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WD Red 6TB NAS HDD (WD60EFRX) $339 + $11 Freight @ SaveOnIt.com.au

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WD Red 6TB NAS HDD (WD60EFRX) $339 + $11 Freight @ SaveOnIt.com.au
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LGeek Girl on 28/12/2014 - 18:31 saveonit.com.au (326 clicks)
Last edited 04/01/2015 - 12:04 by 1 other user

It's been listed a few times before but with the declining Aussie dollar these keep climbing in price.

Paying by direct deposit is the only way to get them for $339.00, otherwise it's a 2% CC / Paypal surcharge. Freight says it's $11.00 for one drive, I got charged $12.10 for delivery of two drives to Sydney.

I don't know when this is going to finish, but I assume as it's a boxing day sale it's not going to last very long.

Edit :-
Just noticed, they're closed until the 2nd of January 2015.

Blurb :-
WD Red SATA 6 Gb/s WD60EFRX, 6TB

Overview
The WD Red family just got bigger

Our formula of success has led to the growth of WD Red into the highest capacities possible. Available up to 6 TB, WD offers an even broader, more comprehensive portfolio of NAS solutions for our customers spanning from a total of 1 to 16 bays. The WD Red family just got bigger.
NASware grows to 3.0

Built off of our determination to deliver the best NAS experience, NASware 3.0 extends our promise by further optimizing WD Red for the NAS environment with added support for 6 to 8 NAS bays. WD Red now supports small NAS systems from 1 to 8 bays thanks to NASware 3.0, which further improves drive compatibility and reliability. At 48 TB of total capacity in an 8 bay system, WD Red expands your NAS experience.
Professional solutions

Designed specifically with SMB customers in mind, the WD Red family has expanded with the addition of WD Red Pro, which is available for the 8 to 16 bay medium to large-scale NAS environments. With capacities up to 4 TB, WD Red Pro carries a 5-year limited warranty and was engineered to handle the increased workloads from your business.
Experienced in NAS

WD Red is a reflection of the most extensive NAS partner compatibility- testing list that is available on the market.* That means when you buy a NAS enclosure, you can trust that WD Red will be the most compatible drive available. Our pride is in our product and our vision is shared with our customers.
NAS for Home

Take your connected home environment to the next level with a NAS system that is equipped with WD Red hard drives and enjoy streaming your media, backing up your computers, file sharing and managing your digital content faster and easier. The WD Red NASware 3.0 experience with increased compatibility makes sharing from your mobile device, computer, TV, stereo and more an instant gratification. WD Red enables you to create your own reliable Personal Cloud.
NAS for Small Business

Increase the efficiency and productivity of your small business with WD Red hard drives for your 1 to 8 bay NAS system. WD Red comes equipped with NASware 3.0, which increases system compatibility allowing for seamless integration with your existing network infrastructure. Add value to your business by enabling your employees to quickly share their files and back up folders reliably with WD Red NAS hard drives in your NAS solution. For medium to large business environments from 8 to 16 bays, use WD Red Pro.
3D Active Balance Plus

Our enhanced dual-plane balance control technology significantly improves the overall drive performance and reliability. Hard drives that are not properly balanced may cause excessive vibration and noise in a multi-drive system, reduce the hard drive life span, and degrade the performance over time. (EFRX models only)
The Right Choice!

WD Red is designed specifically for home and small office NAS systems and PCs with RAID.
Enhanced Reliability

Since your NAS system is always on, a highly reliable drive is essential. With a 35% MTBF improvement over standard drives, the WD Red drive with NASware 3.0 is designed for the 24x7 environment.
NAS Compatibility

Advanced firmware technology built into every WD Red drive, NASware 3.0 enables seamless integration, robust data protection and optimal performance for systems operating in NAS and RAID environments.
Lower Operating Temperatures

Innovative technology reduces power consumption and lowers the operating temperature, resulting in a more reliable and affordable solution for always on NAS environments.
Specifications
Product Specifications
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
Performance Specifications
Rotational Speed IntelliPower *
Buffer Size 64 MB
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 6 Gb/s (Max)
Physical Specifications
Capacity 6 TB
Form Factor 3.5 Inch
Performance Specifications
Target Performance
MTBF 1,000,000 hours
Physical Dimensions
Height 26.1 mm
Depth 147 mm
Width 101.6 mm
Weight 0.68 kg
Shock
Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2 ms
Non-operating Shock 250G, 2 ms
Acoustics
Idle Mode 25 dBA (average)
Seek Mode 0 28 dBA (average)
Temperature
Operating -0° C to 70° C
Non-operating -40° C to 70° C
Humidity
Operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
Vibration
Operating 0.004 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
Non-operating 0.05 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
Operating (Linear) 20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 to peak)
Electrical Specifications
Current Requirements
12 VDC
Read/Write 250 mA
Idle 230 mA
Standby 7 mA
Sleep 7 mA
5 VDC
Read/Write 280 mA
Idle 260 mA
Standby 105 mA
Sleep 105 mA
Power Dissipation
Read/Write 4.50 Watts
Idle 3.30 Watts
Standby 0.40 Watts
Sleep 0.40 Watts

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  • Click_It on 28/12/2014 - 20:25

    Decent for local prices.

