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Retired_Member
Feb 25, 2014

Should i buy WD Red for my NAS or normal drives ?

I own two ReadyNas 4 Pro and i'm about to upgrade my drives to 4tb. Now i need to decide if i take WD Red drives or just go with the Seagate 4TB which is almost $50 cheaper. Is there any reason why...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 25, 2014
Also, NAS disks have longer warranties that consumer drives. Both WDC and Seagate have 12 month warranties on their "normal" drives, and 3 year warranties on their NAS drives.

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