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To equip your data centre, the Western Digital Gold 18Tb 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 has 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).
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, 18TB capacity, and 7,200 RPM spin speed, this model delivers 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.
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General information |
Product name |
Western Digital WD Gold 18 TB (WD181KRYZ) |
Brand |
Western Digital | |
Model |
WD181KRYZ | |
Main characteristics |
Interface with the computer |
Serial ATA 6Gb/s (SATA Revision 3) |
Hard drive format |
3" 1/2 | |
Capacity |
18 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
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Legal warranty |
See terms & conditions
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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
After a few weeks of use, nothing in particular happened. Everything seems to work perfectly. The actual capacity is 14.5 TB.
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.
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.
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.
I've been buying Western Digital hard drives since at least the year 2000 and I've never had the slightest problem using them, which is why I'm pleased to testify today...
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