WD Red Plus 8TB
Western Digital · MPN WD80EFZZ
Why this NAS-Safe score? (78/100 — Good for NAS)▾
The NAS-Safe Score rates suitability for 24×7 multi-bay NAS / RAID use on a 0–100 scale. It is additive and fully transparent — every point is attributable to a named factor below. High confidence — all inputs verified.
- Recording technology35/35
CMR — safe for RAID rebuilds
- Vendor NAS endorsement15/15
Marketed for multi-bay NAS
- Rotational-vibration sensors0/15
No RV sensors — vibration sensitivity in multi-bay chassis
- Rated workload12/15
180 TB/yr — NAS tier
- MTBF rating8/10
1.0M hr — consumer-NAS reliability
- Warranty8/10
3-year warranty
Sources
- WD Red Plus product page (CMR, 1M-hr MTBF, 3-yr warranty confirmed in page text) · verified 2026-06-02
Specs
- Capacity
- 8 TB
- Class
- NAS
- Recording
- CMR
- RPM
- 5,640
- Cache
- 256 MB
- Form factor
- 3.5"
- Interface
- Not verified
- Warranty
- 3 years
- Workload
- 180 TB/yr rated
Use-case fit
- nas
- backup
- plex
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