Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS User manual

Enterprise Hard Drives
WD VelociRaptor™
SATA Hard Drives
Killer Speed
Rock-solid Reliability
5-year Limited Warranty
Ideal for performance enthusiast
systems, workstations and servers.
The Fastest SATA Drive
in the Known Universe.
Engineered for maximum speed! WD VelociRaptor, the newest
member of our unique class of 10,000 RPM SATA hard drives,
combines a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache to deliver
performance that’s up to 35% faster than its speedy older brother,
WD Raptor®.
Killer speed – Built on the performance bloodlines of
WD Raptor, this 10,000 RPM drive delivers mind-bending
performance. Not only is it 35% faster than the previous
generation WD Raptor drives, but it also beat out all other
competitors in the field.
Rock-solid reliability – Designed and manufactured to
mission-critical enterprise-class standards to provide enterprise
reliability in high duty cycle environments. With 1.4 million hours
MTBF, this drive has the highest available reliability rating on a
high capacity SATA drive.
Double the capacity – State-of-the-art technology packs twice
the capacity per disk compared to its older brother WD Raptor
resulting in up to 300 GB of high-performance storage space in
this enterprise-class drive.
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Enterprise Hard Drives
WD VelociRaptor SATA Hard Drives
Interface
SATA 3 Gb/s
Product Specifications
Form Factor: 3.5-inch
Spin speed: 10,000 RPM
MTBF: 1.4 million hours
System Compatibility
Windows®Vista/XP/2000
SATA interface connector on
motherboard or SATA host controller.
Available 3.5-inch internal drive bay
Compatibility may vary depending on user’s hardware
configuration and operating system.
Capacities and Model Numbers
150 GB WD1500HLFS
300 GB WD3000HLFS
Limited Warranty
5 years
Western Digital, WD, WD Raptor, the WD logo, and Put Your Life On It are registered trademarks; and WD VelociRaptor, IcePack, RAFF, and NoTouch are
trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual
product. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice.
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total
accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second,
and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
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Key Features
Ultra-cool operation – WD VelociRaptor consumes 35% less
power than the previous generation of WD Raptor.
IcePack™mounting frame – The 2.5-inch WD VelociRaptor is
enclosed in a backplane-ready 3.5-inch enterprise-class mounting
frame with a built-in heat sink that keeps this powerful little drive extra
cool when installed in high-performance desktop chassis.
Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF™) – Optimizes
operation and performance when the drives are used in vibration-
prone, multi-drive chassis.
NoTouch™ramp load technology – The recording head never
touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the
recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.