Excellent price-to-capacity ratio for cloud and hyperscale data centers.
The rise of big data has led to an increased demand for storage across the entire application and workload spectrum. With the Ultrastar DC HC500 series, Western Digital offers reliable high-capacity hard drives that can handle the significant data growth in data centers. Thanks to HelioSeal technology, the industry's only fifth-generation helium platform, the DC HC500 series drives are designed for public and private clouds, where storage density, watts per TB, and euros per TB are critical factors for achieving the most cost-effective infrastructure. HelioSeal technology is the foundation for high storage capacity, excellent reliability, and maximum power efficiency. Our cloud and enterprise customers benefit from overall lower total costs.
Interface version | SAS 3.0 |
Storage Technology | CMR |
Max. Speed | 7200 RPM |
Interface | SAS |
Cache | 512 MB |
Sustained Speed HDD | 1200 MB/s |
Scope of application | Enterprise |
Item number | 13546166 |
Manufacturer | WD |
Category | Hard drives |
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Release date | 15/6/2020 |
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Scope of application | Enterprise |
Interface | SAS |
Interface version | SAS 3.0 |
Form factor | 3.5" |
Storage capacity | 16 TB |
Cache | 512 MB |
Sustained Speed HDD | 1200 MB/s |
Max. Speed | 7200 RPM |
Storage Technology | CMR |
Hard disk filling | Helium |
Max. Workload Rate | 550 TB/J |
Maximum operating temperature | 60 °C |
Max. noise level | 2 dB |
Power consumption (standby) | 5.60 W |
Power consumption | 8.80 W |
Country of origin | China |
Manufacturer commitment | SBTi |
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Scope of delivery | HDD |
Length | 14.70 cm |
Width | 10.16 cm |
Height | 2.61 cm |
Weight | 690 g |
Length | 20.70 cm |
Width | 15 cm |
Height | 7.30 cm |
Weight | 698 g |
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Western Digital is currently the manufacturer with the highest hard drive capacities: 22 TBytes are available. The company relies on energy-assisted writing and a 64 GB flash component that accelerates access to metadata and also serves as a persistent drive cache. The Ultrastar is slightly faster than the Red Pro in the outer zones; it is also at the top of the test field in simultaneous reading...