WD Red Pro

18 TB, 3.5", CMR
Price in EUR including VAT, free shipping
EUR26,–/1TB
15Ratings
BrandMore from WD
Test reports1 test
Delivered between 1.1.2025 and 3.1.2025
10 items in stock at supplier

Memory Size

Product details

The WD Red Pro hard drives have been specially developed for medium-sized or large business customers and are available for NAS systems with up to 24 drive bays. Designed for high-intensity workloads in
24x7 environments, the WD Red Pro family is ideal for archiving and sharing content as well as building RAID arrays in advanced operating systems such as ZFS and other file systems. These hard drives increase efficiency by enabling your employees to quickly share files and reliably back up folders in your NAS solution.Designed for optimal NAS compatibility - WD Red Pro hard drives with NASware technology simplify hard drive selection. The unique algorithm is optimised for NAS systems and provides the right balance of performance and reliability in NAS and RAID environments. In short: WD Red Pro is the hard drive with the highest compatibility for NAS enclosures.

Key specifications

Interface
SATA III
Storage Technology
CMR
Memory Scope of application
NAS
Max. Speed
7200 RPM
Item number
14017090

General information

Manufacturer
Western Digital
Category
Hard drives
Manufacturer no.
WD181KFGX
Release date
29.9.2020

Data storage properties

Memory Scope of application
NAS
Data storage interface
SATA III
Form factor
3.5"
Hard drive height
26mm
Storage capacity
18 TB
Cache
512 MB
Sustained Speed HDD
272 MB/s
Max. Speed
7200 RPM
Storage Technology
CMR
Hard disk additional functions
Native command queuing

Operating conditions

Maximum operating temperature
65 °C

Power supply

Power consumption (standby)
1.60 W
Power consumption
6.90 W

Origin

Country of origin
Taiwan

Sustainability

Manufacturer commitment
SBTi

Scope of delivery

Scope of delivery
1 x WD Red Pro WD181KFGX - hard drive - 18 TB - internal - 3.5" (8.9 cm) - SATA 6Gb, 
s - 7200 rpm

Product dimensions

Length
14.70 cm
Width
10.16 cm
Height
2.61 cm
Weight
690 g

Package dimensions

Length
20.80 cm
Width
13.10 cm
Height
6.10 cm
Weight
774 g

14-day cancellation right
30-day right of returnReturn policy
24 Months Statutory warrantyGuarantee provisions

Reviews & Ratings

Statutory warranty score

How often does a product of this brand in the «Hard drives» category have a defect within the first 24 months?

Source: Galaxus
  • 2.Dell
  • 3.Synology
  • 4.WD
  • 5.Seagate
  • 6.Toshiba

Statutory warranty case duration

How many working days on average does it take to process a warranty claim from when it arrives at the service centre until it’s back with the customer?

Source: Galaxus
  • 1.Seagate
  • 1.WD
  • 3.Toshiba
  • 4.HPE
  • 4.Synology

Return rate

How often is a product of this brand in the «Hard drives» category returned?

Source: Galaxus
  • 1.WD
  • 2.Synology
  • 3.Seagate
  • 4.Toshiba
  • 5.Dell
Source: Galaxus

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CT MagazinSingle testReleaseJanuary 2023
  • PositiveModels up to 22 TByte
  • Negativevery expensive
  • NegativeHigh no-load power consumption

The Western Digital Red Pro is one of the most expensive hard drives in this comparison. The technical data place it somewhere between the inexpensive desktop hard disks and the server models: only an estimated 1 million hours until failure, only 300 TByte workload per year and the data security is also on the level of a desktop hard disk with one read error per 1014 bits...