Western Digital WD5003ABYX - RE4, WD1503FYYS - RE4, VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX, VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS, VelociRaptor WD740HLFS Product Specifications

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WD VelociRaptor

SATA Hard Drives

WD VelociRaptor hard drives deliver maximum speed and
reliability for performance enthusiast systems, workstations,
and low-end servers. With a superbly engineered
combination of 10,000 RPM spin speed, SATA 6 Gb/s
interface and a 32 MB cache, these drives are truly an
evolution in performance.

INTERFACE

SATA 6 Gb/s (HLHX models)
SATA 3 Gb/s (HLFS models)

MODEL NUMBERS

WD6000HLHX WD3000HLFS WD740HLFS*
WD4500HLHX WD1500HLFS

WIDTH/HEIGHT

3.5-inch/1-inch

*This model/capacity is build-to-order only

Product Benefits

Killer speed

With up to SATA 6 Gb/s interface and
32 MB cache, next generation
10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor are up to
15% faster than the award-winning
previous generation.

Rock-solid reliability

Designed and manufactured to mission­critical 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.

Monstrous capacity

WD VelociRaptor SATA drives are
available in capacities up to 600 GB,
double the capacity of the previous
generation.

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.

ROTATIONAL SPEED

10,000 RPM

Rotary Acceleration Feed
Forward (RAFF™)

Optimizes operation and performance
when the drives are used in vibration­prone, multi-drive chassis.

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.

CAPACITIES

74, 150, 300, 450, and 600 GB

Note: Not all products may be
available in all regions of the
world.

Environmentally conscious

In addition to being ROHS compliant, this
generation of WD VelociRaptor is also a
halogen free design.

5-year limited warranty

Applications

Performance enthusiast systems, workstations, and low-end servers.

WD VelociRaptor

Specifications

1

600 GB 450 GB 300 GB 150 GB 74 GB

Model number WD6000HLHX WD4500HLHX WD3000HLFS WD1500HLFS WD740HLFS
Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s
Formatted capacity 600,127 MB 450,098 MB 300,069 MB 150,039 MB 74,355 MB
User sectors per drive 1,172,123,568 879,097,968 586,072,368 293,046,768 145,226,112
Native command queuing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SATA latching connector Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Actuator latch/auto park Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Form factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch
RoHS compliant

2

Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s

Performance

Data transfer rate (max)

Buffer to host
Host to/from drive (sustained)

6 Gb/s
145 MB/s

6 Gb/s
145 MB/s

3 Gb/s
126 MB/s

3 Gb/s
126 MB/s

3 Gb/s

126 MB/s
Cache (MB) 32 32 16 16 16
Rotational speed (RPM) 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Average drive ready time (sec) 7 7 7 7 7

Reliability/Data Integrity

Load/unload cycles
Non-recoverable read errors per bits read <1 in 10
Limited warranty (years)

3

4

600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000

15

<1 in 1015 <1 in 1015 <1 in 1015 <1 in 1015

55555

Power Management

12VDC (A, max) 1.8 1.8 1.25 1.25 1.25
Average power requirements (W)

Read/Write
Idle
Standby
Sleep

Environmental Specifications

Temperature (°C)

Operating
Non-operating

Shock (Gs)

Operating (2 ms, read/write)
Operating (2 ms, read)
Non-operating (2 ms)

Average acoustics (dBA)

Idle mode
Performance seek mode

6

5

6.4

4.3

0.7

0.7

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
65
300

27
34

6.4

4.3

0.7

0.7

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
65
300

27
34

6.0

4.5

0.4

0.4

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
65
300

27
34

6.0

4.5

0.4

0.4

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30
65
300

27
34

6.0

4.5

0.4

0.4

5 to 55

-40 to 70

30

65

300

27

34

Physical Dimensions

Height (in./mm, max) 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1 1.028/26.1
Length (in./mm, max) 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147 5.787/147
Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6 4/101.6
Weight (lb./kg, ± 10%) 1.08/0.49 1.08/0.49 1.08/0.49 1.08/0.49 1.08/0.49

1

As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, on e 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, mega byte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. Effective maximum SATA 3 Gb/s transfer rate calculated according to the Serial ATA specification published by the SATA­IO organization as of the date of this specifica tion sheet. Visit www.sata-io.org for details.

2

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.

3

Controlled unload at ambient condition

4

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

5

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

6

Sound power level.

Western Digital, WD, the WD logo,
WD VelociRaptor, and Put Your Life On It
are registered trademarks in the U.S. and
other countries; and IcePack, RAFF,
NoTouch, and FIT Lab 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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