    • pmupsinep on 28/12/2014 - 21:37
      -1

      OzDecent.

      • Click_It on 29/12/2014 - 10:17
        +2

        Not sure if I was negged for saying they're good local prices or negged for implying you can do better buying them internationally? :) I guess sometimes negs are just negs.

  • GnarlyKnuckles on 28/12/2014 - 22:25

    Re the above, what does "MTBF 1,000,000 hours" mean?

    A million hours equals about 41667 days, which equals about 114 YEARS… what claim are they making re the 114 years (I'm not familiar with the "MTBF" acronym)?

    • slowmo on 28/12/2014 - 23:26

      until they fix the LLC issue, 200 years of MTBF doesn't mean jack shit.
      some batches of the reds still have that problem and some of the 'newer' greens that is supposed to have the issue 'addressed' have MTBFs counted in dog years.

  • damong on 28/12/2014 - 22:50

    Mean Time Between Failures is a type of estimated failure rate based on WDs testing. The longer the time the more reliable. I guess they don't count DOAs I had a few of those

  • asa79 on 28/12/2014 - 23:27

    Very tempting

  • Ebany on 29/12/2014 - 01:58

    I desperately need some as my 16x3TB's drives are now full and I've had to start introducing my (old) spare 2TB drives.

    Anyone used this company before, they reputable? Normally I just go PCCG whom I trust impeccably.

    • Click_It on 29/12/2014 - 10:22

      Doubling up previous capacity is what I do too, pitty the newer tech is taking so long. 8-10TB's are in the world but mostly not accessible to us yet.

      8TB are slowly starting to appear to the consumer
      http://www.cplonline.com.au/hitachi-8tb-7200rpm-sata-iii-6gb…

      10TB are trickling into the enterprise market

      Out of interest: Are you able to upgrade on the fly (ie: Synology hybrid raid) or will you need to build an entirely new raid and migrate?

      • Ebany on 29/12/2014 - 12:30

        On the Fly, but must do x2 each time or it throws my back-up sync out. 8 & 10's are nice but the $$/MB is still too high, even the case with many 6's though the WD greens are cheap.

        I still have 10 or so spare 2TB's so I might just keep expanding for a while. While still in warranty I'm not sure how much I trust them to hold important data.

        • Click_It on 29/12/2014 - 13:24

          I hear you, I have 8 x 4TB in my NAS, but also using 5 x 2TB that I've had since 2010, not a lot of trust in them though they've never shown even the slightest data error yet. Anything critical is duplicated accordingly.

          Using the same double strategy as you, 6TB are no good to me. I'll wait for 8's. That said I have headroom in my storage than you so I should be right for another year or so.

        • Ebany on 30/12/2014 - 00:53

          @Click_It: …… now I've read this after a couple of Xmas Bailey+IcedCoffee I'm getting a little tipsy nervous ……. think I should put in another 2TB back-up for my 1st 2TB back-up …….. data damage gives me the hebee's

        • GnarlyKnuckles on 30/12/2014 - 02:02

          "… to hold important data."

          I have many TB of "data", but most of it is just movies, games, etc.; which I could get back again if I really wanted too, if it were lost, it would just take time. I reckon I'd only classify 1TB or less of my data "important" (as in unique/irreplaceable); a few gigs of photos, some data arising from various projects I've undertaken over the years etc…

          I'm curious, what sort of data could you possibly possess so much of, that you deem "important" (which I assume means "irreplaceable")? Stuff arising from your work maybe? I'd imagine someone running a recording studio, or creating animation projects etc. might generate masses of unique data?

        • Ebany on 30/12/2014 - 13:17

          @GnarlyKnuckles: Data recovery, which also includes things like old Wedding videos, re-muxing media, and then there's my Solidworks and CAD files, tax stuff, scanned reciepts, etc. And don't forget that 1/2 of all the storage is used for back-up purposes

          I figured everyone looking at this deal was in the same boat, 6TB drives like this aren't exactly gaming rig material :)

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