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No compromise storage for any application demanding the best in HDD storage.
A wide range of capacities up to 26TB to meet your enterprise-class storage needs.
Quality and reliability with up to 2.5M hours MTBF3 to help you store your data with confidence.
Specifically designed for use in enterprise-class storage systems and data centers.
Among the highest workload and reliability ratings of any Western Digital hard drive.
Peace of mind with a 5-year limited warranty.
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Overview

Specs

WD Gold HDDs incorporate our latest innovations to handle heavy, continuous read-write workloads in the toughest of enterprise and commercial system environments. WD Gold drives provide the utmost in HDD storage performance, reliability, durability, and capacity-point flexibility to small and medium businesses and design professionals whose mission-critical data and creative output are essential to their success.

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Model
Brand	WD
Series	Gold
Model	WD261KRYZ
Part Number	WD261KRYZ

Performance
Interface	SATA 6.0Gb/s
Capacity	26TB
RPM	7200 RPM
Cache	512MB

Features
Features	Built For Demanding Use Cases Customize your business’s storage mix to fit your specific needs with hard drives in capacities of up to 26TB1, engineered for demanding applications with a read-write workload rating of up to 550TB2 per year. Enhanced Reliability With a five-year limited warranty3 supporting up to 2.5M hours MTBF4, WD Gold hard drives deliver enhanced levels of dependability and durability. Protection and Performance Boost ArmorCache™ technology (available in 22TB and above) is a Western Digital-only feature that provides enterprise power loss protection of your data in write-cache enabled (WCE) mode while increasing performance in write-cache disabled (WCD) mode. Continuous Innovation The WD Gold 26TB1 model is built on the world’s first 11-disk HDD platform and delivers the 10th generation of HelioSeal technology, which has proven to be a vital foundation for continuous capacity growth for over a decade. Robustness For Tough Environments Our exclusive Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) uses dual sensors to anticipate and counteract disturbances, maintaining peak performance in high-vibration environments. Flexibility and Peace of Mind WD Gold® has undergone extensive testing and validation in a variety of host bus adapters, servers and enterprise storage solutions employing RAID and other data resiliency configurations.
Usage	For Enterprise Storage

Dimensions
Form Factor	3.5"
Height (maximum)	26.10mm
Width (maximum)	147.00mm
Length (maximum)	101.60mm

Additional Information
First Listed on Newegg	March 24, 2025

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