WD shrinks Red HDDs to fit in 2.5-inch form factor

WD has now announced the expansion of its Red line of SATA hard drives designed for home and small office network attached storage (NAS) systems. The company, up until now, only offered its Red line drives in 3.5-inch form factors. Now, customers can pick up the 1TB and 750GB Red line drives variants in the sleeker and much more compact 2.5-inch form factor.

The company has said that its WD Red drives are specifically tested for compatibility in NAS environments. The USP of the hard drives is the fact they offer lower noise and vibration when compared to regular hard drives, which is important keeping in mind their always-on nature. The new Red drives also come with built-in NASware 2.0 technology as well as recovery controls to combat any issue that may rise up.

The company is also catering to customers who want more capacity with a new 4TB Red drive which has been launched along with the 2.5-inch variants. The company has said that it realised the need for additional capacity in the 3.5-inch variant while talking to its NAS partners.

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WD has now expanded its Red line-up to include 2.5-inch drives

The 750GB variant of the Red drive will set customers back approximately Rs 4,990 while the 1TB variant will come with a price tag of approximately Rs 6,700. The third variant i.e. the 4TB 3.5-inch hard drive will come with a price tag of around Rs 15,650. WD is also adding in a three-year limited warranty for its Red hard drives. The new WD Red hard drives are now being shipped out through select distributors and resellers.