® WD VelociRaptor SATA Hard Drives WD VelociRaptor hard drives deliver maximum speed and reliability for blade servers, 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 WIDTH/HEIGHT ROTATIONAL SPEED CAPACITIES SATA 6 Gb/s (BLHX models) 2.5-inch/0.6-inch 10,000 RPM 150, 300, 450, and 600 GB SATA 3 Gb/s (BLFS models) MODEL NUMBERS Note: Not all products may be WD6000BLHX WD3000BLFS available in all regions of the WD4500BLHX WD1500BLFS world. Product Benefits Killer speed Monstrous capacity Rotary Acceleration Feed Environmentally conscious Forward (RAFF™) With up to SATA 6 Gb/s interface and WD VelociRaptor SATA drives are In addition to being ROHS compliant, this 32 MB cache, next generation generation of WD VelociRaptor is also a available in capacities up to 600 GB, Optimizes operation and performance 10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor are up to halogen free design. double the capacity of the previous when the drives are used in vibration- 15% faster than the award-winning generation. prone, multi-drive chassis. previous generation. 5-year limited warranty Ultra-cool operation NoTouch™ ramp load Rock-solid reliability technology Consumes no more power than the Designed and manufactured to mission- previous generation WD VelociRaptor critical enterprise-class standards to The recording head never touches the while offering double the capacity and disk media ensuring significantly less provide enterprise reliability in high duty higher performance. wear to the recording head and media as cycle environments. With 1.4 million hours MTBF, these drives have the well as better drive protection in transit. highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity SATA drive. Applications Blade servers, workstations, and low-end servers. WD VelociRaptor 1 600 GB 450 GB 300 GB 150 GB Specifications Model number WD6000BLHX WD4500BLHX WD3000BLFS WD1500BLFS Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s Formatted capacity 600,127 MB 450,098 MB 300,069 MB 150,039 MB User sectors per drive 1,172,123,568 879,097,968 586,072,368 293,046,768 Native command queuing Yes Yes Yes Yes SATA latching connector Yes Yes Yes Yes Actuator latch/auto park Yes Yes Yes Yes Form factor 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2.5-inch 2 RoHS compliant Yes Yes Yes Yes Performance Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host 6 Gb/s 6 Gb/s 3 Gb/s 3 Gb/s Host to/from drive (sustained) 145 MB/s 145 MB/s 126 MB/s 126 MB/s Cache (MB) 32 32 16 16 Rotational speed (RPM) 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 Average drive ready time (sec) 7777 Reliability/Data Integrity 3 Load/unload cycles 600,000 600,000 600,000 600,000 15 15 15 15 Non-recoverable read errors per bits read <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 <1 in 10 4 Limited warranty (years) 5555 Power Management 12VDC (A, max) 1.8 1.8 1.25 1.25 Average power requirements (W) Read/Write 6.4 6.4 6.0 6.0 Idle 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.5 Standby 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 Sleep 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 5 Environmental Specifications Temperature (°C) Operating 5 to 55 5 to 55 5 to 55 5 to 55 Non-operating -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 -40 to 70 Shock (Gs) Operating (2 ms, read/write) 30 30 30 30 Operating (2 ms, read) 65 65 65 65 Non-operating (2 ms) 300 300 300 300 6 Average acoustics (dBA) Idle mode 27 27 27 27 Performance seek mode 34 34 34 34 Physical Dimensions Height (in./mm, max) 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 Width (in./mm, ± .01 in.) 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 As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one 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, megabyte 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 SATA- IO organization as of the date of this specification 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, For service and literature: WD VelociRaptor, and Put Your Life On It support.wdc.com are registered trademarks in the U.S. and www.westerndigital.com other countries; and RAFF, NoTouch, and 800.ASK.4WDC North America FIT Lab are trademarks of Western Digital 800.832.4778 Spanish Technologies, Inc. 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