Western Digital RE Enterprise SATA600 WD-FYYZ

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Pros:

Lots of storage; semiaffordable; fast.
Outstanding sequential read and write speeds, File performance approaching 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor in some areas, 5Year warranty with 24/7 support hotline, 1,200,000 hour MTBF (1,000,000 for WD Red Series).

Cons:

Not 1TB per platter; 3x cost of 3TB drive.
Not yet available in a 'GP' series (unknown if this will happen), Different tuning might effect some workloads negatively (compared to prior gen RE4).

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Last revision on June 17, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Lots of storage; semiaffordable; fast
Outstanding sequential read and write speeds, File performance approaching 10,000 RPM VelociRaptor in some areas, 5Year warranty with 24/7 support hotline, 1,200,000 hour MTBF (1,000,000 for WD Red Series)

Reviewers Didn't Like

Not 1TB per platter; 3x cost of 3TB drive
Not yet available in a 'GP' series (unknown if this will happen), Different tuning might effect some workloads negatively (compared to prior gen RE4)

Expert reviews and ratings

The WD RE 4TB drive is specifically meant to handle an enterprise workload, but don’t let that scare you off, as it includes a desktop-friendly SATA 6Gb/s interface. As long as you’re running Windows Vista or Windows 7, you should be able to format...

By Maximum PC on February 13, 2013

Solid performance, great reliability, scales wellToday I'm taking another look at Western Digital's WD RE 4 TB WD4000FYYZ enterprise drives. I reviewed a single WD4000FYYZ in our Western Digital 4 TB roundup , and Western Digital was kind enough to...

By vrworld.com on July 31, 2014

Today we are taking a look at some of Western Digital’s high end 4 TB drives: the WD4000FYYZ RE enterprise drive, the WD4001FAEX Black Series consumer drive, and the WD4003FZEX Black Series consumer drive. Each one of these drives is designed to...

By vrworld.com on November 13, 2013

Most of our avid readers of course have at least one SSD in their desktop and laptop, but for large volume storage you're still relegated to conventional hard disks. It's almost become a negative connotation - 'conventional' - and it really doesn't do...

By uk.hardware.info on October 11, 2013

In 2012, Western Digital made changes to both its product-line naming schemes and also how it presents itself as a company. Changes so small, so subtle, that even I didn't clue in until long after the fact.For starters, when talking about the company's...

By Techgage on January 21, 2013

As the benchmarks show, the WD WD4000FYYZ RE is a solid performer. Partitioning it on our test system was no challenge, though its unusually large capacity might cause problems if you intend to use it with an older NAS. Four terabytes is a huge...

By TechwareLabs on January 13, 2013

The last Western Digital RE drive we tested was the 2 TB Western Digital RE4-GP. It was a lower-powered version that ran at a fixed spindle speed between 5,400 and 7,200 RPM (Western Digital refused to disclose the exact spindle speed), with a SATA 3...

By Tech ARP on December 07, 2012

The Western Digital RE 4TB with its top-tier capacity is a welcome addition to the rich family tradition of the Western Digital RE drives. These Western Digital drives are built for the Enterprise users looking for performance while maintaining...

By StorageReview on December 06, 2012

Let us preface this summary by saying that Western Digital’s RE 4TB can’t be approached like it is a mass market drive that’s supposed to cater to larger retail market. While it can be used in any number of situations, enterprise clients are the...

By Hardware Canucks on November 25, 2012

If you take the WD VelociRaptor 1TB with its blazing 10,000RPM speed out of the equation, the WD RE 4TB SATA hard drive scored first or second in nearly every performance test we threw at it and in fact bested even the 1TB VelociRaptor drive in...

By HotHardware on October 16, 2012

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