




🚀 Elevate your NAS game with WD Red SA500 — where speed meets relentless reliability!
The Western Digital 4TB WD Red SA500 NAS SSD is a purpose-built SATA III 6 Gb/s internal drive designed for 24/7 NAS environments. Featuring 3D NAND technology, it delivers up to 560 MB/s read speeds, superior endurance for heavy workloads, and optimized caching to enhance multi-user responsiveness, making it ideal for both home and business NAS systems.







| ASIN | B07YFGTXHT |
| Best Sellers Rank | #731 in Internal Solid State Drives |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Built-In Media | SSD |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 4 |
| Color | Red |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop |
| Connectivity Technology | SATA |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 461 Reviews |
| Data Transfer Rate | 560 Megabytes Per Second |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 4 TB |
| Enclosure Material | 3D Nand |
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00718037872377 |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches |
| Hard Disk Interface | Serial ATA-600 |
| Hard-Drive Size | 4 TB |
| Hardware Connectivity | SATA 6.0 Gb/s |
| Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive |
| Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 3.95"L x 2.75"W x 0.28"Th |
| Item Weight | 50 Grams |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Media Speed | 560 megabits_per_second |
| Mfr Part Number | WDS400T1R0A |
| Model Name | SA500 |
| Model Number | WDS400T1R0A |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Read Speed | 560 Megabytes Per Second |
| Specific Uses For Product | Business, Personal |
| UPC | 718037872377 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Warranty Description | 5-year manufacturer's limited warranty |
M**A
The best SSD for use with cluster proxmox and ceph.
The best SSD for use with cluster proxmox and ceph.
K**.
Early days, but so far, so good.
I'm using a number of WD Red SA500 4TB NAS drives in a ZFS pool consisting of 6 mirrored vdevs. Overall pool performance is great, though average single disk write speed observed during two resilvering operations is only around 200 MB/s. (I've never seen it go above 380 MB/s.) It's not clear to me whether that's the sustained write speed of this drive or if there's a bottleneck (or deliberate throttling) elsewhere. As mentioned in the headline, it's still early days - the pool has only been in operation for a few months. Within the last few days ZFS started showing checksum errors for one of the Samsung EVO 860s that are also in the pool. I replaced it with an SA500. I'll try to remember to update this review over time to note how the SA500s are faring. Update - 2020-09-17: I now have eight of these SSDs. No problems so far. Update - 2021-12-13: In May, 2021, my ZFS pool with eight of these drives (plus eight Samsung drives) faulted one of the SA500 SSDs due to write errors. I replaced it with another SA500. Earlier, back in July of 2020, one of the Samsung drives failed too; I replaced it with a SA500 (as it was cheaper at the time). So far, in that pool, I've had two drive failures; one 4TB Samsung 860 EVO and one 4TB WD SA500. I'm still running the pool with eight Samsung drives and eight WD drives, with no real preference aside from whichever is least expensive when I need a new one.
A**Y
Solid speed and reliability
I am using two of these in a Synology hybrid RAID. They are fast and I have had no issues with them thus far. I am getting the rated speeds. Just note some SMB 3 settings you will need to make in Windows to get the max speed benefits. You can find that info on LTT.
E**E
Workmanship
I like it! It provided the functionality that I needed Ann wanted.
M**O
Better performance for your NAS
They were an easy replacement for my 4TB Seagate QNAP NAS drives. I've had 4 of these SSD's running in my TVS-471 for 3 months and they are fast, reliable and silent! I know they are expensive compared with Hard Disks, but the additional speed and silent operation makes them worth it. Using MKV for movie transfers to my NAS are much faster and Plex is less likely to transcode to a lower resolution. 4K movies are delivered cleanly to my various Samsung and LG big screens. I also upgraded my QNAP from an i5 to an i7 and added two M.2 1Tb drives for caching.
I**N
Working
all it's ok
T**D
Best drive on the market
Using as 1 of 6 in my synology, works like a charm.
S**O
Plex server
Plug and play. Using in a robust custom built computer running just Windows 10. Hosting movies to run on Plex server and streaming has been fast and flawless.
G**O
excelente producto
me gusto porque desde que lo instale mi laptop funciona de manera muy rapida, enciende y apaga de forma rapida, ademas de que no se traba
に**ぱ
Eufy HomeBase S380で特に問題なし
Eufy HomeBase S380に装着し使用中。 特に問題なし。
P**L
Performant, silencieux, performant
J’ai une très bonne expérience, la qualité Western Digital Red, je l'utilise par paire en RAID 0, dans un NAS sans ventilateur (le fameux WD My Cloud EX2 Ultra), silence et la performance, j’adore.
ヤ**ー
簡単に交換、読み込みも速く安心。
流石処理が速いです。
S**F
Great!
Used for home NAS server
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