Storage Drives

Take Control of Rapidly Growing Data

Built for power users and medium-sized businesses struggling to manage rapidly growing amounts of data, WD Red® Pro drives are specifically designed for NAS systems with up to 24 bays. Engineered to handle high-intensity workloads in 24x7 environments, WD Red® Pro is ideal for archiving, protecting, and sharing data with a large number of users or multiple data-hungry applications. These drives add value to your business by enabling your employees to quickly share files, back up folders, and access data quickly and reliably in your NAS system.

Exclusive NASware™ 3.0 Technology

Our exclusive advanced firmware technology, NASware™ 3.0, enables seamless integration, robust data protection and optimal performance for NAS systems operating under heavy demand. Built into every WD Red® Pro hard drive, NASware 3.0's advanced technology improves storage performance by increasing compatibility, integration, upgradeability, and reliability.

Built for Optimum NAS Compatibility

WD Red® Pro drives with NASware™ technology take the guesswork out of selecting a drive. Optimized for NAS systems, our unique algorithm balances performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. Simply put, a WD Red® Pro drive is one of the most compatible drives available for NAS enclosures. But don't take our word for it. WD Red® Pro drives are a reflection of extensive NAS partner technology engagement and compatibility-testing.

Larger NAS Bay Shock Protection

WD Red® Pro drives are equipped with a multi-axis shock sensor that automatically detects subtle shock events and dynamic fly height technology which adjusts each read-write function to compensate and protect the data. This combination of technology further protects the drives in larger 24-bay NAS environments and helps increase hard drive reliability.

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Where HDD Performance and Capacity Meet Gaming

Elevate your gaming experience with WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drives boasting capacities of up to 10TB. Say goodbye to storage constraints and hello to seamless gaming sessions. With WD_BLACK, you can effortlessly download the latest AAA titles and maintain your extensive library of classics and favorites without compromise. Expand your gaming horizons, store more, and immerse yourself in endless adventures with WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drives.

Gaming Performance and Capacity

WD_BLACK is purpose-built to enhance your PC gaming experience. Available with an impressive 256 MB of DRAM cache on higher capacity models, the WD_BLACK HDD is performance-optimized so you can spend more time gaming and less time loading. Combine a WD_BLACK HDD with a WD_BLACK SSD for a dual-drive configuration that maximizes your gaming experience while letting you keep more of your favorite games. The WD_BLACK HDD gives you fast hard drive speeds, high capacity, and an industry-leading 5-year²limited warranty for an inspiring game storage solution.

Drive Your Game

The WD_BLACK HDD is the perfect storage solution for your gaming rig, offering large cache sizes plus large capacities to store your favorite titles and their downloadable content (DLC). Paired with an SSD, the powerful drive delivers exceptional system performance and capacity.

Store More, Play More

With capacities up to 10TB¹, WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drives let you download the latest AAA titles while also keeping your ever-growing catalog of classics and favorites ready to play. Don't compromise on your game collection. Store more and game more with WD_BLACK.

Increased Reliability

The WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drive is equipped with StableTrac™ Technology (2TB and larger models). This secures the motor shaft inside of the hard drive to increase reliability and help reduce impact due to system-induced vibrations from other components such as additional gaming hardware. Stabilizing the platters inside the WD_BLACK drive results in more accurate tracking in a particular sector during read and write operations, optimizing performance and reliability.

Commanding Performance

The WD_BLACK drive delivers high-speed read rates and transfers of your games with impressive cache sizes of up to 256 MB of DRAM on our high-capacity models. Western Digital's Dynamic Cache Technology improves caching algorithms in real time to allocate and optimize cache between reads and writes. Spend less time loading and more time winning.

Battle-Tested Dual Processor

When it comes to processing power, more is better for loading today's larger games. The WD_BLACK Gaming Hard Drive features a dual-core processor that offers twice the processing capability as a single-core processor to maximize drive performance for geting into the game faster.

Advanced Storage for Smart Video Solutions

WD Purple Pro drives are designed for advanced AI-enabled recorders, video analytics servers and deep learning solutions requiring additional capacity, performance and workload capability.

Purpose-built storage for your smart video solution

The WD Purple™ Pro HDD, with OptiNAND™ technology in 24TB , delivers big capacity in an enterprise-class drive for video analytics servers, AI, and deep learning systems to enable data-driven outcomes.

Western Digital's exclusive AllFrame™ AI technology

AllFrame AI technology supports up to 32 AI streams for deep learning analytics within the system while reducing frame drops.

Multiple cameras, multiple streams

WD Purple™ Pro drives are optimized to handle up to 64 single-stream HD cameras in addition to 32 concurrent AI streams. This flexibility allows you to easily upgrade and scale your smart video solution to meet your changing needs. 

Advanced workload capability for advanced systems

These reliable drives are built with a workload rating up to 550TB/year to keep up with the 24/7 data capture and analysis demands of advanced AI-enabled recorders, video analytics appliances, and deep learning analytics servers.

Designed for reliable operation

Engineered with an MTBF of up to 2.5 million hours and backed with a 5-year limited warranty, the WD Purple™ Pro HDD also features tarnish-resistant components and full multi-bay support for dependable operation in large-scale surveillance systems.

Proactive storage management with WDDA™

Western Digital Device Analytics™ (WDDA) provides drive health management features for compatible recorders and video management systems.

Advanced Storage for Smart Video Solutions

WD Purple Pro drives are designed for advanced AI-enabled recorders, video analytics servers and deep learning solutions requiring additional capacity, performance and workload capability.

Purpose-built storage for your smart video solution

The WD Purple™ Pro HDD, with OptiNAND™ technology in 24TB , delivers big capacity in an enterprise-class drive for video analytics servers, AI, and deep learning systems to enable data-driven outcomes.

Western Digital's exclusive AllFrame™ AI technology

AllFrame AI technology supports up to 32 AI streams for deep learning analytics within the system while reducing frame drops.

Multiple cameras, multiple streams

WD Purple™ Pro drives are optimized to handle up to 64 single-stream HD cameras in addition to 32 concurrent AI streams. This flexibility allows you to easily upgrade and scale your smart video solution to meet your changing needs. 

Advanced workload capability for advanced systems

These reliable drives are built with a workload rating up to 550TB/year to keep up with the 24/7 data capture and analysis demands of advanced AI-enabled recorders, video analytics appliances, and deep learning analytics servers.

Designed for reliable operation

Engineered with an MTBF of up to 2.5 million hours and backed with a 5-year limited warranty, the WD Purple™ Pro HDD also features tarnish-resistant components and full multi-bay support for dependable operation in large-scale surveillance systems.

Proactive storage management with WDDA™

Western Digital Device Analytics™ (WDDA) provides drive health management features for compatible recorders and video management systems.

Reliable everyday computing

WD Blue internal hard drives deliver reliability for office and web applications. They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there's a WD Blue internal hard drive that's just right for you.

NoTouch Ramp Load technology

The recording head never touches the disk media, ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Low power consumption

State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features ensure low power consumption 

Tested for compatibility

We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Upgrading your drive is easy

Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition software, available as a free download on the Western Digital Support site. This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. 

The Western Digital® advantage

Western Digital puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. Western Digital also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the Western Digital Support site for full details. Recommended use - WD Desktop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications and external enclosures.²

Recording Technology

CMR : WD5000AZLX, WD5000AZRZ, WD10EZEX, WD10EARZ, WD20EZRZ, WD30EZRZ, WD40EZRZ, WD80EAZZ

SMR : WD20EZAZ, WD20EZBX, WD30EZAZ, WD40EZAZ, WD60EZAZ