WD has expanded its award-winning WD Red Pro hard drive line with the release of 5 TB and 6 TB capacities.
The WD Red Pro family is purpose-built for NAS (network attached storage) systems having up to 16 drive bays and serving businesses with more expansive storage needs than the standard WD Red drives.
Shipping now, WD Red Pro 5 and 6 TB drives come with 128 MB cache to deliver data transfer rates of 214 megabits per second (Mb/s). WD’s NASware 3.0 features technology promoting data protection, high NAS performance and reliable integration.
“The purpose of WD Red and WD Red Pro is to provide our customers high capacity NAS-storage solutions for home, consumer and business NAS solutions,” said Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director, South Asia, Middle East and Africa, WD. “With the capacity expansion, there is now a path for customers to increase the storage density of their systems while knowing their data is protected with the most trusted and valued brand on the market.”
WD Red Pro offers warranty coverage with a 5-year limited warranty.
Available upon request at select resellers and distributors, the WD Red Pro drive has a five-year limited regional warranty and the approximate price of WD Red Pro 5 TB drive (model #: WD5001FFWX) is 21,250 INR and 6 TB drive (model #: WD6001FFWX) is 22,575 INR.