Western Digital's new line of Red drives has been specifically engineered to work with NAS devices. These 3.5-in SATA drives can be installed in most of the common NAS devices on the market including those from the likes of Synology, D-Link and Drobo.
Specially engineered for NAS; Three models from 1TB to 3TB; Improves NAS read and write speeds; Balance Plus tech may boost reliability
The drives demand a small premium; Maybe not for SMBs with light NAS use