Western Digital WD1500HLHX, WD1500BLHX, WD3000BLHX, WD3000HLHX, WD4500BLHX User Manual

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WD VelociRaptor® VR200M

Enterprise Hard Drives

Specification Sheet

WD VelociRaptor drives offer maximum speed, low power consumption, and cool operation perfect for blade servers, performance enthusiast systems, workstations, and low-end servers. Available in a 2.5-inch form factor for use in enterprise applications or designed into a 3.5-inch mounting frame for installation in high-performance 3.5-inch enabled systems and chassis.

Product Benefits

 Killer Speed – Built on the performance bloodlines of WD Raptor

drives, with a SATA 6 Gb/s interface and 32 MB cache, deliver mind-bending performance. Not only are they up to 15% percent faster than the previous generation WD VelociRaptor drives, but they also beat out all other competitors in the field.

 Rock-solid Reliability – Designed and manufactured to mission-critical

enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.

 Double the Capacity – State-of-the-art technology packs twice the capacity per drive

compared to the previous generation of WD VelociRaptor, resulting in up to 600 GB of high-performance storage space in this enterprise-class 2.5-inch drive. (Not compatible with notebook computers)

 Small form factor – This ultra fast 2.5-inch hard drive is engineered to fit into blade servers

and other enterprise storage configurations. (Not designed for use in laptop or notebook computers)

 Ultra-cool operation – Consumes less idle power and uses similar active power as the

previous generation WD VelociRaptor, while offering double the capacity and higher performance.

 IcePack™ mounting frame - The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is enclosed in a backplane-

ready 3.5-inch enterprise-class mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra cool when installed in high-performance desktop chassis. (WDxxxxHLHX models only)

 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.

 Pre-emptive Wear Leveling (PWL) – Designed to ensure reliability for applications that

perform a high number of incoming commands.

 Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF™) – Optimizes operation and performance

when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.

 Environmentally Conscious – In addition to being RoHS compliant, this generation of

WD VelociRaptor also provides a “Halogen Free” design.

, these 10,000 RPM

Capacities

150, 300, 450, and

600 GB

GB per Platter

200 GB

Model Numbers

WD6000BLHX WD6000HLHX WD4500BLHX WD4500HLHX WD3000BLHX WD3000HLHX WD1500BLHX WD1500HLHX

Applications

Servers, network attached storage, scientific computing, video surveillance, enterprise backup, document and image management, digital video.

WD VelociRaptor VR200M

Enterprise Hard Drives

Specification Sheet

Physical Specifications

150 GB 300 GB 450 GB 600 GB

Model numbers WD1500BLHX

Formatted capacity

WD1500HLHX 150,039 MB 300,069 MB 450,098 MB 600,127 MB

WD3000BLHX WD3000HLHX

WD4500BLHX WD4500HLHX

WD6000BLHX WD6000HLHX

User sectors per drive 293,046,768 586,072,368 879,097,968 1,172,123,568 Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s Form factor 2.5-inch (WD1500BLHX)

3.5-inch (WD1500HLHX)

2.5-inch (WD3000BLHX)

3.5-inch (WD3000HLHX)

2.5-inch (WD4500BLHX)

3.5-inch (WD4500HLHX)

2.5-inch (WD6000BLHX)

3.5-inch (WD6000HLHX) Actuator latch/auto park Yes Yes Yes Yes SATA latching connector Yes Yes Yes Yes RoHS compliant

Performance Specifications

Data Transfer Rate

Buffer to host 6 Gb/s Host to/from drive 145 MB/s sustained

YesYesYesYes

Power Requirements (average)

Mode 12V (±10%) 5V (±5%) Power

Read/Write Sequential 220 mA 825 mA 6.8W Read/Write Random 320 mA 470 mA 6.2W Idle 210 mA 360 mA 4.3W Standby 5 mA 130 mA 0.7W

Average seek 3.6 ms (read), 4.2 ms (write) Track-to-track seek 0.4 ms maximum Rotational speed 10,000 RPM Latency 3 ms average Read cache Adaptive Write cache Yes Buffer 32 MB Drive ready time 8 sec. average

Load/unload cycles LBA support Yes Error rate (non-recoverable)

600,000 minimum

<1 in 10

bits read

Sleep 5 mA 120 mA 0.7W

Environmental Specifications

Shock

Operating (2 ms) 30G (read/write), 65G (read) Non-operating (2 ms) 300G Half sine wave measured in 2 ms duration, measured without isolation.

Vibration

Operating

- Random 0.008 g

/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)

- Linear 20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 to peak)

Physical Dimensions

WDxxxxBLHX Drives Height

Length Width Weight 0.48 lb. (219 gm) ± 10%

WDxxxxHLHX Drives Height 1.028 in. (26.1 mm) max

Length 5.787 in. (147.0 mm) max Width 4.0 in. (101.6 mm) ± .01 in. Weight 1.08 lb. (489 gm) ± 10%

0.59 in. (15.0 mm) max

3.94 in. (100.0 mm) max

2.75 in. (69.85 mm) ± .01 in.

Non-operating

- Random 0.05 g2/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)

- Linear 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)

Operating Temperature & Humidity

Temperature 5° C to 55° C Humidity 5-95% RH non-condensing Thermal Gradient 20° C/hour max

Non-Operating Temperature & Humidity

Temperature -40° C to 70° C Humidity 5-95% RH non-condensing Thermal Gradient 30° C/hour

Acoustics (average)

Idle mode

30 dBA

Performance seek mode 537 dBA

Reliability

MTBF Limited warranty

As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. Effective maximum SATA 6 Gb/s transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specification published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this specification sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.

WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the European Union for electrical and electronic products. The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament, which is effective in the EU beginning July 1, 2006, aims to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in new equipment, and consists of restrictions on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances.

Controlled unload at ambient condition.

No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.

Sound power level.

100% workload at 50°C on base casting.

The term of the limited warranty may vary by region. Visit support.wdc.com/warranty for details.

1,400,000 hours 5 years

For service and literature:

support.wdc.com www.westerndigital.com

800.ASK.4WDC North America

800.832.4778 Spanish +800.6008.6008 Asia Pacific

00800.27549338 Europe

+31.880062100 Europe/Middle East/Africa

Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, WD VelociRaptor, and WD Raptor are registered trademarks in the U.S. and other countries; and NoTouch, RAFF, and the FIT Lab logo are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Product specifications subject to change without notice.

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