Hard Disk Drives

A product that's under supply-constrain and being hoarded in mass; that's the only way to describe the current shortage situation on hard drives.

WD NASware is the firmware that powers the Red Family of WD hard drives and performs specific functions related to a NAS.

Our pick of best hard drives for your NAS in 2021, and a few tips to help you select.

WD Red Plus is a new Launch in capacities from 1 to 14TB. Its a CMR drive with all the benefits of a red Drive.

18TB Ultrastar SATA will available by 10th July

What we know about the new SMR drives.

WD60EFRX vs WD60EFAX, what's the difference.

Capcity of the HDDs have been increasing thanks to Energy assisted recordings, and using multiple actuators can be a way to increase the read/write performance and IOPS.

How is the new Part number difference from the old one ? With the same RPM, Cache and capacity, but with a little higher power consumption, we are guessing its an Air Filled Drive.

Now when WD has 2 similary speced products, we are asked this question again and again - What is the difference between Gold and UltraStar.