WD Red Pro 12TB 3.5" SATA III Internal NAS Hard Drive, Bundle with Cyber Protect Home Office Advanced License

2025-12-05T19:00:00

I used to trust WD very much for the quality. Now I've changed my mind based on 2 NAS HDD ordered. THEY ALL CAME DEAD ON ARRIVAL. I cannot believe it! I will certainly move to seagate or other brand instead. I connected them to my computer either by USE or on motherboard, the 12T plus model never even started, the 18T model makes weird noise first and both my mac and PC could not even recognized it. My synology NAS cannot find 12T plus model. Although it can recognize 18T pro model, it cannot even initiate it. They are just trash. Now I know why WD cut down the price!!! I believe they are all used!!! These NAS HDDs are trash!!!!! SHAM ON YOU!!!

JS00

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2025-12-03T19:00:00

FAST AND QUIET IN A 4 BAY NAS. SO FAR NO PROBLEMS - I HOPE IT STAYS THAT WAY.

M M.

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2025-09-16T20:00:00

Very loud, vibrated so much I was worried for other drives in the nas

Gggggg

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2025-06-06T20:00:00

Original drive was sent DOA, but customer service assisted and sent out new drive even before the old one was sent back. The new drive is in excellent condition and functioning properly.

xanadu2300

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2023-04-20T20:00:00

Drive will not be recognized as ACHI it is documented on the packaging I believe. Set your SATA PCH in bios to IDE.

Nimble

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2023-04-03T20:00:00

I bought 2 drives and one failed just after 3 months of light use.

Donko

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2023-01-24T19:00:00

usb model no .XC-4689 sata.2.5"/3.5" :usb 6TB link to network wieless modem 5G

yapyap

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2022-12-05T19:00:00

I have a Seagate standup Thunderbolt SATA send where I normally run a 6TB WD HDD for Time Machine. I wanted to upgrade to 16TB but when I turned it on the mechanical noise was massive and it never mounted. Sounded like the disks were going to fly out.I got an RMA but called Customer Support and got lame response that NAS drives are not designed to do this kind of use. (SATA is not SATA???) and suggested I call Seagate support to find out more on my now 8 year old Thunderbolt base. Right... Existing WD 6tb works fine and same 6GBS rated. It would have been nice to be offered a replacement. My main gripe with tech support is how shallow the response like he didn't any real idea of how things work....or not.

laguna_b

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2022-12-05T19:00:00

DEAD ON arrival partition IO error, drivers are up to date and cmd as well as device manager couldn't format. 16TB HDD was exited now am just disappointed nothing works to partition.

WD f.

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2022-11-30T19:00:00

I have used Western Digital all my computer life, I am blessed to not have experienced other companies problem making! I hear from friends, relatives and common conversation what it is like with these drive manufacturers. I tell you the truth you cannot do better than Western Digital thy quality is there in everything they make or your money back. If you are aloof then you can follow directions and figure out what does ail thy drive usually some unknown factor in your build is straining thy drive beyond tolerance if they fail however they are honest, you can get a refund, replacement or tech support.

ScottH17

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2022-09-12T20:00:00

I got these drives from the weekly sale, they had some website issues but was finally able to get them, I read a lot of reviews that said the packaging sucked, so I was hesitant to buy from here, however, the packaging was perfect.

shal

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2022-08-03T20:00:00

This is a follow-up to my review about a year ago. Again, my use case is an 8 drive RAID in a Linux system (Fedora). These drives were purchased Nov 2020. I have also since moved from an Adaptec RAID card to a MegaRAID card, to hopefully get a better experience, however, that did not help. I was running these as a RAID 5, but because of the failure rates I have switched to a RAID 6. I have now had 10 of these drives replaced in 8 RMAs (88473645 88545097 88568417 88587158 65073767 65099873 65155823 65162324 65191095). Smartctl is also giving me the tell-tale warning signs that another is now going out (increasing ATA error count). So WD may expect my 11th RMA very soon. The response to my last review, to contact customer support, went no-where. I did as suggested and it seemed to be promising at first. However, I got bounced around 3 different groups and eventually no more replies. Again, these drives appear to do very well as stand-alone drives. But in a Linux RAID, seriously, hands-down the worst drive I've ever had the misfortune to use. And as an IT pro with over 20+ years...I've used a LOT of drives, different types, configurations, etc. I would not ever recommend this drive as a RAID drive. WD customer support on this matter was a disappointment. However, their RMA program is fantastic.

MikeW

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2022-01-19T19:00:00

I needed an upgrade to my PR2100 server drives and the WD Red Pros are just the best. They are very well made and are an excellent product, I would buy them again.

JMcLeFL

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2021-11-25T19:00:00

Please don't buy any of WD product. within a year , your product will get automatically corrupted and after replacement they provide defected hardrives or product. DO NOT BUY

Rahil g.

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2021-08-15T20:00:00

I have only had this NAS drive for a few weeks and it is working great. No issues to report here.

tmgrood

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2021-08-12T20:00:00

This drive is to replace a 1TB which has given me great service, but I needed larger. Hope this lasts as long.

Wolf

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2021-08-01T20:00:00

Seems to work very well, and the installation was easy (see p103 of the manual, for anyone who is looking!).

John C.

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2021-07-30T14:18:22

Works like a charm.

JOSHUA T.

2021-03-09T13:52:30

Great drive, runs super quiet

JASON O.

2021-01-28T07:14:03

Very satisfied, sturdy built and exactly what I expected.

MAX D.

2021-01-19T07:29:59

Does what I need it to do!

Michael B.

2021-01-12T08:32:27

I would rather this have shipped in a box vice a mailer envelope. The box was pretty rounded off at the corners. Wholly relying on MFGR packaging doesn't always work well. It's three days in service so I suspect it's going to last.

LES M.

2020-08-03T09:50:55

The Nas works great. But still working on improving the efficiency of NAS system.

PEIYUAN H.

2020-07-11T20:00:00

it was a good time to add one to my computer. it help with the main hard drive.

Manny82

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2020-06-17T14:52:18

Bought for my NAS as it was cheaper here than anywhere else. Drive works great and delivery was prompt. Will purchase again.

SAMUEL B.

2020-06-11T09:35:05

Tried a Seagate one first, and it failed immediately. Have had good success with WD Red in the past, although sticking to Pro version only because of downgrades on regular Red version

BERNARD B.

2019-12-24T07:55:02

drive worked as expected, no issues

Sudeep M.

2019-12-10T08:18:36

Hard to give a good review after only having it for a week. It's a little noisier than I would prefer, but it seems fast for a standard mechanical hard drive.

Rob F.

2019-11-12T10:11:06

Bought this Red Pro to replace a faulty drive on my NAS. Went with Pro (instead of regular Red) for the added shock protection and longer (almost twice) rated workload rate (300 vs 180 TB/year). My specific application of NAS will likely not hit that high of workload but the higher rating gives me peace in mind (placebo effect or not, it is my preference to have the highest expected performance for what I am willing to pay, especially if on sale ;-) ).

ALBERTO V.

2019-08-21T15:20:32

When a hard drive doesn't fail out of the box, its a good thing! All systems up and running.

MISHAN W.