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Western Digital has announced that it will add three new NAS drives to its WD Red product line with the aim of delivering improved
performance, durability, capacity and accessibility for small businesses and home offices which rely on NAS drives for their storage
needs.These new drives include the first-ever WD Red SSDs that enhance performance and caching abilities in a hybrid NAS environment as well
as a 14TB storage option for both its WD Red and WD Red Pro HDDs.As virtualization has seen increased adoption, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and
higher connectivity speeds are quickly becoming an essential feature set in modern NAS systems which is why Western Digital has developed
the first WD Red SSDs to help minimize performance bottlenecks.The WD Red SA500 helps to boost performance when utilized as a caching
solution in a NAS system while the new higher capacity WD Red and WD Red Pro HDDs are able to offer more storage space in the same NAS
device.The WD Red SA500 SSD comes in both a 2.5-inch and M.2 form factor to offer greater comparability with a wider variety of systems and
Prices for the 2.5-inch form factor of WD Red SA500 SSD range from $75 to $600 while the M.2 variant ranges in price from $72 to
$297.Meanwhile the WD Red NAS HDD in 14TB capacity is priced at $600 while the WD Red NAS Pro HDD in 14TB capacity is priced at $700
These 14TB HDDs as well as the new WD Red SSDs will be available globally beginning in November.Senior director of client computing segment
can translate to more content in less time, so creators or small businesses can work more efficiently to increase output and, as a result,
Our higher capacities coupled with optimized endurance in the WD Red portfolio are making room for larger files and reducing storage
For creators working on large projects over time, the latest WD Red SSD solution enables a hybrid NAS environment where the SSD can serve as
