Ultrastar drives are built to be durable featuring up to an error tolerance of 1 in 10 15 a mtbf rating of 2 million hours and an annualized failure rate afr of 0 44 depending on the model.
Wd gold 12tb specs.
This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the wd gold 12tb 2017 performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.
A little noisier than the old wd gold drives overall review.
Wd gold has become part of the ultrastar family of data center products.
Available in 1tb to 18tb capacities this highly reliable solution for demanding storage environments provides up to 2 5m hours mtbf vibration protection technology and a low power draw thanks to helioseal technology for 12tb and above.
Conquer tough workloads with enterprise class wd gold hdds.
Mtbf and afr specifications are based on a sample population and are estimated by statistical measurements and acceleration algorithms under typical operating.
Features and specs the wd gold 12tb we tested is a 3 5 inch sata 6gbps hard drive with 256mb of dram cache.
Specifically designed for use in enterprise class storage systems and data centers the wd gold enterprise class sata hdd delivers the world class performance you expect from western digital hard drives.
Overall you d be hard pressed to tell the difference between the 12tb wd gold enterprise.
Available in 1tb to 18tb 1 capacities this highly reliable solution for demanding storage environments provides up to 2 5m hours mtbf vibration protection technology and a low power draw thanks to helioseal technology for 12tb and above.
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I have 4 of the old wd gold drives which have been very reliable.
Available in 1tb to 18tb capacities the wd gold is a highly reliable solution for demanding storage environments and provides up to 2 5m hours mtbf vibration protection technology and a low power draw thanks to helioseal technology for 12tb and above.
These two new drives are replacements for two wd black 4tb drives which ran continuously for almost 6 years in my synology ds1813 nas.
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Ample storage adequate data transfer speeds large 256mb cache cons.
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Wd gold enterprise class hard drive review.
The wd gold 12tb we tested is a 3 5 inch sata 6gbps hard drive with 256mb of dram cache.
It s filled with helium to eliminate the atmospheric turbulence than can affect components that are as thin and light as those inside a modern hard drive.
The 12tb ultrastar 7200 rpm sata 3 5 internal data center hdd from wd is an enterprise grade drive designed for demanding 24x7 data storage solutions.