I bought the WD Red Plus 4TB for my home NAS running TrueNAS, and it’s been rock solid so far. The drive runs quietly, stays cool, and has been working 24/7 without any issues. I’m using it in a RAID setup, and the performance is great — good read/write speeds and all SMART values are healthy. If you’re building a home server or upgrading storage, this is a solid choice. I’m already planning to grab another one to expand my array

You see this? You want this. You know why? It's a Western Digital, start there. It's a Red Plus = Fast, reliable, NAS. It's the right price. AND It's the actual best model offered... It's the WD40EFPX model, meaning... - It's a CMR drive (not the cheaper, less reliable and slower SMR drive). - It has a 256mb buffer (not 128mb) - It's a PLUS series... Faster than Red, slower than Pro, still super fast for an HDD. - It's built to last... for servers, RAID and home use. Oh, and it's almost the same price as a Blue (entry level). Bottom line, for backup and daily access... GET THIS!!!

I recently purchased 4 of these to replace the old drives in my 7 yr. old EX4100 NAS configured to RAID 5. I hope the new ones hold up just as well. Had issues backing up loads of data and then uploading. I believe the bugs were not in the drives but issues with the other devices and wifi. WD support was excellent and attentive. Take pics of the serial numbers before installing.

I purchased this drive to back-up a boot drive and all of its data (slaved and then disconnected). I reconnected it many times over the months when I hit a mandated data back-up date. So far, the drive is fast and dependable. If there is an option to update this review in the future - I will do so. Great drive, so far.

More space for my video editing, Love the Red Plus from WDC pretty reliable bought four durning the pandemic, planning to build small NAS server for home office.