Fastest SATA hard drive
on the planet
on the planet
SATA 6 Gb/s interface and 32 MB cache enhance the next generation 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor making it up to 15% faster than the award-winning previous generation.
Monstrous capacity
WD VelociRaptor SATA drives are available in capacities up to 600 GB, double the capacity of the previous generation.
Rock-solid reliability
Designed and manufactured to mission-critical enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability to high duty cycle environments. With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.
Fastest SATA hard drive on the planet
SATA 6 Gb/s interface and 32 MB cache enhance the next generation 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor making it up to 15% faster than the award-winning previous generation.
Monstrous capacity
WD VelociRaptor SATA drives are available in capacities up to 600 GB, double the capacity of the previous generation.
Rock-solid reliability
Designed and manufactured to mission-critical enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability to high duty cycle environments. With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.
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.
IcePack mounting frame
The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is enclosed in a backplane-ready 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
Optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone,
multi-drive chassis.
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 complaint, this generation of WD VelociRaptor is also
a halogen-free design.
a halogen-free design.
5-year limited warranty
"WD VelociRaptor is a killer hard drive"
- HotHardware, April 2010
Technical, Warranty and Support Information
Performance Rotational Speed |
10,000 RPM (nominal) |
Buffer Size |
32 MB |
Average Latency |
3.00 ms (nominal) |
Load/Unload Cycles |
600,000 minimum |
Seek Times
Read Seek Time |
3.6 ms (average) |
Write Seek Time |
4.2 ms (average) |
Track-To-Track Seek Time |
0.4 ms (average) |
Transfer Rates
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) |
6 Gb/s (Max) |
Physical Specifications Formatted Capacity |
600,127 MB |
Capacity |
600 GB |
Interface |
SATA 6 Gb/s |
User Sectors Per Drive |
1,172,123,568 |
Physical Dimensions English
Height |
1.028 Inches |
Length |
5.787 Inches |
Width |
4.00 Inches |
Weight |
1.08 Pounds |
Metric
Height |
26.1 mm |
Length |
147 mm |
Width |
101.6 mm |
Weight |
489 g |
Environmental Specifications Shock
Operating Shock (Read) |
65G, 2 ms |
Non-operating Shock |
300G, 2 ms |
Acoustics
Idle Mode |
30 dBA (average) |
Seek Mode 0 |
37 dBA (average) |
Temperature (English)
Operating |
41° F to 131° F |
Non-operating |
-40° F to 158° F |
Temperature (Metric)
Operating |
5° C to 55° C |
Non-operating |
-40° C to 70° C |
Humidity
Operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
Non-operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
Altitude (English)
Operating |
-1,000 feet to 10,000 feet |
Non-operating |
-1,000 feet to 40,000 feet |
Altitude (Metric)
Operating |
-305M to 3,050M |
Non-operating |
-305M to 12,200M |
Vibration (Operating)
Linear |
20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 to peak) |
Random |
10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz |
Vibration (Non-operating)
Low Frequency |
0.05 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz) |
High Frequency |
20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak) |
Electrical Specifications Current Requirements (12 VCD)
Read/Write |
320 mA |
Idle |
210 mA |
Standby |
5 mA |
Sleep |
5 mA |
Current Requirements (5 VCD)
Read/Write |
470 mA |
Idle |
360 mA |
Standby |
130 mA |
Sleep |
120 mA |
Power Dissipation
Read/Write |
6.20 Watts |
Idle |
4.30 Watts |
Standby |
0.70 Watts |
Sleep |
0.70 Watts |
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, megabit per second (Mb/s) = one million bits per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
WD VelociRaptor drives devour the competition with unrivaled performance for Gaming and Video Editing.
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