avtella
Very Senior Member
Looks like WD is misrepresenting certain 7200 RPM Drives as 5400 RPM. First the CMR/SMR mess with the Red NAS drives and now this, hopefully they’re more transparent from now.
This is annoying for those who take it for face value that they’re getting a lower power draw and noise drive...because according to WDs statement the labeling represents “RPM Class” but apparently not in terms of noise/power draw or much context as to what it means in the product brief.
ArsTechnica
Tech report:
techreport.com
This is annoying for those who take it for face value that they’re getting a lower power draw and noise drive...because according to WDs statement the labeling represents “RPM Class” but apparently not in terms of noise/power draw or much context as to what it means in the product brief.
ArsTechnica
Tech report:
Western Digital 5400RPM Red drives running at 7200RPM - report
According to eagle-eyed Redditors, some Western Digital drives rated for 5400 RPM run at 7200 RPM--and creating 7200 RPM worth of noise and power use.
techreport.com
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