WD Ultrastar DC HC320 8TB 7200RPM 512e SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" HDD (HUS728T8TALE6L4)

Economics and Access Speed: Key Requirements for Low Capacity HDDs in the Data Center

As the industry evolves to develop purpose-built solutions for growing data storage requirements, IT managers continue to rely on lower capacity drives that are economical to acquire, yet deliver quick and reliable data access for traditional data center applications. Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year, Ultrastar DC HC320 is an 8TB HDD that helps address economic and access requirements of many traditional IT workloads.
Low capacity drives also help address architecture limitations.
Part of our mid-capacity DC HC300 series, the Ultrastar DC HC320 is designed for traditional storage and server applications as well as distributed and scalable computing, including block and file storage architectures, providing fast 7,200 RPM performance and lower acquisition cost to help ease budget constraints.
Ultrastar DC HC320 is offered with either 6Gb/s SATA or 12Gb/s SAS interface in a 512e9 format.

Highlights

• Excellent random and sequential performance


• 8TB capacity point supports traditional IT systems


• Sustained transfer rate up to 255MB/s


• Advanced Format 512e9 models


• Self-Encrypting Drive options

Applications & Workloads

• Distributed file systems, like Apache Hadoop, to support Big Data analytics


• Direct & Network Attached Storage (DAS & NAS)


• RAID arrays