Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- WD40EFRX
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- SKU:
- 2452034
Customer reviews
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 88 reviews
(88 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.0
Rating 4.0 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.2
Rating 4.2 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.3
Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers commend the Red Plus 4TB Internal SATA NAS Hard Drive for its reliability and great performance. They appreciate that it works great with their NAS storage and are happy with its storage capacity. Additionally, customers mention that the hard drive is quiet and they trust the Western Digital brand.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Working Great in Synology DS220j
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I ordered two of these in 4TB capacity to use in my Synology DS220j NAS. No problems getting them formatted and set up in the Synology Hybrid Raid (SHR). So far these seem to run cool and fast. When copying data I was hitting the 1 gigabit transfer limit of my local network. Will update if anything changes.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Capacity, Reliable
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Home/Prosumer NAS for the money!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Let me start by saying that this drive is a great value when considering the capacity for the price per Gigabyte. If my math is correct it is about $0.03 per GB of storage. The WD Red series have great capacity for the Network storage niche. I have been using Western Digital drives to store my important files and information for over 10 years now. I have yet to have a drive fail on me from WD. I still have all my older drives. The only thing that changes is capacity. Western Digital's warranty is great too!
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:ReliableCons mentioned:Cmr, Warranty
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Do NOT buy the model that replaced this one...
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This NAS drive has been pretty reliable, but they seem to fail once the warranty expires after three years. This model has been replaced by an newer Red drive, the WD40EFAX which uses SMR technology, this drive uses CMR technology. While WD does not state it, you CANNOT mix CMR and SMR in a drive array as it will cause errors. The SMR drive also takes a lot longer to rebuild in an array. Unfortunately, if you want to buy a CMR drive you will now to buy the Red Pro line of NAS Drives.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Capacity, Reliable
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Just as reliable as the other 3 WD Red HDDs
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love these hard drives. I added this one to my current array for 4 drives total. The other 3 drives have been running rock solid for the past 4 years with zero issues. Drives are healthy perform well.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Huge!
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I really like the Western Digital brand and the RED NAS drives really pack a lot of stability and storage into a consumer affordable package. I'm not currently using RAID with this but plan to eventually build out a real NAS when I can afford another 1 or 2 of these.
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as expected
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Hard drive was exactly as expected. It was an easy install into my QNAP NAS, the screws all aligned correctly, and following the instructions got everything working with no trouble. We've had no problems at all.
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great drive and a great value
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have a decent sized storage server (24 4+ tb drives). I've been slowly moving from more consumer drives to more enterprise drives. So, far these have been fast, consistent, and reasonably priced. I have four so far and no issues.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Nas
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Love it
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I got this drive because I've wanted to set up a NAS unit with a good drive instead of a portable drive as they don't seem to last. This drive works great, it's much faster than I thought it would be and very cool & quiet.
I would recommend this to a friend - Cons mentioned:Short lifespan
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
So far so good
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Popped these 4TB drives into my NAS and so far they passed all tests and are running fine. I had to replace a 3TB red that started reporting SMART errors after only 2 years and I'm hoping these will have a longer life.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Reliable
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Exactly what I needed
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I recently purchased a NAS by Synology, the DS415+. I researched HDD drives and found the Red series by Western Digital to be exactly what I needed: fast read/write speeds, reliable, and good value. I saw the same drives on another website at a lower cost. However, BestBuy offered me a price match, and I also opted to have them ship my drives to the local store so I wouldn't have to wait for shipping. Quick and painless; good deal!
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
WD Drive
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Always use WD drives for my NAS drive. Love them, always ship good.
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Reliable
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good NAS drive
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So far I have good luck with the WD Red NAS drives.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Nas
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent NAS Drive
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Purchased this drive to use on NAS, received the product on time. Opened it and inserted to the NAS and it's working great no issues at all.
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good NAS Drive
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I trusted Western Digital brand based on my experience. Hard drives actually do last but all will eventually fail after a few years so we need backups of course. Some fail sooner, some fail longer than the manufacturer's expected lifetime. This is the first time I'm getting the hard drive designed for NAS type. I hope this lasts longer than a standard hard drive.
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Reliable
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
quiet
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I was skeptical of paying so much for such little storage because I always hate when a typically reasonably priced item is branded "x". As such all the reviews I have read said that you should buy NAS branded drives for their speed, efficiency, and reliability. So I did, and so far I am not disappointed. My initial setup is not in a RAID configuration because right now I just need the space, however I plan to add an additional 16GB and place that in a RAID 5 configuration.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Capacity, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good, fast, reliable
||Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Using this for Plex media storage. Works as expected. Lots of cheap storage.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Nas
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great drive and reliable
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Purchased this drive for my Netgear NAS server and it works quite well. I did prelimenary tests on the drive to check it for defects and it was all good. Placed the drive into the NAS server and it was recognized right away and was able to fill it up with lots of data. Drive runs cool since it only runs at 5400 rpm, which is more than enough for a NAS. It's been a couple months since I installed the drive and so far everything looks great.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Reliable
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great value, perfect for NAS use
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Purchased a couple of these drives to use in my NAS and they have been working perfectly. Read/write speed is faster than most people need but for NAS use, lower power consumption and reliability are priority. These drives are designed exactly for that and definitely deliver. I compared to other NAS drives and decided on the WD Red line because of lots of positive reviews and long-term usage.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Quiet
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Quiet and Reliable So Far
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have only had this drive for a couple weeks, but so far it's been working very well. It's been very quiet, which is an improvement over my older HGST drives. I'm using it in a Synology, which I reinstalled the OS in an attempt to fix some other issues. Access has been much faster since installing the new drive, although that's probably due to the reinstall.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Quiet, Reliable
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Western Digital is my favorite NAS hard drives.
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Reliable and quiet, and in my opinion also the most trusted.
I would recommend this to a friend