jdubu wrote:
Yes, there are color coded WD drives. After using other drives that failed (Seagate comes to mind immediately) I use nothing but WD in my NAS systems now. Have red WDs in 2 Synology 2 bay units for home and office since 2013 running 24/7 and no problems to date.
From a site I found:
Green drives are earth-friendly, lead and halogen free, with reduced dependency on rare earth materials and a commitment to using only conflict-free raw materials. They are energy efficient, cool and quiet.
Blue drives are the original WD drive, built to the highest standards of quality and reliability, offering the features and capacity ideal for your everyday computing needs. Available with Serial ATA (SATA) interface, with mobile and desktop drives as well as ultrabook drives, this is the workhorse of the WD range
Red drives are designed for Network Attached Storage (NAS) in small and home office environments, offering high levels of compatibility and excellent support.
Black drives deliver maximum performance for power computing, featuring high-performance electronics and a rock-solid mechanical architecture as well as high capacity storage.
For more info, here is the url:
http://companies.mybroadband.co.za/blog/2012/10/02/western-digitals-colour-coding-red-blue-green-or-black/
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Don't forget about the Velociraptor (used to be yellow) the 10,000 rpm drives for high end workstations, and the purple drives for surveillance systems.