Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB 3.5 inch Data Center SATA Hard Drive

Western Digital 12TB Ultrastar DC HC520 SATA HDD - 7200 RPM Class, 256MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s, 3.5" (HUH721212ALE604)

Feature

The New Gold Standard

The secret ingredient in our WD Gold product line, Ultrastar hard drives feature up to 10 times the workload rating of desktop drives and employ advanced technologies for enterprise-class reliability, power efficiency and performance. Designed from the ground up to be an ultra-robust storage device, Ultrastar drives are the perfect solution for your business.

High workload rating

Delivering dependable performance to any storage environment, Ultrastar hard drives are designed with a workload rating up to 550TB per year, up to 10 times the rating for desktop drives. Ultrastar drives employ advanced technologies for enterprise-class reliability, power efficiency and performance. Enterprise-class storage to rely on With up to 2.5 million hours MTBF, Ultrastar hard drives deliver reliability and durability, are built for year operation (24x7x365) within the most demanding storage environments, and are backed with a 5 year limited warranty.

HelioSeal Technology

Fourth generation HelioSeal technology creates a stable internal environment while enabling an 8-disk design, which increases capacity the 20% compared to the previous generation. Also, when compared to 8TB Ultrastar air-filled drives, this HelioSeal hard uses 52% less power (Watts/TB), and is 25% more reliable, rated at 2.5M hours MTBF.

Data Center Ready

Data center features such as a second generation dual-stage actuator enhances head-positioning accuracy to deliver better performance, data integrity, and overall drive reliability, especially in multi-drive environments where operational vibration is present.

Security

Secure Erase (SE) technology is offered without user-data encryption and is designed to effectively wipe data from all areas of the drive.

Highlights

• 12TB capacities support both OEM & Cloud deployments
• Common Hardware & Firmware to minimize redundant testing needs
• Advanced Format 512e models
• Self-encrypting drive options
• 5-year limited warranty

Applications and Workloads

• Distributed file systems, like Apache Hadoop®, to support Big Data analytics
• Rack-mounted storage enclosures
• Server-based distributed storage systems
• Direct & Network Attached Storage (DAS & NAS)
• RAID configurations