WD 6TB Ultrastar 7200 rpm SATA 3.5″ Internal Data Center HDD (Retail)
$134.99
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Description
The 6TB Ultrastar 7200 rpm SATA 3.5" Internal Data Center HDD from WD is an enterprise-grade drive designed for demanding 24×7 data storage solutions. Ultrastar drives are built to be durable, using CMR technology and featuring up to an error tolerance of <1 in 1015, a MTBF rating of 2 million hours, and an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.44%, depending on the model. Endurance aside, this drive offer fast 7200 rpm performance with 256 MB of cache and data transfer speeds of up to 233 MB/s.
Additional information
| Weight | 1.64 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 7.8 × 5 × 2.8 in |
| Storage Capacity | 6 TB |
| Non-Recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | < 1 in 1014 |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 4 x 1 x 5.8" / 101.6 x 25.4 x 147.32 mm |
| Certifications | RoHS, as per Manufacturer |
| Storage Temperature | -40 to 158°F / -40 to 70°C |
| Operating Temperature | 41 to 140°F / 5 to 60°C |
| Storage Shock | 300 G / 2.0 ms |
| Operating Shock | 70 G / 2.0 ms |
| Supported Voltage | 5 VDC, 12 VDC |
| Power Draw | 7.0 W (Active)<br />5.9 W (Idle) |
| Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) | 2.0 Million Hours |
| Cache Memory | 256 MB |
| Load/Unload Cycles | 600, 000 |
| Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) | 0.44 % |
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 7200 RPM |
| Noise Level | 29.0 dB (Idle)<br />36.0 dB (Active) |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Drive Type | HDD |
| Read Speed | Maximum: 233 MB/s |
| Interface | SATA III (6 Gb/s) |
| Warranty Length | Limited 5-Year Warranty |
Reviews (155)
155 reviews for WD 6TB Ultrastar 7200 rpm SATA 3.5″ Internal Data Center HDD (Retail)
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Clifford Upton (verified owner) –
This is originally Hitachi brand. I was expecting Western Digital hard drives.
Elmo Hauck (verified owner) –
I’ve generally bought 4TB WD Black drives, because I think that they are well made and should last. I had a problem with one last year (a couple of sectors that became unreadable), so I decided to got with the 6TB Ultrastar, instead of getting the 6TB Black, to see whether its durability would be better. It’s early days yet – I won’t know the answer to that question for a few years (actually, I hope more than a few), but so far the drive has been impressively undramatic: fast, quiet, no problems running a dd of the whole disk, no problems rsyncing 4TB of data onto it. I hope the non-drama continues unabated for many yearts. If that happens, I’ll bump the rating to a 5.
Janick Fisher (verified owner) –
Very Good.
Kaley Cremin (verified owner) –
The drive may be fine – if you have an enclosure that works with 4Kn-type drives. Even though this drive standard technically has been out for a few years, many leading enclosures do not work with 4Kn-type drives. For example OWC’s Mercury Elite Pro Dual won’t work with it. The OWC ThunderBay 4 will work – but are you planning to buy four drives plus spend another $350 or more for the enclosure? Here is OWC’s warning from 2018: https://eshop.macsales.com/Service/Knowledgebase/Article/12/668/OWC-Enclosures–Drive-Docks-4Kn-Drive-Compatibility In short, make sure that your use case is compatible with this 4Kn-type drive. Or else you will be stuck (like I am) with an expensive drive that you cannot use. Some may think I’m unfair with the 2-star rating, but I think a disclaimer on the product description would have been nice.
Wyman Hilpert (verified owner) –
I have about 12 of these (12TB) drives deployed in both a RAID-10 box used for video editing and also in a Synology NAS. They work flawlessly. The challenge I always have in sourcing these is that you can rarely find them in retail packaging with the manufacturer’s 5-year warranty. They are typically sold by people who buy in bulk and sell them in smaller quantities with their own warranty. Fortunately, B&H has come to the rescue, offering them in retail packaging with full manufacturer’s warranty and pricing comparable to what you find for the bulk drives. (The B&H SKU is slightly different but same drives.) I recommend both these drives as well as purchasing them from B&H.
Roselyn Pfeffer (verified owner) –
I’ve been upgrading the drives in my Drobo to these. They are fast and extremely reliable.
Charles Torphy (verified owner) –
Bought a four pack of these during most recent sale. Came sealed and well-packaged in four individual retail boxes within the original manufacturer’s four-pack box. Fill Volume with DiskTester revealed very consistent read and write speeds with no evidence of malfunction. Average Read/Write speeds (using Mac file system) over the entire disk was ~ 185 +/- 35 MiB/s for all four drives. All four now installed in TB3 Thunderbay as SoftRAID RAID-4. Running smoothly and quietly. Should have bought a fifth drive while on sale as a backup volume should one of the four drives in the RAID fail. Will probably pay the extra $50 for that mistake. Saved enough by using the PayBoo card to more than cover the difference between sale and non-sale prices though.. Excellent service from B&H as always.
