Western Digital 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SAS

The Western Digital 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SAS hard drive belongs among the The 3.5" format is designed chiefly for desktop PCs and data centres. One of the key parameters is obviously the rotational speed. The 7200 RPM RPM delivers improved system performance and faster data transfer. The overall data capacity of the HDD is 16000 GB. The drive has a 512 MB memory cache. You can link the Western Digital hard disk and the PC or other devices is facilitated via the SAS interface.

Western Digital 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SAS Hard Disk Key Features

• Read speed up to 262 MB/s and write speed up to 262 MB/s
• 512 MB memory cache
• Western Digital 3.5" drive for ordinary drive bays
• Power consumption under standard load is 6,5 W, while in stand-by mode it holds at 0.35 W
• The data transfer is facilitated using the SAS interface
• Standard hard drives are admittedly more susceptible to physical damage, but they offer a great storage capacity/performance ratio

Other HDD Features

Platter HDDs have a special construction. Inside the drive there is a mechanism with moving platters, complete with hard disk heads that read and write the data. These moving parts are not particularly resistant against shock or impact, but at the same time you get its amazing price/capacity ratio. The important parameter that determines the speed of a hard disk is RPM - the number of revolutions per minute. In case of the Western Digital 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SAS, you would get 7200 RPM revolutions per minute. This is great news for people who demand more from their devices, such as graphic or video editors - in short, people who work with large amounts of data. System responsivity and stability is also significantly affected by the disk buffer, usually called cache. The Western Digital hard drive features a 512 MB cache that stores the last used data for their fast retrieval and reading.

Connecting the Western Digital Hard Disk

If you want to install the Western Digital 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SAS in the device of your choice, it must be equipped with a 3.5" slot. Data transfer takes place using the SAS interface with a speed of 12.0 Gbit/s. This technology is fairly rare nowadays.