Question 1

What technology does the WD Red Pro hard drive use to enhance reliability and performance?

Accepted Answer

The WD Red Pro hard drive uses 3D Active Balance Plus technology and NASware 3.0 technology to enhance reliability and performance.

Question 2

What is the storage capacity of the Western Digital 18TB WD Red Pro NAS Internal Hard Drive?

Accepted Answer

The storage capacity of the Western Digital 18TB WD Red Pro NAS Internal Hard Drive is 18TB.

Question 3

can this be used for gamming?

Accepted Answer

It can be used for gaming, but this is really a high capacity HDD designed to NAS use or where higher capacity at slower speeds in needed.  If you are looking for an inexpensive way to store large amounts of data, this drive will be perfect.  For gaming, where you want really fast load times to reduce pauses or waiting while gaming, an NVME M.2 SSD may give you a better experience, but the limitations of the NVME is that they cost quite a bit more than an HDD like this one.

Question 4

can this be used for gamming?

Accepted Answer

Sure thing although you'd get better performance out of an SSD for load times and such

Question 5

can this be used for gamming.?

Accepted Answer

It’s not really ideal for gaming. You probably want a SSD (solid state drive) for that. These drives are designed to be used for storage where you’re overwriting the data frequently, such as a security camera system or a backup drive.   
It is POSSIBLE to use this drive for gaming, but you’re likely going to experience long load times, hitches, and generally poor performance when disk access is required.

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