Western Digital

Name: 12.0TB Western Digital Ultrastar He12 3.5-inch SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive
SKU: HIT0F29610
Price: 298.99 USD
Availability: InStock

12.0TB Ultrastar® He12 Enterprise Class Hard Disk Drive

3.5-Inch | SATA 6.0Gb/s | 7200RPM | 256MB Cache

High Capacity. Low Power

More Value to the Data Center with Maximum Capacity, Power Efficiency and Reliability

Laying the foundation for a worry-free data center, Western Digital delivers capacity to conquer the data explosion – Ultrastar® He12 HDD. Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year, the Ultrastar He12 HDD is the industry's first 12TB drive and uses PMR technology to make it drop-in ready for any enterprise-capacity application or environment. The stable internal environment created by fourth-generation HelioSeal®technology enables a new 8-disk design, increasing the capacity by 20% when compared to the 7-disk design of the prior generation.

This highest capacity helium drive offers the lowest power profile in the industry to help data center architects meet eco-environmental goals and requirements. Targeted at 2.5M hours MTBF, the Ultrastar He12 HDD provides the highest reliability rating available of all HDDs on the market today by building on the successful design of its 10TB, 8TB and 6TB predecessors. Trust HGST and the Ultrastar He12 HDD to deliver more capacity, more efficiency, more reliability and more value to your data center.

HelioSeal Technology Helps Solve Challenges Facing Next Generation Data Centers

Data centers are facing growing pressures. Data volume is expanding, operating costs are rising, yet budgets remain flat. Lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO) has become the focus of data center architects and the Ultrastar He12 addresses this challenge by delivering both value and efficiency. Compared to 8TB air-filled drives, this HelioSeal hard drive provides 25% more capacity, uses 34% less idle power, is 44% more power efficiency (Watts/ TB), and is 25% more reliable, rated at 2.5M hours MTBF.

Data-center ready features like a second-generation dual-stage actuator —the HGST Micro-Actuator —enhance head-positioning accuracy to deliver better performance, data integrity and overall drive reliability, especially in multi-drive environments where operational vibration is present.

Data Durability and Security with Industry-Leading Quality and Reliability

As drive capacity grows beyond single-digit TBs, object storage systems with erasure coding provide better data durability compared to RAID systems, given its tolerance for simultaneous errors conditions. Ultrastar He12 is a best- fit for object storage implementations given its massive capacity and industry- leading reliability rating. Compliance and privacy requirements drive the need for increased data security. Ultrastar He12 offers security and encryption options to protect data from unauthorized use, including a new option for TCG support on some SATA models.

HGST Quality and Service

Ultrastar He12 extends the Western Digital brand's long-standing tradition of performance and capacity leadership. The proven drive design enables high reliability and availability to customer data. Ultrastar quality, performance and world class technical service and support provides customers with a lower total cost of ownership over previous generations. HGST drives are backed by an array of technical support and services, which may include customer and integration assistance. Dedicated to providing a complete portfolio of devices and systems, Western Digital products help the world harness the power of data.

Highlights

12TB capacity in a standard 3.5-inch form factor
PMR technology works with all capacity enterprise applications & environments
Reliable, field-proven, 4th generation design
Outstanding power efficiency (Watts/TB)
Compared to 8TB Ultrastar air drives, 50% more capacity, 52% more power efficient (Watts/TB), 25% more reliable (MTBF)
2.5M hours MTBF rating
Instant Secure Erase (ISE) and Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) options

Applications

Enterprise and data center applications where capacity density, power efficiency and reliability are paramount
Cloud & Hyperscale storage
Massive scale-out (MSO), high-density data centers
Distributed File Systems
Bulk storage using object storage solutions like CEPH™ and OpenStack Swift
Primary and secondary storage for Hadoop® to support Big Data Analytics
Centralized video surveillance
Ideal for all mainstream enterprise capacity applications

12.0Gb Western Digital Ultrastar® He12 Enterprise Class Hard Disk Drive Specifications:

Specifications

Form Factor

3.5-inch

Interface

SATA 6.0 Gb/s

Capacity

12.0GB

Formatted Capacity

11176GiB

Rotational Speed

7,2000 RPM

Cache / Data Buffer

256MB

Manufacturer Model Number

HUH721212ALE600

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Format

Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)

Physical

Height (max)

2.6 cm (1.0 in)

Width (max)

10.2 cm (4.0 in)

Length (max)

14.7 cm (5.8 in)

Weight (typical)

660.0 g (1.46 lbs)

Bytes per Sector

512 / 4k (512e)

Areal Density

864Gb/in2

Reliability

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

2,500,000 hours

Contact Start-Stops

600,000

Annual Failure Rate

.35%

Nonrecoverable Read Errors

1 per 10¹⁵ bits read

Performance

Transfer Rate (Max)

up to 600MB/s

Average Latency

4.16ms

Power

Idle Mode

Up to 5 Watts

Environmental (Operating)

Shock

70 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

41°F to 140°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

5°C to 60°C

Altitude

-304.8 m to 3,048 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000+ ft)

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Shock

300 G max at 2ms

Ambient Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 158°F

Ambient Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 70°C

Altitude

-304.8 m to 12,192 m (-1000 ft to 40,000+ ft)

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

3.6 bels

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

Manufacturer provided specifications for HGST p/n HUH721212ALE600

Includes

(1) Bare Hard Drive