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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Marta Gerhold (verified owner) –
I put two of these 12TB drives in a Synology DS418 NAS enclosure and configured them in RAID1. It’s also populated with two 10TB Ultrastar drives. I couldn’t be happier with them!
Maiya West (verified owner) –
Got two of these for my new Synology DS218+. Work flawlessly.
Gunner Weber (verified owner) –
1st one I ordered would not initialize right out of the box. Second one is noisy and makes me nervous.
Lucious Bode (verified owner) –
Purchased 5 for our Synology DS1019+, work excellent
Vicenta Kilback (verified owner) –
I’ve been running this thing almost constantly for the last several months. It’s a fast hdd and it fit into my quick swap bay. It can be a bit loud compared to consumer drives, but it’s not very disruptive or obnoxious
Ethan Wehner (verified owner) –
Drives are well packed in these retail boxes, this gives me confidence to have them posted and arrive in good condition. Super fast postage too, so I’m very happy.
Audrey Gorczany (verified owner) –
I’ve been using UltraStar drives for over a decade, sourcing them from B&H the last several years. These drives have proven rock solid reliable. I’ve never had one fail until two days ago when one of eight 14TB drives arrived DOA out of the box. Of course, B&H is replacing it with no questions asked. That said, I was struck by the age of the drives I received this time. Normally when I receive UltraStar drives, they are pretty fresh with manufacturing dates only a few months earlier than their arrival at my door. Not these 14TB models. They’ve been sitting around since October of 2019. Is that why one arrived DOA? I can’t say. I just offer this up as a data point. The 14TB size is currently being offered at a significant discount.
Zander Bosco (verified owner) –
I purchased these drives in 2018, so 3 years running, they have been in a Raid 1. Very fast and usable as a working drive with redundancy for photo, video edit, game dev. Programs are on SSDs, with scratch on SSDs. Get these if you want to have a reliable backup. Use the best or cry like the rest. Waiting on the 24TB. 16TB sounds nice.
Trisha King (verified owner) –
Recommissioning an old server with new drives, they worked perfectly as expected
Moses Nader (verified owner) –
This is the fourth 8TB HGST heritage Ultrastar drive in my inventory. The first two were Hitachi branded, the last two were Western Digital branded though the third one had a WD label, but the firmware reports an Hitachi heritage model number. I’ve been happy with the performance of the drives and I’ve had no failures. I use two of these disks to archive video and audio projects with identical copies on two backup disks stored in a different location in containers. Since I edit on solid state disks, I have a drive power switch that allows me to keep these disks powered off until I need to backup the project. WD has changed the bottom mounting screw pattern to the traditional 3.5 hard drive pattern. HGST Ultrastars had an unusual pattern that probably worked for large OEMs selling into the data center market, but was a poor fit for my particular case mounting methodology. Now, I keep the WD Ultrastars in the machine and use the older HGST drives for offline backup.
Antonio Tromp (verified owner) –
I’ve owned over 50 hard drives. Been using five of the WD Ultrastar 14TB versions for my photo database for over 2 years now, no problems. Do I trust them? Well, I just bought six more 14TB drives.
Misty Bruen (verified owner) –
This is the fourth WD 12TB drive I have purchase for my Synology Network Attached Storage device, also purchased from B&H, and I couldn’t be happier with the price, the products and the service. Although the last two drives I purchased were on back order, B&H sent regular emails to let me know I had not been forgotten and this was much appreciated.
Margie Ebert (verified owner) –
This drive is very noisy and runs hot, I am going to have to put a fan on it. I didn’t get near 8 TB, but I guess that is the way they rate hard drives today.
Lucie Bartoletti (verified owner) –
Real Deal Ultrastars!! When paired with 2020 Mercury Elite Pro, using CrystalDiskMark, benched at 275/274 Read/Write speeds.
Sim Farrell (verified owner) –
Just got the drive. Unpacked it, installed it and it started making weird noises and failed on initializing. $150 paper weight.
Demarco Runolfsson (verified owner) –
Got mine a few weeks ago and no issues so far. These do the same clicking that the old HGST drives did but those are still fine as well. Very fast drive too!
Berry Will (verified owner) –
Got 6 of these drives to upgrade in my NAS replacing old 4TB drives. They came well packaged and I ran badblocks on all of them which took ~6 days to complete all 4 passes and comparisons. All of them passed with no errors and have been up and running for a 3-4 weeks 2/7 with no issue.
Baron Wehner (verified owner) –
I use these drives to create a pair of backups of all my files, particularly images.They are reliable ( never had a failure) and cost effective. B&H ships these out with 2 day delivery! Very happy with my purchase and B&H!
Malika Hyatt (verified owner) –
Being an IT manger we are Using these drives for all our backups and it never failed on us This is the most reliable drive in the market! I am using this version and previous versions from last 15 years!
Ruben Heller (verified owner) –
Fingers crossed, I’ve never had a WD or HGST drive fail even with 3x as many power on hrs (30,000+ hrs) as other major brands that failed. This Ultrastar is quiet and stays relatively cool for a 7200 RPM drive.