The breadth and depth of Big Data drive the overall demand for higher capacities across a wide range of applications and workloads. Western Digital lays the foundation for a worry-free data center, providing the capacity needed to handle the data explosion with the Ultrastar DC HC500 series hard drives. The DC HC500 series is designed for public and private cloud environments where storage density and cost-effective infrastructure are critical.
Interface version | SATA III |
Storage Technology | CMR |
Memory Scope of application | Enterprise |
Max. Speed | 7200 RPM |
Interface | SATA |
Item number | 13546374 |
Manufacturer | WD |
Category | Hard drives |
Manufacturer no. | 0F38462 |
Release date | 15.6.2020 |
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Memory Scope of application | Enterprise |
Interface | SATA |
Interface version | SATA III |
Form factor | 3.5" |
Storage capacity | 16 TB |
Cache | 512 MB |
Sustained Speed HDD | 264 MB/s |
Max. Speed | 7200 RPM |
Storage Technology | CMR |
Max. Workload Rate | 550 TB/J |
Maximum operating temperature | 60 °C |
Max. noise level | 2 dB |
Power consumption (standby) | 0.35 W |
Power consumption | 6.50 W |
Country of origin | China |
Manufacturer commitment | SBTi |
CO₂-Emission | |
Climate contribution |
Scope of delivery | Instruction manual |
Length | 14.70 cm |
Width | 10.16 cm |
Height | 2.61 cm |
Weight | 690 g |
Length | 20.70 cm |
Width | 15.20 cm |
Height | 7.50 cm |
Weight | 752 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...