Western Digital Red S700 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD for NAS

Experience enterprise-grade speed, reliability, and efficiency with the Western Digital Red S700 WDS100T1R0C 1 TB Solid State Drive. Designed for NAS environments and demanding workloads, this compact M.2 2280 NVMe SSD delivers rapid data access, sustained performance, and robust endurance in a small form factor. Whether you're expanding a home media server, provisioning a small business NAS, or upgrading a dense storage array, the Red S700 is built to handle high I/O demands with consistent latency, energizing your storage ecosystem while keeping power usage in check.

• Blazing NAS-Ready Performance: The Western Digital Red S700 utilizes PCIe NVMe architecture to unlock high throughput and low-latency I/O, delivering fast sequential data transfers and strong random I/O performance under concurrent workloads. This translates into quicker backups, faster file synchronization, smoother media indexing, and snappier access to virtual machines and database-backed NAS apps. In multi-user NAS environments, the drive maintains responsive performance even during peak activity, helping teams collaborate without bottlenecks.
• Designed for Reliability and Endurance: Built with reliability at its core, the Red S700 features advanced error correction, wear leveling, and data integrity safeguards to protect your critical data over long periods of continuous operation. Expect robust MTBF characteristics and resilience in write-intensive NAS tasks, ensuring your home or small business storage remains available, accurate, and consistent through everyday use, backups, and heavy indexing workloads.
• Energy-Efficient and Thermally Optimized: This drive is engineered for efficiency in dense NAS deployments. It helps minimize power draw during idle periods and sustains performance during extended workloads, while thermal management features help prevent thermal throttling. The result is reliable, steady performance across long backup windows, continuous media streaming, and enterprise-grade tasks without excessive heat generation or noise in quiet NAS enclosures.
• M.2 2280 Form Factor with PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4: The slim, space-saving M.2 2280 design makes installation straightforward in compatible NAS devices, PCIe-enabled motherboards, and compact servers. Leveraging PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4, the Red S700 delivers superior bandwidth and lower latency than SATA-based drives, enabling faster boot times for NAS operating systems, quicker data access, and improved overall system responsiveness in mixed environments that combine HDDs and SSDs.
• Versatile Use Cases for Home and Small Business: The Red S700 is well-suited for a wide range of NAS-related tasks—from media libraries and backups to virtualization workloads and database-backed apps. It supports high I/O-density workloads, reduces bottlenecks during large file transfers, and accelerates streaming, metadata indexing, and snapshot operations. With its reliable performance envelope, it provides a scalable core for growing storage needs and evolving NAS configurations.

Technical Details of Western Digital Red S700 WDS100T1R0C 1 TB Solid State Drive - M.2 2280 Internal - PCI Express NVMe (PCI Express NVMe 3.0 x4)

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How to install Western Digital Red S700 WDS100T1R0C

• Power down your system and locate an available M.2 slot that supports PCIe NVMe devices.
• Align the drive with the notch in the M.2 slot and carefully insert it at a slight angle, then press down to seat it and secure with the mounting screw.
• Enter your NAS or motherboard BIOS/UEFI to confirm NVMe recognition and enable any required NVMe or PCIe settings. Update firmware if needed for compatibility and performance.
• Boot the system and initialize the drive within your NAS storage manager or operating system, then format the drive as part of your storage pool or volume.
• Monitor health through the NAS or system utility, perform firmware updates when available, and establish routine backups to safeguard data as part of your storage lifecycle.

Frequently asked questions

• What capacity is the WD Red S700? The product is a 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD, designed to provide fast, reliable storage for NAS workloads with a compact form factor.
• Is this drive suitable for NAS devices? Yes. It is engineered specifically for NAS environments and is compatible with PCIe-enabled NAS systems that support NVMe M.2 drives, delivering strong I/O performance and reliability in multi-user scenarios.
• What performance and endurance characteristics can I expect? The drive delivers high throughput and low latency for NAS workloads, with data-protection features and wear-leveling to support sustained operation over time in continuous-use environments.
• What is the recommended usage scenario? Ideal for home media servers, small business NAS arrays, backups, virtualization tasks, and database-backed applications where fast access, consistent latency, and dependable reliability matter most.
• What warranty and support options are available? Warranty terms vary by region and retailer. Check the local WD warranty policy and the seller’s terms for details on coverage and service options.