The Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC560 is a high-capacity enterprise-grade hard drive designed for data centers and large-scale storage environments. Offering an immense 20TB storage capacity in a standard 3.5-inch form factor, this HDD leverages cutting-edge technologies such as Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording (EAMR), OptiNAND, and HelioSeal to deliver superior areal density and power efficiency.

With a 7200 RPM rotational speed and a 512MB cache buffer, the drive enables fast data transfer rates up to 291 MB/s, making it ideal for demanding workloads including cloud storage, hyperscale applications, distributed file systems, and big data analytics. It supports SATA 6 Gb/s interface for broad compatibility across enterprise servers and storage arrays.

The drive boasts a projected mean time between failures (MTBF) of 2.5 million hours and carries a robust 5-year limited warranty, ensuring reliability and longevity. Options with Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) technology provide enhanced data security for sensitive environments.

Key features such as the 7th generation HelioSeal design minimize power consumption and improve durability by using helium sealing technology. The Ultrastar DC HC560 is well-suited for massive scale-out data centers requiring high-density and high-capacity bulk storage solutions.

Applications:

• Cloud and hyperscale storage


• Massive scale-out (MSO) high-density data centers


• Distributed file systems


• Object storage solutions like Ceph™ and OpenStack® Swift


• Primary and secondary storage for Apache Hadoop® big data analytics