Customer Ratings & Reviews

If you have a lot of people on you network like I do. This makes a good low power NAS with a raspberry pi 4 Just make sure to block Microsoft from your pi 4 not the files on the NAS just the OS and it will run like a clock... youtube has some videos on this. This is going to be my backup NAS so it's only going to run about 2 times a week. I just hope this is not an SMR drive if it is it's going back I will be testing it soon

Easy to use - More than enough space - Excellent upgrade to my PC

Easy to use. Excellent storage system. I am very happy with the performance.

So far so good. Had to have more storage as three teens and Dad can't come to agreement on what to uninstall. The amount of space for the money seems very reasonable. Install was simple.

Plenty of storage space for the large files I want to back up. Easy to transport to another computer.

good fast pretty quiet HDD, but for long copy using cooling pad - temperature gets high - recommended by WD 35 Celsius - get high till 45-47! .... Will not last long like that. 2 years warranty pretty ok, but I will stick with MY Book model - 3 years, just for instance. Included Software is pathetic pretty much. WD- it is 21 century already! Come on.

Simple install, just make sure to allow all permissions when doing the install or you will get stuck at 80% for eternity If you dont allow permissions and you do get stuck on the 80% windows key R and type the command appwiz.cpl amd look for the application. Click delete and reinstall with permissions

Just wow ! It has 8 TB 3.0 USB THAT IS A LOT OF SPACE I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERYONE NEED TO TRANFER FILES PHOTOS VIDEOS GAMES...etc

great product. Incredible capacity. Easy to interface. Great backup storage

I only have great things to say about these drives

Great buy. 8TB is a huge amount of disk space. Very simple plug and play operation that comes with back-up software. You don't have to use the back-up software if just looking for additional storage capacity. Product is very small in size so it doesn't take up much space. Electric Cord is long so it can be placed away from the computer if needed.

Purchased at a discount, I got this drive for about $20 per terrabyte. I am an older person, and I got into the personal computer revolution way back when it started. Does anybody remember the Epson QX-10? Anyway, 8 terrabyte drive for backups, this is an important addition to my computer system(s). Works flawlessly, quietly. My only complaint is an odd one about cosmetics. I wish they didn't encase the drive in a hard plastic that appears to attract every dust particle in the house. To get back to the "clean black look" I have to wipe it down every other day. Here in Bend, OR where summer wildfires have been nearby, whenever we opened with windows to let in some fresh, albeit smokey, air, all of a sudden I got a very dusty drive. That cant' be good for its innards over the long haul.

So many thing can be stored in here!!! Totally recommend to get for it’s affordable price!

I loved it. I’m using it for my server. Thank you so much.

One of the best affordable options out there to save data.

This is the second drive I have purchased. The first a year ago. The drive is fast, and takes up little desk space. Runs quietly. What more can you adk?

This hard drive is easy to manage. Great quality. And more than enough space

So far so good, haven't owned it a year yet. Easy to use and plenty of storage space.

Great product with a great price. I bought it to back up my Lightroom files and it has plenty of room to House my 10k plus photos.

as far as external USB 3.0 hard drives go, this is about what you would expect as far as features go. what makes these drives special is what's actually on the inside. as of the time of this review, the 8TB version actually has a Western Digital Red NAS helium drive! these are usually much more expensive if you were to just buy the bare drive. although the higher quality build of the WD Red NAS drives is over kill for a USB 3.0 external hard drive, it's good to know that the insides are of higher build quality than your average external hard drive and with helium filled means it should run cooler too. although, on the topic of temperature, the enclosure provides zero active cooling, so if you left this drive on for several days, it does get very hot. that said, NAS drives should be able to withstand the heat as they are meant to be run in storage arrays full of hot hard drives. but, if you're conservative, I would not leave this thing powered on for several days at a time, at least not in it's USB 3.0 enclosure. but it's not a problem if you just want to hook it up for a few hours to run a backup or something like that. wait for the sales, and this becomes a WD Red/NAS gem in a el cheapo USB HDD disguise.