WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB Workstation Hard Drive
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WD VelociRaptor WD5000HHTZ 500GB 3.5" Workstation Hard Drive, 10,000 RPM, SATA 6 Gb/s

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Review Summary

2013-10-23T21:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Screaming fast and lots of space!

Love this super fast hard drive. It's a nice complement to the PCIe solid state drive and another SSD drive in my MacPro.

Mike

WD WD5000HHTZ Specifications

  • Interface

    SATA 6 Gb/s

  • Formatted capacity

    500GB

  • User sectors per drive

    976,773,168

  • Advanced Format (AF)

    Yes

  • SATA latching connector

    Yes

  • Form factor

    3.5-inch

  • RoHS compliant

    Yes

  • Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host

    6 Gb/s

  • Host to/from drive (sustained)

    200 MB/s

  • Cache (MB)

    64

  • Rotational speed (RPM)

    10,000

  • Average drive ready time (sec)

    8

  • Load/unload cycles

    600,000

  • Non-recoverable read errors per bits

    <10 in 1016 (per bits read)

  • Power Management 12VDC (A, max)

    1.8

  • Av Power Reqs: Random Read/Write

    5.1

  • Av Power Reqs: Sequential Read/Write

    5.8

  • Av Power Reqs: Idle

    4.2

  • Av Power Reqs: Standby and Sleep

    1.1

  • Temperature (deg.C) Operating

    5 to 55

  • Temperature (deg.C) Non-operating

    -40 to 70

  • Shock (Gs) Operating (2 ms, read/write)

    30

  • Shock (Gs) Operating (2 ms, read)

    65

  • Shock (Gs) Non-operating (2 ms)

    300

  • Average acoustics (dBA) Idle mode

    30

  • Performance seek mode

    37

  • Dimensions (H x L x W)

    1.028" x 5.79" x 4" / 26.11 x 147.07 x 101.6 mm

  • Weight

    1.10 lbs / 0.50 kg

  • UPC Code

    718037788074

About WD WD5000HHTZ

The WD WD5000HHTZ 500 GB VelociRaptor Workstation Hard Drive drives offer an unmatched combination of high performance and high reliability, perfect for workstations, high-end video and photo editing, low-end servers and performance enthusiasts' systems. It comes with a 3.5" mounting frame for easy installation into today's high-performance systems and chassis.

WD WD5000HHTZ Features

  • Ultra fast: Designed around a 10,000 RPM spin speed, these SATA 6 Gb/s drives include a 64 MB cache and deliver the ultimate performance for photo and video editing
  • Rock-solid reliability: With 1.4 million hours MTBF, this drive have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive
  • High capacity: State-of-the-art technology delivers a balance of high performance and high capacity perfect for data-intensive workloads that require large amounts of storage such as video editing, 3D rendering and scientific modeling
  • Ultra-cool operation: Consumes less idle power and uses similar active power as the previous generation WD VelociRaptor, while offering double the capacity and higher performance
  • Advanced Format (AF): Technology adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. AF is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities
  • IcePack mounting frame: The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is enclosed in a backplane-ready 3.5-inch enterprise-class mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra cool when installed in high-performance desktop chassis
  • Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF): Optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration prone, multi-drive chassis
  • NoTouch ramp load technology: The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit
  • Environmentally conscious: In addition to being ROHS compliant, this generation of WD VelociRaptor is also a halogen free design
  • Pre-emptive Wear Leveling (PWL): Ensures reliability for applications that perform a high incidence of read/write operations at the same physical location on the disk

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