WD 18TB UltraStar DC HC550 7200 rpm SAS-3 3.5″ Internal HDD (OEM)

The 18TB UltraStar DC HC550 7200 rpm SAS-3 3.5″ Internal HDD from WD is a high-performance, large-capacity drive designed for enterprise environments that have intensive data and storage needs. This drive has a storage capacity of 18TB and a 3.5″ form factor with a SAS-3 12 Gb/s interface, rotational speed of 7200 rpm, and 512MB cache that help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers at speeds of up to 269 MB/s. As a professional-grade drive, it has an MTBF rating of 2.5 million hours, an Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) of 0.35%, 600,000 load/unload cycles, an error rate of 1 in 10¹⁵ non-recoverable bits read, and a workload of up to 550TB per year, plus WD’s HelioSeal technology, which replaces the air inside the drive with helium. This allows for increased efficiency, reliability, and capacity, thanks to reduced vibration, improved areal density, cooler operating temperatures, and reduced power requirements.