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 (HDDs) that can handle the significant data growth in data centers. The DC HC500 series is designed for both public and private clouds, where storage density and cost-effective infrastructure are critical factors. The Ultrastar DC HC550 HDDs are unique commercial drives featuring Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording and a Triple Stage Actuator. Together with HelioSeal on a platform with 9 disks, these technologies provide high areal density for all customers and markets.
Interface version | SAS 3.0 |
Storage Technology | CMR |
Interface | SAS |
Scope of application | Enterprise |
Cache | 512 MB |
Sustained Speed HDD | 269 MB/s |
Max. Speed | 7200 RPM |
Item number | 13545505 |
Manufacturer | WD |
Category | Hard drives |
Manufacturer no. | 0F38353 |
Release date | 15.6.2020 |
Scope of application | Enterprise |
Interface | SAS |
Interface version | SAS 3.0 |
Form factor | 3.5" |
Storage capacity | 18 TB |
Cache | 512 MB |
Sustained Speed HDD | 269 MB/s |
Max. Speed | 7200 RPM |
Storage Technology | CMR |
Max. Workload Rate | 550 TB/J |
MTBF | 2500000 h |
Maximum operating temperature | 60 °C |
Power consumption | 8.80 W |
Country of origin | China |
Manufacturer commitment | SBTi |
CO₂-Emission | |
Climate contribution |
Length | 14.70 cm |
Width | 10.16 cm |
Height | 2.61 cm |
Weight | 690 g |
Product Safety |
Length | 6 cm |
Width | 16 cm |
Height | 20 cm |
Weight | 700 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...