Product Overview
Engineered for maximum speed! WD VelociRaptor, the newest member of our unique class of 10,000 RPM
SATA hard drives, combines a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB
cache to deliver performance that’s up to 35% faster than its speedy older brother.
Key Features
Killer speed
Built on the performance bloodlines of WD Raptor, these 10,000 RPM drives, with SATA 3 Gb/s interface,
and 16 MB cache deliver mind-bending performance. Not only are they 35% faster than the previous generation WD
Raptor drives, but they also beat out all other competitors in the field.
Rock-solid reliability
Designed and manufactured to mission-critical enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the
highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.
Double the capacity
State-of-the-art technology packs twice the capacity per disk compared to its older brother WD Raptor resulting in up to 300 GB of
high-performance storage space in this enterprise-class 2.5-inch drive.
Small form factor
This ultra fast 2.5-inch hard drive is engineered to fit into blade servers and other enterprise storage configurations.
(Not designed for use in laptop or notebook computers)
Ultra-cool operation
WD VelociRaptor consumes 35% less power than the previous generation of WD Raptor
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.
Compatibility
Windows
- Windows® Vista/XP/2000
- SATA interface connector on motherboard or SATA host controller
- Available 2.5-inch internal drive bay
Product Details
| Performance Specifications |
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| Rotational Speed |
10,000 RPM (nominal) |
| Buffer Size |
16MB |
| Average Latency |
3.00 ms (nominal) |
| Load/Unload Cycles |
50,000 minimum |
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| Seek Time |
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| Read Seek Time |
4.2ms |
| Write Seek Time |
4.7ms (average) |
| Track-To-Track Seek Time |
0.7 ms (average) |
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| Transfer Rates |
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| Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) |
3 Gb/s (Max) |
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| Physical Specifications |
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| Formatted Capacity |
150,039 MB |
| Capacity |
150GB |
| Interface |
SATA 3 Gb/s |
User Sectors Per Drive
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293,046,768 |
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| Physical Dimensions |
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| Height |
15mm |
| Lenght |
100mm |
| Width |
69.85mm |
| Weight |
219gm |
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| Environmental Specifications |
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| Operating Shock (Read) |
65G, 2 ms |
| Non-Operating Shock |
300G, 2 ms |
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| Acoustics |
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| Idle Mode |
29 dBA (average) |
| Seek Mode 0 |
34 dBA (average) |
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| Temperature (Metric) |
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| Operating |
5° C to 55° C |
| Non-Operating |
-40° C to 70° C |
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| Humidity |
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| Operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
| Non-Operating |
5-95% RH non-condensing |
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| Altitude (Metric) |
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| Operating |
-305M to 3,050M |
| Non-Operating |
-305M to 12,200M |
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| Vibration (Operating) |
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| Linear |
20-300 Hz, 0.75 G (0 to peak) |
| Random |
10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz |
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| Vibration (Non-Operating) |
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| Low Frequency |
0.05 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz) |
| High Frequency |
20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak) |
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| Electrical Specifications |
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| 12 VDC |
Read/Write :225mA
Idle :200mA
Standby
:6mA
Sleep:6mA |
| 5 VDC |
Read/Write :675mA
Idle :425mA
Standby :70mA
Sleep:70mA |
| Power Dissipation |
Read/Write :6.08Watts
Idle :4.53Watts
Standby :0.42Watts
Sleep:0.42Watts |
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