Engineered for maximum speed! WD VelociRaptor, the member of the unique Western Digital`s 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. At the same time, WD VelociRaptor consumes 35% less power than the previous generation of WD Raptor. Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration-prone, multi-drive chassis.
Ideal for blade servers, performance enthusiast systems, workstations, and low-end servers.
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awesome
Reviewed by Gerry. Review Posted 09/10/2009
I use 8 of them in a raid tower, no installation problems at all, they are ever so quiet and don't get hot like my previous ones. The speed is breath taking, everything loads substantially faster, even vista takes noticeably less time to boot now. This is the drive of the century.
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Reviewed by niki. Review Posted 30/09/2009
If you are worried about noise and heat, then don't be. This drive is jsut as quiet and runs cooler than my old, standard WD drive. The old drive is a standard £70 WD, 20 months old. The Raptor is just a little over twice as fast in every respect, and made a truly significant difference to the PC. Yes, it's expensive, but it's worth every penny!
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- Product Description
- WD VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS - hard drive - 300 GB - SATA-300
- Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Dimensions (WxDxH)
- 10.2 cm x 14.7 cm x 2.6 cm
- Weight
- 489 g
- Capacity
- 300 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Data Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps
- Average Seek Time
- 4.2 ms
- Spindle Speed
- 10000 rpm
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 5 years warranty
Detail
General
- Device Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Depth
- 14.7 cm
- Height
- 2.6 cm
- Weight
- 489 g
Hard Drive
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Capacity
- 300 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- Features
- Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF), IcePack mounting frame, NoTouch ramp load technology
- Compliant Standards
- S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps (external)
- Internal Data Rate
- 126 MBps
- Seek Time
- 4.2 ms (average)
- Track-to-Track Seek Time
- 0.7 ms
- Average Latency
- 3 ms
- Spindle Speed
- 10000 rpm
Reliability
- Non-Recoverable Errors
- 1 per 10^15
- Start / Stop Cycles
- 50,000
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA
- Compatible Bays
- 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Miscellaneous
- Compliant Standards
- RoHS
Software / System Requirements
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows Vista / 2000 / XP
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 5 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 5 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- 5 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 55 °C
- Humidity Range Operating
- 5 - 95%
- Shock Tolerance
- 65 g @ 2ms (operating) / 300 g @ 2ms (non-operating)
- Vibration Tolerance
- 0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
- Sound Emission
- 29 dBA
