Western Digital

Western Digital WD6001F4PZ 6TB Datacenter Hard Drive

Cost-Effective Archival Storage SolutionThe WD Ae Datacenter Archive Hard Drive is designed for cost-effective, high-capacity storage of cold data. With features like Progressive Capacity and an energy-efficient design, these drives are ideal for long-term archiving. Capacity: 6TB Form...

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Overview

Cost-Effective Archival Storage Solution

The WD Ae Datacenter Archive Hard Drive is designed for cost-effective, high-capacity storage of cold data. With features like Progressive Capacity and an energy-efficient design, these drives are ideal for long-term archiving.

  • Capacity: 6TB
  • Form Factor: 3.5"
  • Interface: SATA III
  • Cache: 64 MB
  • Application: Datacenter Archive

Key Features

Energy efficient - Reduced media spin lowers power consumption and optimizes the drive's read/write ratio for the rigid requirements of cold storage systems.

With 700PB's of cold storage deployed in datacenters already, WD's 4th generation WD Ae drive utilizes innovative technology to reduce power consumption and lower operating temperature, which results in a more reliable solution for data archives.

Cost-effective capacity storage - Moving cold data to value-optimized archive media delivers significant TCO savings by freeing up expensive performance-critical storage system capacity.

As technology and manufacturing processes mature, incremental capacity increases are realized. WD's innovative Progressive Capacity model allows distribution of these incrementally higher capacity models, taking advantage of their full capacity.

Cold data power management - Competitive power management, reduced heat output, and next generation technologies such as Intelli Seek combine to deliver a balance of performance and power perfect for cold data archive storage architectures.

The spin-down capability of the WD Ae drive provides much faster access times than conventional archive tape with data access times of less than 20 seconds for on-demand data requests.

A head-positioning system with two actuators improves positional accuracy over the data track(s). The primary actuator provides coarse displacement, the secondary actuator fine tunes the head positioning to a higher degree of accuracy.

24x7 dedicated customer support - Every WD Ae hard drive comes with our world-class professional support services including a dedicated 24x7 support line (available in English, other regional support hours vary) and a 3-year limited warranty.

Specifications

Capacity
6TB
Designed Use
Datacenter Cold Storage
Access Time
Less than 20 seconds (spin-down capability)
Actuator Type
Dual Actuator Head Positioning System
Warranty
3-year limited warranty
Support
24x7 dedicated customer support

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Frequently Asked Questions

This drive is specifically designed for datacenter cold storage systems, focusing on energy efficiency and cost-effective capacity for data archives.
It features reduced media spin, which lowers power consumption and optimizes its read/write ratio, making it ideal for the rigid requirements of cold storage.
The spin-down capability allows for data access times of less than 20 seconds for on-demand data requests, significantly faster than conventional archive tape.
Yes, it includes a head-positioning system with two actuators that improve positional accuracy over the data tracks.
Every WD Ae hard drive comes with a 3-year limited warranty and 24x7 dedicated customer support.