SCALE IT IN GOLD. UP TO TEN TIMES THE WORKLOAD CAPACITY OF DESKTOP DRIVES. Reliability, capacity, power efficiency and performance for a multitude of Datacenter-specific applications. Robust storage with 24/7 premium customer support. Full Range of Nearline Capacities For the most demanding datacenter environments, from entry-level servers to high end enterprise storage systems. High Workload Capability Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year, which is among the highest workload capability of any 3.5-inch hard drive. High Level of Reliability One of the highest levels of reliability and durability for 24x7x365 operation within the most demanding storage environments. COMPATIBILITY TESTING All WD Gold hard drives are extensively tested across a variety of popular OEM storage systems, SATA controllers, and host bus adapters, to ensure ease of integration for a plug and play solution. TIME-LIMITED ERROR RECOVERY (TLER) Reduces drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives. PREMIUM SUPPORT Dedicated 24x7 over the phone support is included with every WD Gold hard drive.

Technical details
Sustainability certificates	RoHS
Weight & dimensions
Width	101.6 mm
Height	147 mm
Depth	26.1 mm
Weight	660 g
Power
Power consumption (read)	6.9 W
Power consumption (write)	6.9 W
Power consumption (idle)	5 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V
Operational conditions
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shock	70 G
Non-operating shock	300 G
Packaging data
Storage drive adapter included	N
Quantity	1
Features
HDD size	3.5"
HDD capacity	12000 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM
Interface	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD
Component for	Server/workstation
Storage drive buffer size	256 MB
HDD interface transfer rate	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rate	255 MiB/s
Start/stop cycles	600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	2500000 h
Logistics data
Harmonized System (HS) code	84717050