted operation in RAID-powered NAS and AI NAS systems. Proven in tower and rack-mount systems with any number of bays, WD Red Pro is the right drive for AI NAS at every scale — backed by a 5-year limited warranty
Specifications:
| Capacity | 16TB / 14TB / 12TB |
| Technologies | NASware, OptiNAND, ArmorCache |
| Model Number | WD161KFGX (16TB) / WD142KFGX (14TB) / WD122KFBX (12TB) |
| Recording Technology | CMR |
| Interface | SATA |
| Connector | SATA |
| Form Factor | 3.5-Inch |
| Transfer Rate | Up to 259MB/s (16TB) / Up to 255MB/s (14TB) / Up to 267MB/s (12TB) |
| Disk Speed (RPM) | 7200 RPM |
| Cache Size | 512MB |
| Endurance (TBW) | 550TB/year |
| Warranty | 5-Year Limited Warranty |
| Operating Temperature | 0°C to 65°C |
| Non-Operating Temperature | -40°C to 70°C |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 147mm x 101.6mm x 26.1mm |
| Weight | 690gms (16TB) / 690gms (14TB) / 715gms (12TB) |
| Certifications | BSMI, ICES-003/NMB-003, CE, FCC, KC, Maghreb, RCM, UKCA, VCCI, CB-Scheme, TUV, UL |
| Use Cases | Network Attached Storage (NAS) |
| Compatibility | RAID-optimized NAS systems with unlimited # of bays |
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