Engineered for heavy application workloads and designed with an endurance of up to 550TB per year, the 12TB Gold 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal Enterprise HDD from WD is well suited for use in enterprise-class data centers and storage systems. This 7200 rpm drive utilizes the SATA III 6 Gb/s interface and a 256MB cache for data transfer rates of up to 255 MB/s. Moreover, as a professional-grade drive, it has an MTBF rating of 2.5 million hours, 600,000 load/unload cycles, a non-recoverable error rate of < 1 in 10¹⁵, and an annualized failure rate of 0.35%. Also featured are vibration protection for improved performance in high vibration environments and HelioSeal technology for a reduced power draw.

12TB Storage Capacity    3.5" Form Factor    SATA III 6 Gb/s Interface    256MB Cache    7200 rpm    Data Transfer Speeds up to 255 MB/s    600,000 Load/Unload Cycles    2.5 Million Hours MTBF    HelioSeal Technology

• Cloud applications and distributed file systems like Apache Hadoop to support Big Data analytics
• Bulk storage using object storage solutions like CEPH and OpenStack Swift
• Direct & Network Attached Storage (DAS & NAS), RAID storage
• Industrial applications
• Entry server storage

WD Gold lets you build out your storage your way with a 12TB SATA hard drive, engineered for heavy application workloads and designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year.

With a 2.5 million hour MTBF, WD Gold hard drives deliver enhanced levels of dependability and durability.

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.

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

HelioSeal technology delivers high capacities with a low power draw.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is this working with Synology NAS DS1522+?

A: Yes, the Toshiba 16TB N300 NAS 3.5" CMR Internal Hard Drive should work with the Synology DiskStation DS1522+ 5-Bay NAS Enclosure.

Q: 2. Does this drive spin down when it has been idle for a period of time?

A: As others have said it depends on the controller.

Q: 3. Is this a CMB drive?

A: The Toshiba 16TB N300 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD is a CMR hard drive.

Q: 4. Will this drive work in the Synology DS923+ NAS?

A: Yes, this WD 22TB Gold 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal Enterprise HDD will work with the Synology DS923+ NAS.

Q: 5. Retail drive, OEM or gray market drive?

A: It's an OEM. Comes in a plain brown cardboard box. Checked S/N on Seagate's website it's covered in the US.

Q: 6. Is this for a 2011 13 inch MacBook Pro?

A: No, this is too large, it would not fit inside of a laptop. You would need a 2.5 hardrive, this one is a 3.5 . Small 2.5 solid state drives would also work, such as a samsung 850 evo.

Q: 7. Is the 12TB N300 or a N300 (non pro for that matter) a CMR drive?

A: The Toshiba 12TB N300 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal NAS HDD is a CMR Drive.

Q: 8. Are they quiet?

A: Yes they are not loud

Q: 9. Will this work as a regular pc hard drive?

A: Yes, that's how I use it.

Q: 10. is this a GPT?

A: Yes, the WD 4TB Desktop Performance 7200 rpm SATA III 3.5" Internal HDD Retail Kit is GPT.