14 DAY TRIAL // Not long ago, Western Digital launched the first line of hard drives specifically made for home and small office network-attached storage devices.
Called WD Red NAS 3.5-inch HDDs, they have now been adopted by Synology.
The latter has added the WD30EFRX (3 TB), WD20EFRX (2 TB), and WD10EFRX (1 TB) as options to its DiskStation RackStation lineups.
Synology tested the HDDs for stress endurance and compatibility. In the end, it pronounced them compliant with members of the x12, x11, x10, x09, and x08 series.
More info on the HDDs is found at the link we posted above. Meanwhile, those interested in the NAS themselves can go here (a recent DiskStation), here (RackStation) or on the company's website.
Don't be misled though: for an HDD to work as part of a NAS, all it takes is for the size and interface (SATA) to fit. Nevertheless, these certifications help when trying to get the best (and inter-compatible) units, so lists like this one can still help very much, especially when the long-term benefits are being considered.