High workload rating
Delivering dependable
performance to any storage
environment, WD Gold™ hard
drives are designed with a
workload rating up to 550TB per
year1, among the highest of any
3.5-inch hard drive.
Enterprise-class storage to rely on
With up to 2.5 million hours MTBF,
WD Gold hard drives deliver
reliability and durability, are built
for yearly operation (24x7x365)
within the most demanding storage
environments, and are backed with
a 5 year limited warranty.
HelioSeal™ Technology
Featured in over 15 million Western
Digital hard drives shipped2,
HelioSeal™ technology allows
for higher capacities and less
turbulence on large storage arrays.
And now on its 4th generation
design, HelioSeal™ technology is
field-tested and proven to deliver
high capacity, reliability, and power
efficiency you can trust.
Vibration protection
Enhanced RAFF™ technology
uses sophisticated electronics to
monitor the drive and correct linear
and rotational vibrations in real
time for improved performance
versus WD’s desktop drives in highvibration
environments.
RAID-specific, time-limited error
recovery (TLER)
Reduces drive fallout caused by the
extended hard drive error-recovery
processes common to desktop
drives.
Dynamic fly height technology
Each read-write head’s fly height
is adjusted in real time to ensure
consistent performance for
reduced errors and optimized
reliability.
Dual-stage actuator technology
WD Gold drives feature a dualstage
actuator head positioning
system for a high degree of
accuracy. The primary stage
provides course displacement
while the secondary stage uses
piezoelectric motion to fine tune
the head positioning to a higher
degree of precision.
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.
7200RPM-Class
This 7200RPM-class hard drive
delivers the fastest performance
with the highest workload rating of
any HDD in WD’s lineup. Ensure you
have the most capable hard drive
regardless of the application with
WD Gold.