The HGST 2TB UltraStar 7K4000 HDD HUS724020ALE640from HGST 2TB UltraStar 7K4000 HDD HUS724020ALE640is a hard drive designed to work in some of the most demanding environments. Utilize this drive in conjunction with a variety of other drives in cloud storage, massive scale out configurations, data warehousing and mining, RAID arrays and more. The 2TB storage capacity is sufficient for storing a variety of files including videos, photos, documents and more. Access data quickly and efficiently through the integrated SATA 6Gb/s interface supporting data transfer rates up to 600 MB/s along with a 64 MB data buffer ensuring a fast, efficient data flow.

2TB Storage Capacity    SATA 6 Gb/s Interface    7200RPM Rotational Speed    3.5" Form Factor    64MB Data Buffer    2 Million MTBF Hours    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles

Lower operating costs without expanding floor space by reducing W/GB. To meet these demands, Ultrastar 7K4000 delivers 33% more capacity in the same footprint at 24% lower W/GB than its predecessor, Ultrastar 7K3000. Take advantage of 2.4PB in the footprint of a standard 19-inch enterprise storage rack by stacking ten 4U, 60-bay enclosures. Ultrastar 7K4000 dual port SAS is available in traditional 512, 520 and 528 byte sector size. Ultrastar 7K4000 SATA is an Advanced Format drive, using 4096-byte sector size to provide enhanced capacity. Advanced format drives are backwards compatible with legacy 512-byte sector size by offering built-in 512-byte emulation through the SATA interface.

Operating at 7200RPM, Ultrastar 7K4000 offers better overall performance than slower RPM capacity-oriented drives, and does so with lower power-consumption rates. The Ultrastar 7K4000 can help data centers achieve lower AC power and HVAC requirements. With five Advanced Power Management modes, the 7K4000 achieves a 59% reduction in watts during lower RPM idle mode, and uses less than 2W during standby/sleep modes, freeing up headroom.

The Ultrastar 7k4000, with its halogen-free design and power-efficient operation, qualifies for the HGST EcoTrac classification.

This 2TB HDD is a high capacity enterprise class drive available in a single platform.

With a 7200RPM rotational speed you benefit from increased performance for business critical applications along with the ability to maintain drive performance in high rotational vibration environments and multi-drive systems.

Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) with internal thermal sensors provides improved soft error rate detection for improved reliability and performance. The head load/unload feature protects disks during non-operation.

Optional Bulk Data Encryption (SATA) and TCG Enterprise_A (SAS) encrypts drive data, providing security and easy redeployment.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. How will this drive work in Raid 0 for video editing ? (as the media drive)

A: This drive should be fully compatible with any raid setup. Check with the Raid Controller for any specifics.

Q: 2. Where are these WD HDDs made?

A: The WD 16TB UltraStar DC HC550 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal HDD (OEM), B&H # WE16TBSATHDD, is made in Thailand.

Q: 3. What is the warranty on this drive?

A: This hard drive would come with a 5-Year Warranty

Q: 4. Is this Retail packaging..? And am I correct the model number indicates this is the later 'B' Gen version of the drive...?

A: The WD 20TB Ultrastar DC HC560 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal HDD BH #WE0F38785 is a Enterprise grade drive. These are all OEM / whitebox as they are intended for professional installation in datacenters.

Q: 5. Is this a Western Digital or a Seagate product? The product title and description have conflicting information.

A: The WD 20TB Ultrastar DC HC560 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal HDD is made by Western Digital.

Q: 6. Is this drive CMR or SMR?

A: WD 18TB UltraStar DC HC550 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal HDD is a CMR drive.

Q: 7. These drives show oem and used. Do they just show used because they are OEM and they are new drives with no warranty from WD?

A: The WD 20TB Ultrastar DC HC560 7200 rpm SAS Internal HDD (OEM), B&H # WE0F38652, is a new OEM drive; it has not been used before, and it includes a 5-year warranty with WD. The button that reads “used from” on the product's page points to a used model of the same drive; it does not mean this one is used.

Q: 8. Can I edit video files stored on this drive? Or would it be more appropriate for a back-up drive?

A: This 18TB drive would be better suited for storage.

Q: 9. is this a good choice for Mac Pro running OS 10.6 to replace master drive? Much video editing is the workload.

A: This HDD is an UltraStar so it's design is to run and operate 24/7 these HDD are designed for storage in RAID servers, so to answer your question yes it's a good HDD and it will work for what you want to use it for, but if you are using this as your main OS HDD then I would invest in an SDD a little more money but your processes will work quicker.

Q: 10. Is this drive compatible with a Synology 1515+? Its not listed on the Synology compatibility web site.

A: You can use a drive not listed in the compatibility chart, but you are not guaranteed optimal results.