Western Digital WD Red 8TB NAS Hard Disk

Western Digital WD Red 8TB - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6 GB/S 256 MB Cache 3.5" (WD80EFAX)

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Options (7)

	1TB 2.5" Mobile HDD $128.88
	1TB 3.5" Desktop HDD $115.00
	2TB 3.5" Desktop HDD $158.40
	3TB 3.5" Desktop HDD $158.40
	6TB 3.5" Desktop HDD $358.00
	10TB 3.5" Desktop HDD $468.99
	750GB 2.5" Mobile HDD $39.99

Supports up to 180 TB/yr. workload rate*
NASware firmware for compatibility
3-year manufacturer's limited warranty
Small and home office NAS systems in a 24x7 environment

Specifications Overview

Model	WD80EFAX
Release Date	July 2018 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Capacity	8000 GB
Cache	256MB
RPM	5400
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor	3.5"

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Western Digital WD Red 8TB NAS Performance comparison with similar Hard Disk Drives

(Higher is better)

Western Digital WD Red 8TB NAS Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Western Digital Black 2TB WD2003FZEX (21st)		101%
Western Digital Gold 2TB Enterprise (21st)		101%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB ST4000VX007 (21st)		101%
Toshiba 2TB HDWD120XZSTA (21st)		101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (21st)		101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (21st)		101%
Toshiba P300 2TB (21st)		101%
Toshiba P300 3TB (29th)		~
Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM008 2TB (29th)		~
Toshiba X300 6TB (29th)		~
Western Digital WD Red 8TB NAS (29th)		100%
Toshiba 5TB PH3500U-1I72 (33rd)		98%
Seagate BarraCuda 1TB ST1000DM010 (34th)		97%
Toshiba X300 4TB (34th)		97%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB ST3000VX010 (36th)		96%
Seagate 1TB Enterprise ST1000NM0033 (36th)		96%
Toshiba X300 4TB hdwe140ezsta (36th)		96%
WD Gold 1TB Enterprise (36th)		96%
Toshiba P300 1TB (40th)		95%
Toshiba 1TB HDWD110XZSTA (40th)		95%
Seagate BarraCuda 4TB ST4000DM005 (42nd)		94%

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Western Digital WD Red 8TB NAS Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 14.0% below average.
2 products offer better price-to-performance in this analysis.
Best alternative: Seagate 8TB Barracuda ST8000DM004 offers 147.9% better value priced at $120.