Western Digital 10TB WD Red Plus Storage

Western Digital 10TB WD Red Plus

Brand
Western Digital
Model
10TB WD Red Plus
$347–$383estimated range · from catalog price Sep 2, 2026

10TB WD Red Plus (WD101EFBX) is a 7200‑RPM CMR NAS HDD launched Feb 2021; a mainstream mass‑storage option for up to 8‑bay NAS.

Storage performance rankTop 63% of storage drives
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ReleasedFeb 2021
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Capacity10 TB
TypeHDD
InterfaceSATA
Read speed215 MB/s
Form factor3.5
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Product overview

Western Digital’s 10TB WD Red Plus (WD101EFBX) reached retail on February 15, 2021, following WD’s June 2020 move to split the NAS line into CMR-based Red Plus and other sub-brands. It’s a 3.5-inch SATA 6 Gb/s HDD using CMR with a 7200 RPM spindle and 256 MB cache; the datasheet lists up to 215 MB/s internal transfer, a 180 TB/year workload rating, and a 3-year warranty. As of 2026 it is not discontinued.

On our scale it’s a mainstream NAS drive—built to provide reliable 24×7 mass storage in up to 8-bay systems rather than enterprise-class workloads. It’s well-suited for a large game library and general mass storage on a NAS. Notable: WD renumbered the 10TB from WD101EFAX to WD101EFBX to reflect its actual 7200 RPM speed.

Best for
  • mass storage
  • game library
Official product specifications

Specifications

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Current modelCatalog models
Capacity10 TB
Higher than 84% of storage drives
Read speed215 MB/s
Higher than 20% of storage drives
Capacity
10 TB
Type
HDD
Form factor
3.5
Hardware Interface
SATA
Data Transfer Rate
600 MB
Read speed
215 MB/s
Tdp
8 W
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