Western Digital Red Pro WD181KFGX internal hard drive 18 TB 7200 RPM 512 MB 3.5″ Serial ATA
- Ideal for creative pros, medium to large businesses, and commercial/enterprise NAS systems
- For RAID-optimized NAS systems with an unlimited number of bays
- Rated for 550TB/year workloads1 and up to 2.5M hours MTBF
Enterprise-class hard drives engineered to deliver high performance and reliability to commercial and enterprise NAS environments.
WD Red® Pro drives are engineered to handle high-intensity workloads in 24×7 multi-user commercial and enterprise NAS environments. WD Red Pro drives deliver the performance, scalability and dependability businesses require to store, share and collaborate on large amounts of data in multi-bay RAID-optimized NAS systems.
Optimized for NAS with NASware™
Western Digital’s exclusive NASware™ technology fine tunes drive parameters to match NAS system workloads, which helps increase performance and reliability.
Designed for Continuous Operation
WD Red Pro hard drives are designed to handle the rigorous demands of high-intensity 24×7 multi-user NAS environments and increase system durability.
Tested for Dependable Compatibility
Western Digital partners with a wide range of NAS system vendors for extensive testing to ensure compatibility with most NAS enclosures.
Protected against Excessive Vibration
WD Red Pro drives include Rotation Vibration (RV) sensors that anticipate and proactively counteract disturbances caused by increased vibration. By dispersing excess vibration across the drive chassis, turbulence is minimized, performance is maintained and drives are protected.
Built to Absorb Shock
WD Red Pro hard drives include a multi-axis shock sensor to detect subtle shock events and automatically compensate with dynamic fly height technology to further protect the drives in NAS enclosures.
Engineered with Industry-Leading Technology
WD Red Pro 22TB and 24TB hard drives feature Western Digital’s proprietary OptiNAND™ technology which leverages integrated iNAND embedded flash to perform key housekeeping functions, freeing up more capacity and improving the overall drive performance.
Backed by World-Class Support and Warranty
As an industry-leading hard drive manufacturer, Western Digital stands behind their NAS storage solutions with the assurance of a 5-year limited warranty and world-class support services for hassle free data storage.
| Features | |
|---|---|
| 24/7 operation | Yes |
| HDD average transfer rate | 272 MB/s |
| HDD interface transfer rate | 6 Gbit/s |
| Storage drive buffer size | 512 MB |
| Component for | NAS |
| Type | HDD |
| Interface | Serial ATA |
| HDD size | 3.5″ |
| HDD speed | 7200 RPM |
| HDD capacity | 18 TB |
| Power | |
|---|---|
| Power consumption (read) | 6.1 W |
| Power consumption (write) | 6.1 W |
| Power consumption (idle) | 3.6 W |
| Power consumption (standby) | 0.9 W |
| General | |
|---|---|
| Product family | Red Pro |
| Operational conditions | |
|---|---|
| Non-operating shock | 250 G |
| Operating shock | 30 G |
| Storage temperature (T-T) | -40 – 70 °C |
| Operating temperature (T-T) | 0 – 65 °C |
| Weight & dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Weight | 690 g |
| Height | 26.1 mm |
| Depth | 147 mm |
| Width | 101.6 mm |
| Packaging data | |
|---|---|
| Quantity per pack | 2 pc(s) |
| Other features | |
|---|---|
| Compatible products | NAS |
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