Western Digital WD10EARX, WD15EARS, WD15EARS-60MVWB0, WD20EARX, WD20EARS User Manual

WD Caviar® Green™

Desktop Hard Drives

As hard drive capacities increase, the power required to run those drives increases as well. WD Caviar Green drives make it possible for energy-conscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and energy conservation.

INTERFACE		WIDTH/HEIGHT	ROTATIONAL SPEED	CAPACITIES
SATA		3.5-inch/1-inch	IntelliPower™	750 GB to 3 TB
MODEL NUMBERS
WD30EZRX	WD20EARS	WD7500AARX		Note: Not all products may be
WD30EZRSDTL	WD15EARX	WD7500AARS
WD25EZRX	WD15EARS	WD7500AADS		available in all regions of the world.
WD25EZRSDTL	WD10EARX
WD20EARX	WD10EARS

Product Features

Massive capacity

WD Caviar Green SATA drives now deliver up to 3 TB of storage on a single drive.

Reduced power consumption

WD has reduced power consumption making it possible for our energyconscious customers to build systems with higher capacities and the right balance of system performance, ensured reliability, and

energy conservation.

Cool and quiet

Drives with WD GreenPower Technology™ yield lower operating temperatures for increased reliability and low acoustics for ultra-quiet PCs and external drives.

Perfect for external drives

External drive manufacturers can eliminate the need for a fan in a high-capacity product with a

WD Caviar Green drive, the coolest and quietest in its class.

IntelliPower

A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate, and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. Additionally, WD Caviar Green drives consume less current during startup allowing lower peak loads on systems as they are booted.

IntelliSeek™

Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.

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.

Advanced Format (AF)

Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers as one of multiple ways to continue growing hard drive capacities. AF is a more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities. (RX, RS, and RSDTL models only)

Applications

Desktop PCs, high capacity external storage, and NAS.

Desktop / Consumer RAID Environments - WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications (RAID-0 / RAID-1).

-Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Green Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider WD’s Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing.