WD Gold Internal HDD Overview
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Engineered for heavy application workloads and designed with an endurance of up to 550TB per year, the 6TB Gold 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal Enterprise HDD from WD is well suited for use in enterprise-class data centers and storage systems. This 7200 rpm drive utilizes the SATA III 6 Gb/s interface and a 256MB cache for data transfer rates of up to 267 MB/s. Moreover, as a professional-grade drive, it has an MTBF rating of 2 million hours, 600,000 load/unload cycles, a non-recoverable error rate of < 1 in 1015, and an annualized failure rate of 0.35%. Also featured is vibration protection for improved performance in high vibration environments.
Ideal For
- Hybrid cloud and colocation storage for small and medium businesses
- Data repatriation efforts requiring rapidly scalable local or distributed storage
- Demanding applications running high uptime workloads and more complex storage arrays such as RAID and JBODs
- Adding an additional storage layer to strengthen business continuity implementations
- Storing AI training data sets and hyperparameter tuning data
Built for Demanding Use Cases Customize your business’s storage mix to fit your specific needs with a storage capacity of 6TB that is engineered for demanding applications and read-write workloads of up to 550TB per year. Enhanced Reliability With a 2 million hour MTBF, WD Gold hard drives deliver enhanced levels of dependability and durability. Robustness for Tough Environments WD Gold drives use dual Rotational Vibration Safeguard dual sensors to anticipate and counteract disturbances, maintaining peak performance in high-vibration environments. Flexibility and Peace of Mind WD Gold has undergone extensive testing and validation in a variety of host bus adapters, servers, and enterprise storage solutions employing RAID and other data resiliency configurations. UPC: 718037899923
Items Included
- WD 6TB Gold 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal Enterprise HDD
- Limited 5-Year Manufacturer Warranty
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WD Gold Internal HDD Specs
Key Specs
Total Installed Storage |
6 TB |
Drive Type |
SATA III / 3.5″ HDD (7200 rpm) |
Read Speed |
Maximum: 255 MB/s |
Write Speed |
Maximum: 255 MB/s |
Drive Type |
SATA III / 3.5″ HDD (7200 rpm) |
Read Speed |
Maximum: 255 MB/s |
Write Speed |
Maximum: 255 MB/s |
Encryption Support |
No |
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) |
2.0 Million Hours |
Power Draw |
7.0 W (Active) 5.9 W (Idle) |
General
Operating Conditions |
41 to 140F / 5 to 60C |
Operating Shock |
70 G / 2.0 ms |
Storage Conditions |
-40 to 158F / -40 to 70C |
Dimensions |
5.8 x 4 x 1″ / 147 x 101.6 x 26.1mm |
Weight |
1.58lb / 0.71kg |
Packaging Info
Package Weight |
1.745 lb |
Box Dimensions (LxWxH) |
7.9 x 5.1 x 2.4″ |
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