Economical Capacities and Fast Data Access Key Requirements for HDDs in the Data Center
IT managers need to offer storage tiers as they deploy purpose-built solutions to meet their on-prem, off-prem & cloud storage requirements. While helium filled drives enable the highest capacities, air-filled drives offer important benefits. With a lower TCA (total cost of acquisition), legacy options, and higher access density (IOPs/TB), they are the perfect choice for maintaining a desired level of performance while allowing customers to tailor budgets to meet their needs. The Ultrastar® DC HC300-series help to address data center requirements by providing capacities from 4TB to 10TB1 while increasing performance over prior generations. They are designed for a variety of applications including traditional storage arrays, rack-mounted storage enclosures and server-based distributed storage systems, as well as distributed and scalable computing, including block and file storage architectures. They are offered at 7,200 RPM with either 6Gb/s SATA or 12Gb/s SAS interface in Advanced Format 4Kn and512e format4. A 512n option is also available on 4TB models to support legacy systems with native 512-byte block sizes.
Pros: This drive shows up as an HGST product and the serial number is inventoried in the HGST system so it appears this is just a WD sticker. If looking for an HGST product this one should be the real deal.
Cons: Louder than most WD drives I have used in the past but not that bad. I cannot hear it over the other fans in the rack.
I was a little disappointed I could not register this device on the WD website with all my other drives.
Overall Review: I did talk to WD and Tech Walker support as this drive said it did not come with a warranty on the WD support page. It turns out this drives serial number is inventoried through the HGST and not the WD system so the drives warranty information would need to be verified there. After learning this information I confirmed that the drive I received qualified for the 5 year warranty on the HGST site. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the two companies merge resources and all warranty information will be verifiable on one platform.
It is important to note that WD only warranties drives purchased through their authorized vendor list so purchasing from Tech Walker as the direct seller should be enough to guarantee the warranty.
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Get next-generation technology with increased system cooling airflow, added bandwidth and overall data integrity. Increase your data transfer rates up to 6 Gb per second, doubling your interface speed over SATA 3.0-Gb/s Hard Drives.
Up to 18TB capacity
Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) for broad compatibility
Toshiba Flux Control Microwave-assisted Magnetic Recording (FC-MAMR) Technology
Industry-leading 9-disk helium-sealed design for superior storage density
Industry Standard 3.5-inch 26.1mm height Form Factor
7200rpm Performance
Choice of SATA 6.0 Gbit/s and 12.0 Gbit/s SAS Interfaces
Lower operational power profile, providing excellent power efficiency (W/TB) for better TCO
550 Total TB Transferred per Year Workload Rating
512e or 4Kn Advanced Format Sector Technology; (512e Model) Includes Toshiba Persistent Write Cache Technology for Data-Loss Protection in Sudden Power-Loss Events
Sustained transfer rate and power efficiency improvements vs. prior MG Series generations
Sanitize Instant Erase (SIE) option model and Self Encrypting Drive (SED) option model
Models
Capacity Interface Format Type Model Number
20TB SATA-3.3 512e SMR MA09ACA20TEM
20TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SMR MA09ACA20TAM
18TB SATA-3.3 4Kn Standard MG09ACA18TA
18TB SATA-3.3 512e Standard MG09ACA18TE
18TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SIE MG09ACA18TAY
18TB SATA-3.3 512e SIE MG09ACA18TEY
18TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SED MG09ACP18TA
18TB SATA-3.3 512e SED MG09ACP18TE
18TB SAS-3.0 4Kn Standard MG09SCA18TA
18TB SAS-3.0 512e Standard MG09SCA18TE
18TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SIE MG09SCA18TAY
