Western Digital Intros 5 TB And 6 TB WD Red Pro And Black Drives

[N.Broekhuijsen]

After a long wait, the 5 TB and 6 TB variants of the WD Red Pro series and WD Black series are finally available. Big storage enthusiasts rejoice!

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[wardwing]

bigger and badder, love it!

 

[RazberyBandit]

I'm not too excited... I used to always use WD drives, but I recently gave Toshiba's DT01ACA200 2TB (PH3200U-1|72 retail-boxed) and MD04ACA500 (PH3500u-1|72) a shot after one of my WD Black drives died. Suffice to say, I am more than satisfied with the performance of the Toshiba drives.

Right now, the PH3500U-1|72 (5TB w/ 128MB cache) can be had for $145, which is nearly half the price of either of these Red or Black 5TB drives. The kicker for me is that all of the PH3x00U-series drives support RAID, unlike WD Blacks and without the price premium of Red Pros.

 

[hst101rox]

Yet, the Scorpio Black (the laptop 7200RPM drive) is still stuck at 750GB for the past 4 years!!! Hello.

And who knows if the 6TB Black will consume more power than the 4TB variety. After all, the 6TB Seagate 7200RPM ST6000DX000 drive takes less power than the 4TB WD black, according to TweakTown. The 6TB WD black may take less power than it's predecessor.

According to the specs on the WD website and looking at the weight, it may have 6 platters like the Seagate. And it's interesting the 5TB weighs more than the 6TB at 1.66 pounds versus 1.58 pounds for the 6TB.

 

[derekullo]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

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[hst101rox]

Oh wait, more likely 5 platters at 1.2GB/platter like the 6TB Caviar Green. So may be faster than the 6 platter 6TB Seagate 7200RPM drive.