> lucky buyers were hit with better performances Sort of. The WD Red drives outperformed actual 5400 drives but underperformed other 7200 drives by a large ma

> lucky buyers were hit with better performances Sort of. The WD Red drives outperformed actual 5400 drives but underperformed other 7200 drives by a large margin (180MB/s vs. 230MB/s), while not necessarily offering heat or noise benefits that matched. My current 8x8TB WD Red Unraid build will likely be the last WD drives I buy for a long time.