Both drives arrived dead, no chance to see how good they really are. Waiting on refund.
Response from Western DigitalBy SM OLS, May 18, 2022
Hello,
We're sorry to hear about your user experience with the WD Red Pro Hard Disk Drive and appreciate your time for providing this review.
Based on your concern, if the drive is not showing up on the computer then it could be due to insufficient power supply to the drive for operation. To isolate the cause of the drive failure, it is recommended to connect the drive as secondary storage via SATA port to the computer and check the drive for any damage or defect by following the information provided in the link below.
"How to check an internal drive for defects, problems, corruption, or a power issue": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15514
We recommend connecting the drive as secondary storage via SATA port to the computer, to test the health of the drive using Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows.
"Testing a drive for problems using Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6226
If the test is unfortunately inconclusive and you just purchased the drive then you should be able to return it to the place of purchase. However, if you are past their return policy, you can create an RMA through WD and replace the drive under warranty.
"How to Get an RMA to Replace a Defective Product, Obtain a Power Supply, or USB Cable for a WD Product": https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10336
All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. Please contact us via the phone to ensure an overall good experience with Western Digital. We'd be happy to help.
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Received the unit for a 1-bay NAS. Unit is DOA. Does not spin up.
Response from Western DigitalBy SM OLS, May 18, 2022
Hello,
We're sorry to hear about your user experience with WD Red Pro NAS Hard Drive and appreciate your time for providing the review.
We would like to directly work with you to gather more details about the issue so that we can provide appropriate resolution or we would request you to open a support ticket with brief query. Please refer to the link mentioned:https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask/session/
All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. Please contact us via the phone to ensure an overall good experience with Western Digital. We'd be happy to help.
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The drives did not ship until a week after the advertised ship date. When they arrived I spoke with WD support and they indicated that three of the four drives had invalid serial numbers. This was eventually sorted out but it was not a good experience.
Response from Western DigitalBy SM OLS, May 11, 2022
Hello,
We're sorry to hear about your user experience with WD Red Pro NAS Hard Drive and appreciate your time for providing the review.
We would like to directly work with you to gather more details about the issue so that we can provide appropriate resolution or we would request you to open a support ticket with brief query. Please refer to the link mentioned:https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask/session/
All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. Please contact us via the phone to ensure an overall good experience with Western Digital. We'd be happy to help.
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It was a great price for a pair of huge drives to upgrade my NAS. They work fine in my Synology box, despite not being on the approved drive list. My only disappointment is that the cache appears to clog up when transferring lots of files.
Response from Western DigitalBy SM OLS, April 28, 2022
Hello,
We're sorry to hear about your online shopping experience with WD Red Pro Hard Drive and appreciate your time for providing the review.
We would like to directly work with you to gather more details about the issue so that we can provide appropriate resolution or we would request you to open a support ticket with brief query. Please refer to the link mentioned:https://support-en.wd.com/app/ask/session/
All our products must pass our stringent quality standards before leaving our factory to be free from defects in materials and craftsmanship. We stand behind our products throughout the device's factory warranty period. Please contact us via the phone to ensure an overall good experience with Western Digital. We'd be happy to help.
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I purchased this hard drive to work with my new Synology NAS as a media server for all my movies, music and photos. I didn't realize that this particular size was not on the Synology "approved" list for my particular drive, but all the same drives of lesser capacity are approved. This may be because this size is new. In any case, I installed the dual drives and hoped for the best and find that they work just great and are quite snappy in performance. Now if they just hold up as long as my other WD Red NAS drives, I will be quite happy.