Guido Walker (verified owner) –
I bought 3 same 6 TB disks for NAS. their performance are higher than my NAS synology but I choose them due to 5 years warranty and good reliability. Unfortunately these disks pretty hot and sometimes noisy. but for me it is not a problem due to NAS is located in a separate room – I just set up coolers for max rpm.
Patricia Frami (verified owner) –
This has to be the perfect choice for storing large volumes of files for backup, or backup images, collections of very large files. The 7200 RPM speed allows the drive to maintain a good performance. While no HDD is going to match an SSD, the speed and space of this beast is amazing. It easily fit into an external storage enclosure. I use a USB 3.1/3.2 connection to move the data. If you have large files, or backup images that need to be stored, this is a good choice.
Houston Wiegand (verified owner) –
I buy only WD hard drives and not even one failed. This one is very fast and quiet comparing to the WD RE I still have running…
Effie Langworth (verified owner) –
We have been running four of these in a Drobo 5D for over a year now. No problems. Don’t understand complaints about noise, since these are usually used in a unit that can be hidden under the desk or away from your ears. Usually the noise comes from cooling fan or other sheet metal of the drive container (Drobo in my case), not the drive itself.
Alek McLaughlin (verified owner) –
Revising my earlier review. The drive does indeed spin down depending on enclosure. But from what I’ve been reading better to leave it spinning all the time. Using it and it seems fine. Yes it clicks and clacks and is kinda loud but it’s a 7200 rpm and I think that’s normal.
Amelia Doyle (verified owner) –
Perfect!
Maynard Hahn (verified owner) –
Have been using Hgst drives for years. The quality and MTBF keeps me coming back to them.
Amparo Bednar (verified owner) –
Fast delivery. This is my first 14TB drive. Working great as described.
Abigale Bins (verified owner) –
The drive is a retail drive as B&H states. Ive loaded about 6TB of data on the drive without issue. A check of the drive using CrystalDiskMark indicated about 250MB/s when I checked the bare drive. Its 214.8MB now so note that depending on where you read or write from the drive performance may be impacted.. The drive is very quiet at rest. You can hear some clicking on occasion when it writes, which I was doing a lot of, but this is not uncommon for one of these drives. I am giving a good rating even though Im in no position to judge that right now. I will follow up in a few months with an update. The disk came bubble wrapped and there was no damage. The disk would shift in the box when you picked it up, so I would suggest to B&H that when they pack it they place it in the box so it wont shift.
Bart Hermann (verified owner) –
I purchased two of these for a RAID 0 replacing my 6.5 year old Ultrastars. I’ll go to SSD next time. What I learned: 1. If you google the MFR #WDBBUR0040BNC-WRSN number as listed by BHPhoto you’ll get results only associated to BHPhoto. So I was worried that they might be old or something else. Upon receipt the drive is clearly marked HUS726T4TALA6L4 which is the latest HC310 Western Digital 4TB Ultrastar Drive. The foil bag and the drives both are marked this way. 2. The serial number can be entered on the Western Digital site and indicates the limited 5 year warranty as stated on the BHPhoto site also. 3. The drive I received was manufactured March 2019 (today’s date is 7/1/2019). 4. This is an excellent price for this drive as my experience is that they do last. This is the drive that you can turn on for 5+ years and forget it (with a backup of course). 5. It has a 256MB buffer and other extras not in the more expensive WD Black. 6. I’m on a MAC using a OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual and everything was smooth and easy to setup using Disk Utility. 7. Sofar the drives are running great.
Johan Simonis (verified owner) –
This is my second WD12TB HDD. The first was the WD Gold, however, it’s now been replaced by the WD Ultrastar. Both of these HDD are enterprise drives which it just about bullet proof. My need for such a high quality drive is to store my music files. My first WD Gold 12TB was purchased two years ago and has worked perfectly. I now needed a second one and did not hesitate to purchase the WD Ultrastar 12TD. I would without hesitation highly recommended WD enterprise class HDD with your data.
Oleta Greenfelder (verified owner) –
Plug and play. I used these drives for archiving. So far so good.
Spencer Rowe (verified owner) –
Confirming everything reviewer Larry said. Drives are new, in sealed retail packaging. Sealed bag, drive label, and SMART all show model number HGST HUS726T4TALA6L4. Units I received have manufacturing date of March 04 2019. Manufacturer’s warranty is valid. Both powered up and formatted fine, and went right to work. These new, sealed, valid-warranty drives from B&H were priced better than the same model from gray-market Amazon marketplace sellers. I’ve seen complaints on various forums and discussion groups about some Ultrastar drives having power connector compatibility problems (drive stays in standby when connected to older systems) or not having the middle pair of mounting screw holes. These drives do not have either problem; they’re legacy-compatible with standard SATA power connectors, and they have all the usual mounting screw holes. Regarding reviewer Edward’s concern that his drive is noisy, it’s normal for a datacenter drive to make noise as it operates. If you want a quiet drive for a desktop workstation, buy a WD Black, not a datacenter device.