Description
WD's RAID Edition hard drives are the world's most reliable server-class SATA drives in the market. With 1.2 million hours MTBF, 100% duty cycle, up to 3.0 Gb/s SATA technology, and best-in-class vibration tolerance, WD RE2 drives offer the best combination of superior reliability, high capacity, and optimum performance for enterprise applications.
Customer reviews
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Awesome drives
Reviewed by Stephen. Review Posted 10/06/2007
These are great. I have had 5 in a Raid 3 array and absolutely no problems. For those that are having problems, (esp the guy who had just clicking and bad sectors) I would suggest checking your power supply.
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Quick and Quiet
Reviewed by Paul. Review Posted 24/05/2007
For 100 quid this is a bargain. Yes you can get 500G cheaper, but not with a 5 year warranty. This is a noticeably fast drive (even if you only have it connected to a SATA I controller) and so quiet you can barely hear it. Also runs relatively cool at around 40C without cooling. Not sure what the previous guy was expecting, as all drives come without cables or screws etc. If you want all that pay over the odds and get a retail boxed drive from PC World.
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some good some bad
Reviewed by Anonymous Review Posted 21/11/2006
I ordered two of these drives, one was doa, it simply clicked. I returned it and got a replacement.
Then, within a week or so, one of then started generating lots of errors - bad sectors, it has now also been returned and I'm ordering the 4th one...
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Features
- Product Description
- WD RE2 WD5000YS - hard drive - 500 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
- 0.6 kg
- Capacity
- 500 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Data Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps
- Average Seek Time
- 8.7 ms
- Spindle Speed
- 7200 rpm
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- Microsoft Certification
- Works with Windows Vista
- Manufacturer Warranty
- 5 years warranty
Specifications
General
- Device Type
- Hard drive - internal
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Depth
- 14.7 cm
- Height
- 2.6 cm
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
Hard Drive
- Form Factor
- 3.5" x 1/3H
- Capacity
- 500 GB
- Interface Type
- Serial ATA-300
- Buffer Size
- 16 MB
- Features
- SecureConnect, FlexPower, Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF)
- Compliant Standards
- S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
- Drive Transfer Rate
- 300 MBps (external)
- Internal Data Rate
- 70 MBps
- Seek Time
- 8.7 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)
- Track-to-Track Seek Time
- 0.6 ms
- Average Latency
- 4.2 ms
- Spindle Speed
- 7200 rpm
Reliability
- MTBF
- 1,200,000 hour(s)
- 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
- Works with Windows Vista
- Software and devices that carry the Works with Windows Vista logo have been tested for baseline compatibility with PC's running.
- Compliant Standards
- RoHS
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support
- 5 years warranty
- Service & Support Details
- Limited warranty - 5 years
Environmental Parameters
- Min Operating Temperature
- 5 °C
- Max Operating Temperature
- 60 °C
- Humidity Range Operating
- 5 - 95%
- Shock Tolerance
- 65 g @ 2ms (operating) / 250 g @ 1ms (non-operating)
- Vibration Tolerance
- 0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
