WD RED Spin Down Noise

[k3XX]

Hello, 

 

Just bought two WD RED 6Tb (wd60efax) drives for my synology NAS. Both of them make this strange noise on every spin down you can hear in the video.

 

Did someone heard this noise before? I sent this to the store where I bought them and they say this is not normal and I should send them back but its strange for me that both of them make the exact same noise and I also ran 4 passes of badblocks -wsv test on them which means 4 days of constant random read/write and they show no smart errors after it. I sent the video to WD but no reply after two weeks. 

 

I just want to make sure that this noise is really abnormal before going trough the hassle of backing them up and RMA-ing. I would have to buy another 6tb drive to backup then wait 1 month for the RMA before I can finally use my NAS.

 

Thanks in advance! 

 

 

[Samfisher]

Not normal.  RMA it.