Details : WD VelociRaptor™ SATA Hard Drives 300 GB, 3 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM
1.4 Million Hours MTBF World's Fastest SATA Drive 5-year Limited Warranty
The WD Raptor® has evolved! PCenthusiasts’ favorite 10,000 RPM SATA drive is now faster than ever.
Engineered for maximum speed! WD VelociRaptor, the newest member of our unique class of 10,000 RPM SATA hard drives, combines a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache, to deliver performance that’s up to 35% faster than its speedy older brother.
Key FeaturesKiller Speed - Built on the performance bloodlines of WD Raptor, these10,000 RPM drives, with SATA 3Gb/s interface, and 16 MB cache deliver mind-bending performance. Not only are they35 percent faster than the previous generation WD Raptor drives, but they also beat outall other competitors in the field.
Rock-solid Reliability - Designed and manufactured to mission-critical enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise reliabilityin high duty cycle environments. With 1.4 millionhours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.
Double the Capacity - State-of-the-art technology packs twice the capacity per disk compared to its older brother WD Raptor resulting in300 GB of high-performance storage space in this enterprise-class 2.5-inch drive. (Not compatible with notebook computers)
IcePack™ Mounting Frame - The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is enclosed in a 3.5-inch enterprise-class mounting frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra cool when installed in high-performance desktop chassis.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF™) - Optimizes operation and performance whenthe drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.
SecurePark™ - Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long-term reliabilityand increased drive protectionwhen the chassis is moved.
5-year limited warranty
Ideal For
Performance enthusiast systems, workstations, and low-end servers
Compatibility Windows Vista/XP/2000 SATA interface connector on motherboard or SATA host controller* Available 3.5-inch internal drive bay
*Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware configuration and operating system.
Performance Specifications Transfer Rates Buffer To Host (Serial ATA) 3Gb/s (Max) Transfer Rate (Buffer To Disk) 120 MB/s (Sustained)
Physical Specifications Formatted Capacity 300,069 MB Capacity 300 GB Interface SATA 3 Gb/s User Sectors Per Drive 586,072,368
Physical Dimensions English
Height 1.028 Inches (Max) Length 5.787 Inches (Max) Width 4.00 Inches (+/- 0.010 inch)
Weight 1.08 Pounds
Metric
Height 26.1 mm (Max) Length 147 mm (Max) Width 101.6 mm Weight 0.489 kg
Environmental Specifications Shock
Operating Shock (Read) 65G, 2ms
Non-operating Shock 300G, 2 ms
Acoustics Idle Mode 29 dBA (average) Seek Mode 0 36 dBA (average)
Temperature (English) Operating 32° F to 140° F Non-operating -40° F to 158° F
Temperature (Metric) Operating -0° C to 60° C Non-operating -40° C to 70° C
Humidity Operating 5-95% RH non-condensing Non-operating 5-95% RH non-condensing
Altitude (English) Operating -1,000 feet to 10,000 feet Non-operating -1,000 feet to 40,000 feet
Altitude (Metric) Operating -305M to 3,050M Non-operating -305M to 12,200M
Vibration Operating Linear 20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 topeak)
Random 10-300 Hz, 0.008 g² / Hz
Non-operating Low Frequency 0.05 g²/Hz (10 to 300 Hz) High Frequency 20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)
Electrical Specifications Current Requirements 12 VDC
Read/Write 225 mA Idle 200 mA Standby 6 mA Sleep 6 mA
5 VDC
Read/Write 675 mA Idle 425 mA Standby 70 mA Sleep 70 mA
Power Dissipation Read/Write 6.08 Watts Idle 4.53 Watts Standby 0.42 Watts Sleep 0.42 Watts
