Introduction

Your Data is Gold

Customize your business’s storage mix to fit your specific needs with a full portfolio of enterprise-class WD Gold HDDs in capacities of 1TB to 24TB, with OptiNAND™ technology in 20TB, 22TB and 24TB. These highly reliable solutions for demanding storage environments provide up to 2.5M hours MTBF, vibration protection technology, and a low power draw thanks to HelioSeal technology (for 12TB and above). Specifically designed for use in enterprise-class data centers and storage systems, WD Gold SATA HDDs deliver the world-class performance you expect from Western Digital hard drives.

More Flexibility, More Freedom
WD Gold lets you build out your storage your way with a full portfolio of SATA HDDs from 1TB to 24TB1, engineered for heavy application workloads and designed to handle workloads up to 550TB2 per year.

Enhanced Reliability
With up to 2.5M hours MTBF, WD Gold hard drives deliver enhanced levels of dependability and durability.

Vibration Protection
WD Gold drives have sophisticated monitoring electronics that help correct linear and rotational vibrations in real time using enhanced vibration protection technology for improved performance in high-vibration environments.

Plays Well with Others
Specifically designed for use in enterprise-grade storage systems and data centers, WD Gold HDDs are broadly compatible with major enterprise operating systems.

Scale Your Business
WD Gold drives are available in capacities up to 24TB utilizing the OptiNAND technology's capacity-enabling feature.

Helps Protect Your Data
The innovative ArmorCache feature (22TB and 24TB only) provides enterprise power loss protection of your data in write-cache enabled (WCE) mode while increasing performance in write-cache disabled (WCD) mode.

Features

HDD size

3.5"

HDD capacity

14 TB

HDD speed

7200 RPM

Interface

Serial ATA III

Type

HDD

Component for

Server/workstation

Storage drive buffer size

512 MB

HDD interface transfer rate

6 Gbit/s

HDD sustained transfer rate

262 MiB/s

Rotational Vibration (RV) sensors

Yes

Workload rate limit

550 TB/year

Noise level (idle)

20 dB

Mean time between failures (MTBF)

2500000 h

Power

Power consumption (typical)

6.5 W

Power consumption (idle)

5.6 W

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

5 - 60 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 70 °C

Operating shock

50 G

Non-operating shock

250 G

Technical details

Sustainability compliance

Yes

Sustainability certificates

RoHS

Warranty period

5 year(s)

Weight & dimensions

Width

101.6 mm

Height

26.1 mm

Depth

147 mm

Weight

690 g

Packaging data

Quantity

1