Western Digital 0F38461 Ultrastar Data Center Hard Drive, SATA, 16TB

For data centers and enterprise storage environments that must balance capacity, efficiency and reliability, the Western Digital Ultrastar data center hard drive delivers a clear business advantage. This 16TB SATA Ultrastar HDD packs industry-first enhancements—HelioSeal power efficiency and Energy Assisted-Magnetic Recording (EAMR) combined with a Triple Stage Actuator—so you get higher usable capacity while reducing Watts/TB and cooling costs. Built on CMR technology, the drive sustains predictable performance for heavy sequential workloads common to backup, archive, security and surveillance recordings. Its SATA interface and broad OS compatibility (Windows, Windows Server, Linux) simplify deployment into rack servers, storage arrays and video monitoring systems. The Ultrastar 16TB drive is engineered for continuous operation, lowering TCO and supporting long-term retention needs for security, monitoring and enterprise applications. Optimize your storage infrastructure with a drive designed for scale and reliability—deploy in surveillance systems, storage arrays, or contact sales to integrate Ultrastar into your next data center upgrade.

• Maximizes rack-level capacity with 16TB per drive to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and fit more data in less space
• Lowers power and cooling costs via HelioSeal design and industry-leading Watts/TB efficiency for greener, cost-effective operations
• Improves sustained performance and reliability for 24/7 workloads using CMR with EAMR and Triple Stage Actuator technologies
• Ideal for security, surveillance and monitoring environments that need high-capacity, sequential write performance and long duty cycles
• Broad compatibility with SATA enterprise platforms and major OS (Windows, Windows Server, Linux) for fast integration into storage arrays