Ext USB HDD STORE 1,5T: Red light fires = disk operates very slow

Hi,
This is brand new USB STORE 1,5T 3,5" disk.
Normally disk starts which red light, initialize and switch to blue light. At the beginning disk operates gently - blinking blue when something happens.
......... but after some minutes of usage red light can switch on for a moment (for eg. when new folder is created or some files are being copied - then disk operates very slow - this is visible when copying).
after few seconds disk switches to blue light back - and everything is OK till the next switch to the red.
1. Is that behavior normal ?
2. What is the meaning of red light when disk operates ?
Thank you in advance.

Well, why you dont download the user manual of this HDD and check what the red light could mean.
I checked some manuals of other HDDs and it seems that light up when the drive is powered on. LED flashes when data reading and writing on HDD.

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