![]() ![]() They may still be Red drives, but could be any drive from the WD line. Reports are that the product numbers on the drives on the current externals no longer correspond directly to the Red line. ![]() I’ve extolled the value of getting real WD Red drives (actual red label or white label) in 8TB WD Easystore/Elements in the past, but those days are gone circa end of 2018. WD Easystore/Elements externals no longer have “real” WD Red NAS drives ![]() ![]() It’s also recommended to video yourself opening the box and testing as proof that you didn’t replace the drive yourself. Run a full diskcheck and ideally a full format to check drive is running correctly, When you buy an external drive, always check it with CrystalDiskInfo to verify that the drive is the correct size and brand (one poster got a correct size used Seagate in a WD enclosure). Since most vendors, particularly BestBuy, don’t check the drive before returning it to the shelf (instore and warehouse), people are getting fake drives and sometimes being accused of replacing it themselves. Posters are reporting that external drives, particularly WD EasyStore/Elements which are the easiest to shuck, are having the drives removed and replaced by older drives (sometimes not working) or in one case, rocks(!), then returned to the vendor. Not only is write speed to the drives slower, but SMR drives may cause issues in NAS and RAID configurations. Some/many new drives are using slower write SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) technology as a cost savings. The days of getting “real” WD Red NAS drives in externals are gone. People are replacing the drives in internals with old/fake drives and vendors are reselling them without checking. People replacing external drives with fakes and returning them to the vendor and SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) on many 2TB+ drives from WD, Seagate and Toshiba. There are a couple of major issues with hard drives today. ![]()
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