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 drives. Built using HelioSeal technology, the industry’s only fifth-generation helium platform, the DC HC500 series is designed for public and private cloud environments, where storage density, Watts/TB and $/TB are critical for creating the most cost-efficient infrastructure. HelioSeal technology is key to achieving higher drive capacities, greater reliability ratings and extreme power efficiency. The result is a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for our cloud and enterprise customers.
- 10TB capacity¹ in a standard 3.5-inch form factor
- PMR technology works with all capacity enterprise applications & environments
- Reliable, field-proven, 3rd generation design
- Superior power efficiency (Watts/TB)
- Compared to our 8TB air drives
- —25% more capacity
- —43% more power efficient (Watts/TB)
- —25% more reliable (MTBF)
- SATA 6Gb/s and SAS 12Gb/s
- —12Gb/s SAS compatible with next-gen data centers; backwards compatible with 6Gb/s SAS
- 2.5M hours MTBF² rating & 5-year limited warranty
- Instant Secure Area