Thecus NAS Support WD 10TB Helium HDDs

Thecus Technology Corp. announces the addition of Western Digital Corp.‘s next generation of Red and WD Red Pro NAS HDDs to its NAS compatibility list.

These soon to be released 10TB capacity models are optimized for use in personal, home and SMB NAS.

Designed with Western Digital’s HelioSeal helium-technology, the Red 10TB HDD provides higher capacity and performance to meet the increasing storage needs of always-on, single-to-8-bay NAS systems. The helium-based design enables a 25% capacity increase from the Red 8TB NAS storage drive. With support for up to 16 bays in tower- and rack-based systems, the Red Pro 10TB HDD delivers the same performance, reliability and capacity to systems operating in up to 16 bay NAS.

“The WD Red 10 TB drives bring a much-needed capacity increase for SOHO and SMB users managing their personal and private clouds. These drives, along with our Thecus NAS units, will provide high-powered, comprehensive solutions to the storage industry, and we are pleased to expand our work with Western Digital to provide high-performance, reliable, and cost-effective NAS solutions for our SOHO and SMB customers,” said Florence Shih, GM, Thecus.

 “In July 2012, we introduced the WD Red line to address the unique performance, compatibility and scalability challenges facing home and small business NAS customers,” said Brendan Collins, VP, devices business unit, Western Digital. “Five years and over 16 million WD Red family HDDs later, we continue to advance the platform, bringing our innovative HelioSeal platform and other advanced technologies that allow customers to meet their evolving private cloud needs.“