Newegg Business Partners with Western Digital to Help IT Teams Scale Storage for AI-Driven NAS Environments

DIAMOND BAR, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Newegg (Newegg Commerce, Inc., NASDAQ: NEGG), a global leader in computer and technology products, today announced that Newegg Business will help IT teams choose and deploy storage built to keep up with AI-driven data growth. Newegg Business will host a live webinar in collaboration with Western Digital, "Realize the Full Power of Your AI NAS with WD Red® Pro," on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PT.

AI-powered NAS systems bring intelligent automation, advanced data management, and enhanced security to centralized storage, but that added intelligence comes at a cost. These systems also generate significantly more data to store, manage, and protect. The webinar looks at how WD Red® Pro HDDs, purpose-built for network attached storage, are designed to meet that demand in high-intensity, 24×7 multi-user environments.

"We keep seeing organizations run into the same wall. Their NAS is smart, but the storage behind it wasn't built for how much data AI creates," said Ivan McClain, Marketing Manager, Newegg Business. "By working with Western Digital, our goal is to help customers get ahead of that."

Marc Tanguay, Technical Product Marketing Manager at Western Digital, will lead the session, covering how WD Red® Pro delivers a workload rate of up to 550TB/yr¹, up to 2.5 million hours MTBF², and Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER) to support uninterrupted operation in RAID-powered AI NAS systems. Brad Warbiany, Director of Product Marketing at Western Digital, will join for a live Q&A. The discussion will also cover capacity points from 2TB to 26TB³ and a 5-year limited warranty⁴, giving IT teams a path to scale storage alongside organizational growth.

Attendees Will Learn How To

• Handle the demands of high-intensity, 24×7 multi-user NAS environments
• Help ensure uninterrupted operation in RAID-powered AI NAS systems
• Plan capacity that scales with organizational growth
• Source and deploy the right drives without the guesswork

Who Should Attend

• IT decision makers planning AI NAS deployments or a storage refresh
• System administrators and engineers running 24×7 multi-user NAS and RAID environments
• Procurement teams sourcing NAS drives and assessing capacity economics
• SMB business owners who need enterprise-class reliability without enterprise-grade pricing

Registrants unable to attend live will receive access to the on-demand recording following the event.

Disclaimers

1. Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred × (8760 / recorded power-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
2. Projected Values. When final, MTBF are based on a sample population and are estimated by statistical measurements and acceleration algorithms under typical operating conditions, workload of 220TB/year and drive temperature of 40°C. Derating of MTBF will occur above these parameters, up to 550TB writes per year. MTBF do not predict an individual drive’s reliability and do not constitute a warranty.
3. 1MB = 1 million bytes, 1GB = 1 billion bytes, 1TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.
4. See https://www.westerndigital.com/support/store/warranty-policy for region-specific warranty details.

About Newegg

Newegg is the go-to destination for tech enthusiasts and businesses ready to power what's next. For more than two decades, we've served builders, gamers, and IT professionals with a wide selection of PC hardware, consumer electronics, gaming peripherals, and lifestyle technology. Today, that includes the servers, workstations, and AI infrastructure that businesses rely on, along with the marketing, supply chain, and technical solutions that independent sellers use to grow.

Newegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEGG) was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Diamond Bar, California. For more information, please visit Newegg.com.

About WD

WD, also known as Western Digital, builds the storage infrastructure that powers certainty in the AI-driven data economy. At the forefront of innovation, WD partners with the world's leading hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and enterprises to deliver reliable storage solutions that are proven and trusted at scale. Driven by a culture of innovation and execution, WD helps customers store, protect, and use the world's data with confidence. Follow WD on LinkedIn and learn more at www.wd.com.