ultrastar® enterprise storage solutions

The Ultrastar® platform family from Western Digital® offers a range of data storage solutions tailored for data centers. Using both SSDs as high-capacity HDDs, these drives are built to manage extensive data volumes, ensuring consistent performance, durability, and security.

At the heart of this innovation is OptiNAND™, Western Digital’s proprietary technology. By integrating iNAND™ flash within hard drives, it amplifies storage capacity and speed, setting a new benchmark in the industry for data storage efficiency with a set of key benefits:

The Ultrastar DC HC580 24TB data center HDD with OptiNAND™ technology is the next leap in data density. This 24TB data center HDD enables an incredible 22.44PB of raw storage in a typical rack.

This higher volumetric density allows data centers to maximize their storage, especially in footprint- and power-constrained environments.

The Ultrastar DC HC580 combines several industry-first technologies on a 10-disk CMR drive, delivering the performance, quality, and reliability that data center customers require.

• Ideal for common data center workloads thanks to low power consumption
• OptiNAND™ technology for highest capacities with ArmorCache™
• ePMR, Energy-assisted magnetic recording (EAMR) Triple Stage Actuator (TSA), HelioSeal® technologies
• Projected 2.5M hours MTBF

The Ultrastar DC HC570 22TB data center HDD with OptiNAND™ technology is the next leap in data density. This 22TB data center HDD enables an incredible 22.44PB of raw storage in a typical rack.

This higher volumetric density allows data centers to maximize their storage, especially in footprint- and power-constrained environments.

The Ultrastar DC HC570 combines several industry-first technologies on a 10-disk CMR drive, delivering the performance, quality, and reliability that data center customers require.

• Ideal for common data center workloads thanks to low power consumption
• OptiNAND™ technology for highest capacities with ArmorCache™
• ePMR, Triple Stage Actuator (TSA), HelioSeal® technologies
• Projected 2.5M hours MTBF

The Ultrastar DC HC680 28TB data center HDD uses Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) to achieve higher storage density. SMR technology overlaps tracks on the media during write operations, allowing for a more efficient use of space. The 28TB HDD, equipped with UltraSMR technology, provides a substantial storage capacity within a single rack.

The DC HC680 integrates a combination of technologies, including Energy-Assist Magnetic Recording (EAMR) and a second-generation Triple-Stage Actuator (TSA). This results in the DC HC680 offering an 18% capacity increase compared to traditional HDDs, making it a valuable choice for cloud customers optimizing their storage infrastructure.

Key Features:

• New improved OptiNand technology enables more efficient storage footprint
• Integration of EAMR, TSA, HelioSeal®, and host-managed UltraSMR.
• High capacity with low power
• Reliable with a projected 2.5M hours MTBF.

The Ultrastar DC HC670 26TB data center HDD uses Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR) to achieve higher storage density. SMR technology overlaps tracks on the media during write operations, allowing for a more efficient use of space. The 26TB HDD, equipped with UltraSMR technology, provides a substantial storage capacity within a single rack.

The DC HC670 integrates a combination of technologies, including Energy-Assist Magnetic Recording (EAMR) and a second-generation Triple-Stage Actuator (TSA). This results in the DC HC670 offering an 18% capacity increase compared to traditional HDDs, making it a valuable choice for cloud customers optimizing their storage infrastructure.

Key Features:

• Integration of EAMR, TSA, HelioSeal®, and host-managed UltraSMR
• Specifically designed for sequential write applications
• Reliable with a projected 2.5M hours MTBF.

The Ultrastar DC SN655 is a high-performance NVMe SSD designed for demanding datacenter environments, offering next-generation Gen5 PCIe support. It is optimized for large-scale, high-throughput workloads, providing enhanced QoS consistency and superior storage utilization for block, object, or file storage. With this SSD, you can expect reliable, low-latency performance that scales with your applications.

Emerging Workloads & Enhanced Performance
Designed for demanding cloud and data center environments, the SN655 offers reliable and consistent performance even during heavy use. Utilizing PCIe Gen5 technology, it significantly boosts data processing capabilities, making it perfect for handling large-scale tasks. The SSD’s standard 2.5″ form factor and compatibility with U.2 and U.3 backplanes allow for seamless integration into existing systems.

Data Protection & Reliability
The SN655 includes Power Loss Protection to keep your data safe during unexpected power failures. It also features Secure Erase, which ensures complete data removal when the drive is retired, giving you confidence in data security.

Key benefits:

• High Reliability: Up to 2.5M hours MTBF, ensuring long-lasting, dependable operation.
• Power & Data Protection: Power-loss protection and Secure Erase safeguard your data.
• Namespace Support: Offers up to 128 namespaces for efficient data management.
• Optimized for Diverse Workloads: Ideal for demanding applications.
• PCIe Gen 5.0 Support: Provides significantly faster data transfer speeds and increased bandwidth, ensuring your system can efficiently handle demanding workloads.
• Extended Warranty: Covered by a 5-year limited warranty, emphasizing its durability.

The Ultrastar DC SN650 SSD is an NVMe SSD intended for wide use in datacenter IT and cloud settings. Through the use of disaggregated storage, it achieves consistent performance and maximizes storage utilization, making it suitable for handling large datasets.

Emerging Workloads & Enhanced Performance
The SSD is optimized for cloud and scale-out workloads providing higher QoS consistency, and better storage utilization for block, object or file storage. With the latest PCIe Generation 4.0, the Ultrastar DC SN650 enables performance at scale for increasingly larger application workloads. Designed and built for the standard 2.5” SSD storage infrastructure, it includes support for U.2 and U.3 backplanes.

Data Protection & Reliability
The SN650 comes with Power Loss Protection that keeps your data safe should you experience a sudden and unexpected interruption in power supply. And if you ever need to decommission the drive, Secure Erase provides you with entire drive erase options.

Key benefits:

• High Reliability: Ensures up to 2M hours MTBF, showcasing its long-lasting performance.
• Power & Data Protection: Integrated power-loss protection safeguards data during unexpected interruptions.
• Namespace Support: Supports 128 namespaces, enhancing data organization and access.
• Optimized for Diverse Workloads: Tailored for cloud, scale-out tasks, big data, AI, and other emerging workloads.
• PCIe Gen 4.0 Support: Facilitates efficient data processing for larger application workloads.
• Extended Warranty: Backed by a five-year limited warranty, emphasizing its durability and quality.

The Ultrastar Data60, a 60-bay Hybrid Storage platform, is designed for high density and flexibility. It serves as an essential component in next-generation disaggregated storage and Software-Defined Storage (SDS) systems. The Ultrastar Data60 now supports up to 1.4PB of raw storage in a compact and efficient form factor and can be daisy-chained with up to four units for even greater capacity.

The Ultrastar Data60 meets the demanding storage needs of large enterprises, storage OEMs, cloud service providers, and resellers/integrators requiring dense, shared HDD.

Innovative technologies for enhanced performance

The Data60 holds a set of unique features you won’t find in any other server system: