Solider 7200 disk with 64MB cache, 4k sectors and 24 / 7T continuous operation for private use

The Western Digital hard drive Red came very quickly. It is significantly larger than a standard hard drive. Since it is very difficult, anxious to be even better, a mounting frame, which is rubber mounted. A 7200 plate has significantly more vibrations than a 5400. Who wants to do without rubber mounts and fix only at the edge of the tower chassis, should underpin the edge with felt and the screws also. Otherwise the Tower vibrate unnecessarily. Since the board is designed to operate with 4k sectors, it must also be formatted according to, otherwise it is a short time later may be defective.

It amazes me that so many users complain about defective WD Red drives. In my opinion this is the cause of evil. I have gone no plates in this series broken. Western Digital provides on its website free of charge software available that you can download. A SMART software and Acronis True Image WD Edition as. I have not used this software and> Administrative Tools-> Computerverwaltung-> Disk Management in Windows matched the plate on the ITEM VALUE> Control Panel- 8.1 according to my needs.

After formatting, remain of each 1TB with 4k sectors per 931.51 GB left.

The cache is sized lush with 64MB. Only Enterprise disks offer more, namely 128MB cache. The speed I measured with AS-SSD.

Read: 144MB / s
Writing: 129 MB / s

The temperature is at full capacity at about 29 degrees.

The board fully oriented without problems their service and works perfectly. The RED-series is particularly robust. Therefore, it is for 24-hour operation, 7 days a week designed. However, only for private use. For businesses, the Enterprise series is provided. The manufacturer offers 3 years warranty.