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Western Digital WD Gold 16 TB (WD161KRYZ) 3.5" 16 TB 7200 RPM 512MB Serial ATA 6Gb/s 512e hard drive for Data Centres (bulk)
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Review Western Digital WD Gold 16 TB (WD161KRYZ)

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Western Digital WD Gold 16 TB (WD161KRYZ)

3.5" 16 TB 7200 RPM 512MB Serial ATA 6Gb/s 512e hard drive for Data Centres (bulk)

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Overview

Reliability and performance for data centres

To equip your data centre, the Western Digital Gold 16Tb internal hard drive has many qualities. It has a write load of 550TB/year, a spin speed of 7200 RPM and a SATA 6Gbit/s interface. It also features linear and rotational vibration protection and an MTBF of 2.5 million hours.

Available in capacities from 1TB to 18TB, WD Gold hard drives are an extremely reliable solution for demanding storage environments. They offer up to 2.5 million hours MTBF (depending on model), vibration protection technology, and low power consumption with HelioSeal technology (12TB and larger models).

Overcome intensive workloads

The Western Digital Gold internal hard drive offers all the resources needed for professionals who want to bring performance to the data centre. With a SATA 6Gbps interface, 16TB capacity and 7,200 RPM spin speed, this model provides the performance, capacity and efficiency required.

This 3.5" drive is capable of supporting a write load of 550 TB/year, a record among models in its category. Finally, you can also take advantage of its reliability with an MTBF of 2.5 million hours. This is one more asset to ensure you have a resource of choice for your installation.

The WD Gold hard drive features sophisticated control electronics to correct linear and rotational vibration in real time to deliver improved performance within high vibration environments.

Key Features :

  • 3.5" SATA 6 Gbps 512e data centre hard drive
  • Capacity: 16 TB
  • Spin Speed: 7200 RPM
  • Cache size: 512 MB
  • Specially designed product for use in data centres and enterprise storage systems
  • WD vibration technology
  • Write load: 550 TB/year
  • MTBF: 2.5 million hours
  • 5 year warranty
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General information

Product name

 Western Digital WD Gold 16 TB (WD161KRYZ)

Brand

 Western Digital

Model

 WD161KRYZ

Main characteristics

Interface with the computer

 Serial ATA 6Gb/s (SATA Revision 3)

Hard drive format

 3" 1/2

Capacity

 16 TB

Performance

Rotation speed

 7200 RPM

Cache size

 512 MB

Recording technology

 CMR

Design

Hard drive type

 HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

Use

 for server

Physical characteristics

Width

 101.6 mm

Height

 26.1 mm

Depth

 147 mm

Weight

 690 g

Warranties

Commercial warranty
Seller 2 years

Legal warranty
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Safety Information

Responsible person

 Western Digital UK Limited

Postal address

 Connaught House, 3rd Floor, 255 High Street Guildford, Surrey GU1 3BS, GB, United Kingdom

Electronic Address
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Product referenced on 13 Jul 2020

Customer reviews
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  • by ChristianM
    Posted on 3 Jul 2026
    Bought on 4 Jun 2026 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 5 Average rating: 8

    WD 10To Gold Ok

    Great drive, no slowdown on large files and also, though a bit slower, on sets of small files.
    Less fast than an M2 SSD memory: that’s normal, the bus and the engraving process are longer than with a memory one.
    I ordered two of them to make a mirror and it works well.
    No installation issues on Windows 10, just declare it and no need for long and slow formatting...
    So, brand new, I was able to put my 5To of data on it without problems, access is fast without bugs.
    I even had a mains power outage and when it came back I found everything again, there must be a micro delay to put the heads back to rest and mine too ;)
    not noisy, only good things so far.
    Thanks LDLC for having corrected the situation, for the first drive I had made a mistake in the address, or going a bit too fast with the order I had left the winter address...
    recommended, the 10TO Gold

    Model: Western Digital WD Gold 10Tb (WD103KRYZ)
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  • by petitpadawan
    Posted on 24 Apr 2025
    Bought on 27 Mar 2025 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 11 Average rating: 9

    Good HDD

    After a few weeks of use, nothing in particular happened. Everything seems to work perfectly. The actual capacity is 14.5 TB.

    Model: Western Digital WD Gold 16 TB (WD161KRYZ)
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  • by TKH0
    Posted on 26 Mar 2025
    Bought on 25 Feb 2025 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 7 Average rating: 7

    Good product

    How long does it take to copy 8TB via USB? The drive works very well, we'll have to see how long it lasts, but there's no reason why.
    The LDLC service is top notch, as usual.

    Model: Western Digital WD Gold 12 TB (WD121KRYZ)
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  • by MF.dll
    Posted on 22 Mar 2025
    Bought on 22 Feb 2025 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10

    Compliant disc

    I bought this drive to go with a DS418 which already has 2 18TB Ultrastars. I don't have much more to say, my nas hasn't been any noisier since I added it (it was noisier before too??), in terms of performance, it's obviously a long way from a SATA SSD but it's more than enough for my needs. I'll have to wait and see, but for the moment I'm very happy with it. The price may be a bit high, but it's the only 18TB with 512MB cache in this price bracket.

    Model: Western Digital WD Gold 18 TB (WD181KRYZ)
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  • by Franck P
    Posted on 28 Oct 2024
    Bought on 16 Oct 2024 from LDLC
    Number of reviews: 1 Average rating: 10

    Absolutely perfect

    Very satisfied with the purchase of a Western Digital WD Gold 4Tb WD4004FRYZ to replace a Seagate ST2000DM001.
    This drive, which can be heard scratching when in use, is still less noisy than the old Seagate.
    The drive can be prepared on a Synology DS1618+ (also bought from LDLC a long time ago and still active). A warning message is displayed, however, because the WD4004FRYZ is not yet referenced in the list of compatible drives. If you want to use this drive on a Windows PC after a quick reformat, you'll need to delete all the DSM logical partitions.
    The drive is delivered in a vacuum-packed blister pack (bulk without screws or cables) surrounded by a solid layer of cardboard. I miss the LDLC packaging of yesteryear, which included a good layer of foam to prevent Dead on arrival.

    Model: Western Digital WD Gold 4Tb (WD4004FRYZ)
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