2026-10-24 05:42 UTC
are you sure the WD red plus was actually 5400rpm and not what they call “5400rpm class”? WD was caught straight up lying on the spec sheets for 5400 drives, they’re actually 7200. e.g arstechnica.com/…/western-digital-is-trying-to-re…
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@JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2026-10-24 07:05
Red plus should be safe from that. The drives they are talking about are bottom of the barrel external HDDs. The standard nternal WD blues were used as an actual 5400rpm reference. Red plus’s are the helium-fille (higher drives)d upgrade for reds, so they would general be safe too. I should measure my 2 4TB and 1 10TB red plus. Might be too quiet to actually get a good reading though. Those things spinning are crazy quiet.