I have a ReadyNAS Duo NAS. Though it supports two drives, I've always only had one drive in it. Lately it's been emailing me (a cool feature) that my 1TB Seagate drive in it has increasing bad sectors ...

Western Digital, one of the biggest names in the data storage industry, got dragged into a rather complicated controversy regarding hard disk technology and marketing. That drama also dragged others ...

“With the expansion and evolution of the WD Red family, WD once again is providing its loyal customers with increased capacity up to 6 TB; improved bay count support with up to 8 bays; increased ...

Western Digital released more information regarding the technology its WD Red NAS HDDs use. Western Digital was pressured about its driving switching from CMR to SMR technology. Several lawsuits were ...

Further to this article (and specifically the comments that suggested that not all EFAX WD Red drives are SMR). Why do I care? Last December Amazon UK was offering 6TB WD Red drives for £122 each, ...

Recently a number of the companies that produce hard drives have begun shipping models that use SMR (Shingled Magnetic Recording) technology rather than CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording). And some ...

Multiple hard drive manufacturers were caught shipping SMR drives to consumers, but only Western Digital put them in its NAS product line. That decision has won the company a class action lawsuit.

The WD Red line features NASware™ technology, designed to improve reliability and system performance, reduce customer downtime and to simplify the integration process. This new product line addresses ...

What just happened? Following controversy and multiple lawsuits over selling slower SMR disks under its Red family of NAS drives, Western Digital has announced that it's adding a new 'Red Plus' tier ...

Storage-centric news blog Blocks and Files reports that both Seagate and Western Digital have been 'submarining' SMR HDDs into products where they might not be an optimal choice. It says that Seagate ...

In context: While consumers have mostly replaced HDDs with solid state storage drives in their PC systems, NAS devices are still making use of traditional magnetic units. HDDs can offer significantly ...

Multiple hard drive manufacturers were caught shipping SMR drives to consumers, but only Western Digital put them in its NAS product line. That decision has won the company a class action lawsuit.