18TB SAS-3.0 512e SIE MG09SCA18TEY
18TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SED MG09SCP18TA
18TB SAS-3.0 512e SED MG09SCP18TE
16TB SATA-3.3 4Kn Standard MG09ACA16TA
16TB SATA-3.3 512e Standard MG09ACA16TE
16TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SIE MG09ACA16TAY
16TB SATA-3.3 512e SIE MG09ACA16TEY
16TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SED MG09ACP16TA
16TB SATA-3.3 512e SED MG09ACP16TE
16TB SAS-3.0 4Kn Standard MG09SCA16TA
16TB SAS-3.0 512e Standard MG09SCA16TE
16TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SIE MG09SCA16TAY
16TB SAS-3.0 512e SIE MG09SCA16TEY
16TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SED MG09SCP16TA
16TB SAS-3.0 512e SED MG09SCP16TE
14TB SATA-3.3 4Kn Standard MG09ACA14TA
14TB SATA-3.3 512e Standard MG09ACA14TE
14TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SIE MG09ACA14TAY
14TB SATA-3.3 512e SIE MG09ACA14TEY
14TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SED MG09ACP14TA
14TB SATA-3.3 512e SED MG09ACP14TE
14TB SAS-3.0 4Kn Standard MG09SCA14TA
14TB SAS-3.0 512e Standard MG09SCA14TE
14TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SIE MG09SCA14TAY
14TB SAS-3.0 512e SIE MG09SCA14TEY
14TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SED MG09SCP14TA
14TB SAS-3.0 512e SED MG09SCP14TE
12TB SATA-3.3 4Kn Standard MG09ACA12TA
12TB SATA-3.3 512e Standard MG09ACA12TE
12TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SIE MG09ACA12TAY
12TB SATA-3.3 512e SIE MG09ACA12TEY
12TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SED MG09ACP12TA
12TB SATA-3.3 512e SED MG09ACP12TE
12TB SAS-3.0 4Kn Standard MG09SCA12TA
12TB SAS-3.0 512e Standard MG09SCA12TE
12TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SIE MG09SCA12TAY
12TB SAS-3.0 512e SIE MG09SCA12TEY
12TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SED MG09SCP12TA
12TB SAS-3.0 512e SED MG09SCP12TE
10TB SATA-3.3 4Kn Standard MG09ACA10TA
10TB SATA-3.3 512e Standard MG09ACA10TE
10TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SIE MG09ACA10TAY
10TB SATA-3.3 512e SIE MG09ACA10TEY
10TB SATA-3.3 4Kn SED MG09ACP10TA
10TB SATA-3.3 512e SED MG09ACP10TE
10TB SAS-3.0 4Kn Standard MG09SCA10TA
10TB SAS-3.0 512e Standard MG09SCA10TE
10TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SIE MG09SCA10TAY
10TB SAS-3.0 512e SIE MG09SCA10TEY
10TB SAS-3.0 4Kn SED MG09SCP10TA
10TB SAS-3.0 512e SED MG09SCP10TE
Applications
Cloud-scale Sever and Storage Infrastructure
Software-defined data center infrastructure
File- and Object-based storage infrastructure
Tiered Storage Infrastructure Solutions
Workloads and Use-Cases that Benefit from High Capacity per Spindle disk drives
Capacity-Optimized Cloud-scale and Rack-Scale Storage Systems
Compliance Data Archives and Data Life-Cycle Management Storage Systems
Data Center Data-Protection and Data Back-up Infrastructure
Cloud-Capacity Products
Santosh Soni
Pros: This drive shows up as an HGST product and the serial number is inventoried in the HGST system so it appears this is just a WD sticker. If looking for an HGST product this one should be the real deal. Cons: Louder than most WD drives I have used in the past but not that bad. I cannot hear it over the other fans in the rack. I was a little disappointed I could not register this device on the WD website with all my other drives. Overall Review: I did talk to WD and Tech Walker support as this drive said it did not come with a warranty on the WD support page. It turns out this drives serial number is inventoried through the HGST and not the WD system so the drives warranty information would need to be verified there. After learning this information I confirmed that the drive I received qualified for the 5 year warranty on the HGST site. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the two companies merge resources and all warranty information will be verifiable on one platform. It is important to note that WD only warranties drives purchased through their authorized vendor list so purchasing from Tech Walker as the direct seller should be enough to guarantee the warranty.