Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 internal hard drive 18 TB 7200 RPM 512 MB 3.5" SAS

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18 TB, SAS 12 Gb/s, 512e, Base(SE)
  • 18TB/16TB capacity in a standard 3.5-inch form factor
  • Industry’s first Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording technology
  • Industry’s first Triple Stage Actuator
  • Leading HelioSeal technology
  • Reliable, field-proven design across five generations
  • HelioSeal design delivers power efficiency (Watts/TB)
  • 2.5M hours MTBF rating
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Component for Server/Workstation
SKU 0F38353
EAN 8717306633321
Manufacturer Western Digital
Availability In Stock
Product Family Ultrastar
Ultrastar DC HC500 Series

High Capacity for Massive Data and Lower Total Cost of Ownership

Driving Up Capacity and Driving Down TCO for Cloud and Hyperscale Data Centers

The breadth and depth of Big Data is driving the universal need for higher capacities across a broad spectrum of applications and workloads. Laying the foundation for a worry-free data center, Western Digital delivers the capacity to conquer the data explosion with the Ultrastar DC HC500 series of hard disk drives (HDDs). The DC HC500 series is designed for public and private cloud environments where storage density and cost-efficient infrastructure is critical.

The 18TB/16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 HDDs are the first commercial implementation of Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording technology and utilize the industry’s first Triple Stage Actuator. These technologies, integrated with HelioSeal on a 9-disk platform, deliver the highest areal density and unmatched Total Cost of Ownership for customer and market needs.

Solves TCO Challenges
- High Capacity
Up to 18TB HDDs, drop-in ready for Big Data workloads
- Low Power
Up to 61% lower idle W/TB than 10TB Ultrastar air-filled drives
- More Reliable
25% higher MTBF rating than air-filled HDDs

Continuous Innovation for Highest Capacities and Lower TCO

The Ultrastar DC HC550 18TB CMR HDD and Ultrastar DC HC650 20TB SMR HDD are delivering industry leading capacity for the data center through a combination of new and proven technologies.

Western Digital is the first to deliver Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording (EAMR) technology and a Triple Stage Actuator (TSA). These new technologies combined with further mechanical innovations and HelioSeal technology provide the industry’s highest capacities to enable data at scale with optimized TCO for data center architectures, while maintaining workload reliability and performance.
Hard drive
Component forServer/workstation
HDD interface transfer rate12 Gbit/s
Workload rate limit550 TB/year
Average latency4.16 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)2500000 h
Start/stop cycles600000
HDD speed7200 RPM
HDD size3.5"
HDD capacity18 TB
Features
TypeHDD
Component forServer/workstation
HDD interface transfer rate12 Gbit/s
Workload rate limit550 TB/year
InterfaceSAS
Average latency4.16 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)2500000 h
Start/stop cycles600000
HDD speed7200 RPM
HDD size3.5"
HDD capacity18 TB
Storage drive buffer size512 MB
24/7 operationYes
Noise level (idle)2 dB
Power
Power consumption (write)6.5 W
Power consumption (read)6.5 W
Power consumption (idle)5.6 W
Operating voltage5 / 12 V
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T)5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibration0.67 G
Operating shock50 G
Non-operating vibration1.04 G
Non-operating shock250 G
Technical details
Quantity per pack1 pc(s)
Harmonized System (HS) code84717050
ManualYes
InterfaceSAS
Mean time between failures (MTBF)2500000 h
Packaging content
ManualYes
Weight & dimensions
Width101.6 mm
Weight690 g
Height26.1 mm
Depth147 mm
Packaging data
ManualYes
Quantity per pack1 pc(s)
Logistics data
Harmonized System (HS) code84717050
Other features
InterfaceSAS

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High Capacity for Massive Data and Lower Total Cost of Ownership

Driving Up Capacity and Driving Down TCO for Cloud and Hyperscale Data Centers

The breadth and depth of Big Data is driving the universal need for higher capacities across a broad spectrum of applications and workloads. Laying the foundation for a worry-free data center, Western Digital delivers the capacity to conquer the data explosion with the Ultrastar DC HC500 series of hard disk drives (HDDs). The DC HC500 series is designed for public and private cloud environments where storage density and cost-efficient infrastructure is critical.

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- Low Power
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- More Reliable
25% higher MTBF rating than air-filled HDDs

Continuous Innovation for Highest Capacities and Lower TCO

The Ultrastar DC HC550 18TB CMR HDD and Ultrastar DC HC650 20TB SMR HDD are delivering industry leading capacity for the data center through a combination of new and proven technologies.

Western Digital is the first to deliver Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording (EAMR) technology and a Triple Stage Actuator (TSA). These new technologies combined with further mechanical innovations and HelioSeal technology provide the industry’s highest capacities to enable data at scale with optimized TCO for data center architectures, while maintaining workload reliability and performance.
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