WD 8 TB NAS Hard Drive - Red
by Western Digital
WD 8 TB NAS Hard Drive - Red — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 3 different years (2016–2018), peaking at #34.
About this hard drive
- Target audience: Prosumer, SOHO and Workgroups or users who want to enjoy streaming media, backing up PCs, file sharing and managing digital content quickly and easily
- Designed and tested for personal/home/small office 1-8 bay NAS environments; for larger applications, please use WD red pro hard drives
- Built for up to 8-bay NAS systems and up to 10 TB capacities, for larger systems please use red pro drives
- NASware (TM) technology which optimises the hard drive for 24 x 7 NAS environments and improves reliability within NAS systems
- Most extensive NAS partner compatibility-testing list available on the market (as of March 2016). 3D Active Balance Plus
Details
| Peak position | #34 (of 3 years charting) |
|---|---|
| Charted | 2016–2018 |
| Category | Data Storage › Internal Data Storage › Internal Hard Drives |
| Publisher | Western Digital |
| Price range | £6.69 – £475.90 (all time) |
Price history
Price history chart by Keepa.
In the charts
Its best year was 2017, when it finished at #34 in Amazon UK’s annual Top 100 hard drives. That year’s #1 was Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable External Hard Drive 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 - Black - HDTB310EK3AA by Toshiba. It first charted in 2016 at #65, climbed to a peak of #34 in 2017, and last appeared in 2018, at #41. That is 3 consecutive years in the Top 100.
Around it in 2017
- #31 LaCie 4TB Rugged Mini Portable Hard Drive | USB 3.0 (LAC9000633) by LaCie
- #32 Seagate BarraCuda 3 TB Internal Hard Drive HDD – 3.5 Inch SATA 6 Gb/s… by Seagate
- #33 Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB SATA 3GB/s 5400RPM 2.5 Inch 9.5mm Internal Har… by Toshiba
- #34 WD 8 TB NAS Hard Drive - Red
- #35 Seagate Desktop 3.5 inch 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive by Seagate
- #36 WD 8TB My Book external hard drive, Desktop HDD with Password Protect… by Western Digital
- #37 WD Purple 1TB Surveillance Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s… by Western Digital
More best-sellers from Western Digital
- WD Blue 1TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 6… — peak #2, 2016–2023
- WD 1 TB Elements Portable Hard Drive — peak #2, 2017–2026
- WD 2TB Elements portable external hard drive, USB 3.0 interface, port… — peak #3, 2017–2024
- WD Red 3TB 3.5 Inch NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM - WD30EFRX — peak #5, 2016–2020
- WD 4TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 G… — peak #6, 2025–2026
- WD 4 TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0, Black, USB 3… — peak #7, 2017–2024
- WD 5TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 G… — peak #7, 2025–2026
- WD Blue 2TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache… — peak #8, 2016–2020
Chart History
- #41 best-selling hard drive of 2018
- #34 best-selling hard drive of 2017
- #65 best-selling hard drive of 2016
FAQs
Was "WD 8 TB NAS Hard Drive - Red" a bestseller?
WD 8 TB NAS Hard Drive - Red — charted as a top-100 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 3 different years (2016–2018), peaking at #34.
What was the best-selling hard drive of 2017?
"Toshiba Canvio Basics 1TB Portable External Hard Drive 2.5 Inch USB 3.0 - Black - HDTB310EK3AA" by Toshiba was the #1 best-selling hard drive on Amazon UK in 2017. "WD 8 TB NAS Hard Drive - Red" finished at #34 that year.
What other hard drives by Western Digital were bestsellers?
"WD Blue 1TB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - 7200 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB Cache, 2 Year Warranty" (peak #2, 2016–2023); "WD 1 TB Elements Portable Hard Drive" (peak #2, 2017–2026); "WD 2TB Elements portable external hard drive, USB 3.0 interface, portable external storage, Plug-and-Play, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1, Formatted for PC and Mac, Black" (peak #3, 2017–2024); "WD Red 3TB 3.5 Inch NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM - WD30EFRX" (peak #5, 2016–2020); "WD 4TB Elements AE Portable External Hard Drive, SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1/USB 3.0, Plug-and-Play, Formatted for Windows, Black" (peak #6, 2025–2026).
What years did "WD 8 TB NAS Hard Drive - Red" chart on Amazon UK?
It appeared in the annual Top 100 best-selling hard drives list in: 2018 (#41), 2017 (#34), 2016 (#65).