Western Digital Corp. WD5000ABYS hard drive specifications
WD RE2 WD5000ABYS - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300
WD RE 7200 RPM hard drives are engineered to thrive in a high duty cycle RAID system while still offering traditional low cost-per-capacity desktop value. Designed and manufactured to server-class standards, WD RE drives provide RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER) to significantly reduce drive fallout caused by extended drive error-recovery processes and are tested to 1 million hours MTBF.
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Manufacturer
HDD Part Number
WD5000ABYS
Hard drive health monitoring software
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General
Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive
Width
4 in
Depth
5.8 in
Height
1 in
Weight
1.3 lbs
Hard Drive
Form Factor
Capacity
500 GB
Interface Type
Serial ATA-300
Buffer Size
16 MB
Features
Native Command Queuing (NCQ), Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER), Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF)
Compliant Standards
S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Drive Transfer Rate
300 MBps
Internal Data Rate
85 MBps
Seek Time
8.9 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms
Average Latency
4.2 ms
Spindle Speed
7200 rpm
Reliability
Mean time before failure
1,200,000 hour(s)
Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^15
Start / Stop Cycles
50,000
Storage Controller
Type
None
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces
1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA
Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Compatible Slots
x None
Miscellaneous
Microsoft Certifications
Works with Windows Vista
Compliant Standards
RoHS
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support
5 years warranty
Service & Support Details
Limited warranty - 5 years
Environmental Parameters
Humidity Range Operating
5 - 95%
Shock Tolerance
250 g @ 1ms (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance
0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
Sound Emission
28 dBA
0.0703