It will be towards the end of 2013, when Western Digital will have 5 terabyte (or 5000 GB) models of its NAS-optimized WD Red, and energy-efficient consumer-optimized WD Green lines of consumer hard drives. According to launch plans unearthed by Russian website AlwaysMoreDigital, the 5 TB WD Red (model: WD50ERFX) and 5 TB WD Green (WD50EZRX) will be launched in Q4 (in or after October 2013). A little earlier than that, the two lines will be updated with 4 TB variants, the WD40ERFX and WD40EZRX. All four drives feature 64 MB of cache, SATA 6 Gb/s interface, and are built in the 3.5-inch form-factor.

19 Comments on Western Digital WD Green and WD Red Series Get 5 TB Models in Late 2013

#1 dj-electric

I'm happy to see that the HDD market keeps on growing. They must be really happy about how f*cking much we pay for HDD's today, eh? Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 17:08 Reply

#2 FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~ the 5TB's would be great for a low power NAS or file server. Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 17:09 Reply

#3 FordGT90Concept

"I go fast!1!11!1!" Kind of depressing how long it is taking to get beyond 3 TB. :(



It would seem we have reached the end of the perpendicular recording boom. Hopefully we'll see the laser HDDs sooner rather than later. Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 17:17 Reply

#4 TheGuruStud

What's the point if the drives fail so fast? You need multiple spares. :shadedshu Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 17:25 Reply

#5 Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop Dj-ElectriC I'm happy to see that the HDD market keeps on growing. They must be really happy about how f*cking much we pay for HDD's today, eh? Meh, I think they're about right now. Preflood prices was not the norm. TheGuruStud What's the point if the drives fail so fast? You need multiple spares. :shadedshu The point is someone has to make the first drive. ;) Meh, I think they're about right now. Preflood prices was not the norm.The point is someone has to make the first drive. ;) Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 17:27 Reply

#6 LTUGamer

Need bigger Blue series because they suggests best price performance ratio (Greens are quite slow while black is quite expensive) Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 18:00 Reply

#7 natr0n

I just got the 1.5tb ezrx green model listed, for a storage dump. It's pretty fast. Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 18:52 Reply

#8 Zubasa

LTUGamer Need bigger Blue series because they suggests best price performance ratio (Greens are quite slow while black is quite expensive) High capacity HDDs are for data storage anyways, get a SSD if you want performance. High capacity HDDs are for data storage anyways, get a SSD if you want performance. Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 19:06 Reply

#9 EarlZ

Zubasa High capacity HDDs are for data storage anyways, get a SSD if you want performance. For storage greens are quite slow despite the minimal gap in benchmarks with the blues ( at least in my experience )



I'm guessing the low price before is what was slowing capacity development.. I mean i bought my Samsung F1 1Tb for $48 and now its around $105 in where i live it. For storage greens are quite slow despite the minimal gap in benchmarks with the blues ( at least in my experience )I'm guessing the low price before is what was slowing capacity development.. I mean i bought my Samsung F1 1Tb for $48 and now its around $105 in where i live it. Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 19:28 Reply

#10 jihadjoe

Woohoo! More space for pr0n! :roll: Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 19:44 Reply

#11 newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder I'm more worried about Seagate getting a 4TB drive on the market so we can see the prices for 4TB drives come down a little. I'm out of space, but I really hate to buy 3TB drives with 4TB drives available. But I also don't like paying double for a 4TB drive only to get 1TB more space... Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 19:47 Reply

#12 KissSh0t

With 5TB I could finally put everything from my burned DVD's onto my Hard Drive *___* Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 21:01 Reply

#13 Widjaja

I find 3TB more than enough for me at the moment. Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 21:48 Reply

#14 1c3d0g

I'm already chewing through an external 2TB USB 3.0 hard drive, these damned 1080p movies take up A LOT of space! :eek: Posted on Dec 3rd 2012, 22:15 Reply

#15 Wile E

Power User I only have about 1TB free out of 9 on my server. It's all JBOD because I bought my drives piecemeal. Hoping to build a nice big RAID5 array around tax time. I'd like to see these release soon, so the 3 and 4TB models go down. Posted on Dec 4th 2012, 4:14 Reply

#16 SaltyFish

FordGT90Concept Kind of depressing how long it is taking to get beyond 3 TB. :(



It would seem we have reached the end of the perpendicular recording boom. Hopefully we'll see the laser HDDs sooner rather than later. The upper limit has been 4 TB, not 3 TB, for quite a while. Thus, the 5 TB capacity means a technological breakthrough (or at the very least, massive cross-patent licensing) happened. LTUGamer Need bigger Blue series because they suggests best price performance ratio (Greens are quite slow while black is quite expensive) Does WD still have the Blue line for desktops? I thought they dropped that a while ago. Dj-ElectriC I'm happy to see that the HDD market keeps on growing. They must be really happy about how f*cking much we pay for HDD's today, eh? 1c3d0g I'm already chewing through an external 2TB USB 3.0 hard drive, these damned 1080p movies take up A LOT of space! :eek: You can never have enough hard drive space. Having more hard drive space means you'll want bigger files. Wanting bigger files means hard drive space goes down faster. It's a vicious cycle. Thus demand for it will never go down. Though hard drive capacity not keeping up with space required for high-res videos does make it much worse.



EDIT: How about 2 TB VelociRaptor drive while you're at it, WD? The upper limit has been 4 TB, not 3 TB, for quite a while. Thus, the 5 TB capacity means a technological breakthrough (or at the very least, massive cross-patent licensing) happened.Does WD still have the Blue line for desktops? I thought they dropped that a while ago.You can never have enough hard drive space. Having more hard drive space means you'll want bigger files. Wanting bigger files means hard drive space goes down faster. It's a vicious cycle. Thus demand for it will never go down. Though hard drive capacity not keeping up with space required for high-res videos does make it much worse.How about 2 TB VelociRaptor drive while you're at it, WD? Posted on Dec 4th 2012, 4:45 Reply

#17 Drmark

Hitachi has had the 4's out for quite awhile. Good to see WD is finally catching up. So based on this, Hitachi will have a 5 out is a couple of months, Seagate a 4tb by March and complaining about how they ARE the market leader. Posted on Dec 4th 2012, 15:58 Reply

#18 Prima.Vera

I want a cheap 5TB USB 3.0 model please. Posted on Dec 4th 2012, 16:10 Reply