WD Red Plus Internal NAS Hard Drive — 4TB, 3.5-inch SATA — CMR NAS drive tuned for 24/7 RAID systems up to 8 bays

WD Red Plus Internal NAS Hard Drive — 4TB, 3.5-inch SATA — CMR NAS drive tuned for 24/7 RAID systems up to 8 bays

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WD Red Plus Internal NAS Hard Drive — 4TB, 3.5-inch SATA — CMR NAS drive tuned for 24/7 RAID systems up to 8 bays

WD Red Plus Internal NAS Hard Drive — 4TB, 3.5-inch SATA — CMR NAS drive tuned for 24/7 RAID systems up to 8 bays

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WD Red Plus Internal NAS Hard Drive — 4TB, 3.5-inch SATA — CMR NAS drive tuned for 24/7 RAID systems up to 8 bays

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Built for the box that never turns off. Red Plus drives are tuned with WD's NASware firmware for RAID-optimized NAS systems up to 8 bays, running 24/7 with rotation-vibration sensors to stay calm in a crowded enclosure. This 4TB model uses CMR recording - the right choice for RAID rebuilds - at 5,400 RPM with a 128MB cache and transfers up to 180MB/s. WD rates it for 180TB/year workloads and a 1M-hour MTBF, with a 3-year limited warranty. The correct foundation for a home or small-studio NAS.

A NAS drive lives a different life from a desktop drive: it never really sleeps, it vibrates alongside its neighbors, and when a sibling drive fails, its rebuild is the moment of maximum danger. Red Plus is engineered for exactly that life in systems up to 8 bays. NASware firmware tunes the drive's behavior for RAID controllers and always-on operation, rotation-vibration sensors keep a crowded enclosure calm, and CMR recording means rebuilds and big writes do not fall off a cliff halfway through.

Four terabytes per bay is the home and small-studio sweet spot: a four-bay box in RAID 5 yields roughly twelve usable terabytes for a media library, photo archive, client files and PC backups, all served to the whole network around the clock. The 180TB/year workload rating and 1M-hour MTBF are the numbers that separate a NAS-rated drive from a desktop drive pressed into service it was not built for.

At 5,400 RPM it sips power and runs quietly enough for a living-room-adjacent rack or a home office. If you are building a home server, a family NAS or a small-business file box that other people's work depends on, start with drives rated for the job — Red Plus is that starting point, with a 3-year limited warranty behind it.

  • Capacity: 4TB, 3.5-inch internal form factor
  • Interface: SATA 6Gb/s; transfer rate up to 180MB/s
  • 5,400 RPM, 128MB cache, CMR recording
  • NASware firmware; rated 180TB/year, 1M-hour MTBF, 24/7 NAS up to 8 bays
  • 3-year limited warranty

Specs: 4TB | 3.5in SATA 6Gb/s | 5,400 RPM | 128MB cache | CMR NASware | up to 180MB/s | Part # WD40EFZZ

Full Specifications

Capacity
4TB
Model Number
WD40EFZZ
Form Factor
3.5-inch internal
Interface / Connector
SATA 6Gb/s
Transfer Rate
Up to 180MB/s
Disk Speed
5,400 RPM
Cache Size
128MB
Recording Technology
CMR
Firmware / Technology
NASware; tuned for RAID-optimized NAS, up to 8 bays
Workload Rating (Endurance)
180TB/year
MTBF
1,000,000 hours
Duty Cycle
24/7 always-on NAS operation
Dimensions (L x W x H)
146.99 x 101.6 x 26.11 mm (5.79 x 4 x 1.03 in)
Weight
570g (per WD product page)
Operating Temperature
0°C to 65°C
Non-Operating Temperature
-40°C to 70°C
Certifications
BSMI, ICES-003/NMB-003, CE, FCC, KC, Maghreb, RCM, UKCA, VCCI, CB-Scheme, TUV, UL
Warranty
3-year limited warranty

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