Western Digital draws conclusions from the criticism of the information on the rotation speed of its own hard drives: The models with 8, 10, 12 and 14 TByte capacity from the WD Red Plus series are available in stores with new model numbers. The new editions physically represent the same hard disks, but report to the operating system with the correct rotation speed of 7200 revolutions per minute, as Western Digital confirmed.

The 7200 RPM can therefore also be used by SMART tools read out for the new versions. So far, Western Digital has misleadingly stated “5400 RPM Class” for the WD Red Plus HDDs, although all models from 8 TByte with 7200 turn rpm. Readout tools cannot do anything with the specification and simply output “5400 RPM”. Due to the faster rotation speed, the hard disks are more power-hungry and louder than 5400 – RPM variants, but also faster.

The new model numbers are as follows:

8 TByte: WD 80 EFBX (- 68 AZZN0) instead of WD 80 EFAX (- 68 KNBN0) 10 TByte: WD 101 EFBX (- 68 B0AN0) instead of WD 101 EFAX (- 68 LDBN0) 12 TByte: WD 120 EFBX (- 68 B0EN0) instead of WD 120 EFAX (- 68 UNTN0) 14 TByte: WD 140 EFGX (- 68 B0GN0) instead of WD 140 EFFX (- 68 VBXN0) No service Changes in performance Western Digital promises in a statement that the performance features and behavior will not change: “It is essentially the same drive. The specifications for power, acoustics and data transfer rate can still be found in the current data sheets, as the products have been tested to meet the documented specifications, “wrote a press representative So far this has only happened with the WD Red Pro (PDF download), for which the manufacturer now says “7200 RPM” instead of “7200 RPM Class “specifies. The WD Red Plus (PDF download) currently still says” 5400 RPM Class “, also with the normal WD Red with SMR instead of CMR technology. With the latter, the specification agrees with 5400 U / min – 7200 there are no models in the series.

(mma)