Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 internal hard drive 14.3 TB 7200 RP

Internal hard drives with higher capacities and lower TCOData center decisions are driven by TCO. The Ultrastar DC HC550. with 14TB. 16TB & 18TB1. play a leading role in reducing TCO.Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Drives the Data Center ArchitectureData center decisions are driven by TCO. Higher capacity hard drives play a leading role in reducing TCO. An 18TB data center internal hard drive provides 29% more capacity in the same form factor as a 14TB HDD. Higher capacity HDDs enable data centers to lower CapEx by reducing supporting hardware and system level costs when compared to lower capacity drives. Helium-sealed. low power. high reliability drives reduce energy and maintenance costs. contributing to OpEx savings. For example. a data center using 18TB HDDs vs. 14TB HDDs can require 22% fewer racks while consuming 21% less power per TB at idle. resulting in significant overall TCO reduction for data center environments.Raising the Capacity Bar with New TechnologiesUltrastar DC HC550