The units in this sale are being sold as open box condition. That means that they have been opened due to being a photo sample, a tested good customer return or having damaged packaging. Some non-essential items may be missing from the box. The unit may not be shipped in retail packaging. That is the reason for the reduced sale price and the reduced warranty.

Faster 
Massive 64 MB cache, dual processors, and increased areal density yield twice the processing power which results in up to 25 percent performance improvement over the previous generation.

Greener 
Improvements in our power-conserving technologies - IntelliSeek™, IntelliPark™, and IntelliPower™- deliver improved power consumption over our previous generation of WD RE-GP drives.

Improved rotary vibration tolerance 
Optimized drive mechanics, system characterization, and process validation yields unmatched performance in high vibration environments.

Lower total cost of ownership
Large data-hungry financial institutions and web service providers can save up to $10 savings per drive per year in electricity costs (U.S). A large data center with 10,000 drives could realize up to $100,000 in savings per year.

24x7 reliability 
With 1.2 million hours MTBF, these drives have the highest available reliability rating on a high-capacity drive.

IntelliPower
A fine-tuned balance of spin speed, transfer rate, and caching algorithms designed to deliver both significant power savings and solid performance. Additionally, drives with WD GreenPower Technology consume less current during start up allowing more drives to spin up simultaneously resulting in faster system readiness.

IntelliSeek
Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower unnecessary power consumption, noise, and vibration.

IntelliPark 
Delivers lower power consumption by automatically unloading recording heads during idle to reduce aerodynamic drag, and by disengaging read/write channel electronics.

Active Power Management 
Drives with WD GreenPower Technology monitor the work load and automatically invoke idle mode whenever possible to further reduce unnecessary power consumption. Drive recovery time from idle mode is less than one second, providing seamless power management between the drive and the host controller.

StableTrac™ 
Secures the motor shaft at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking during read and write operations.

RAID-specific time-limited error recovery (TLER) 
Pioneered by WD, this feature prevents drive fallout caused by the extended hard drive error-recovery processes common to desktop drives.

Rotary Acceleration Feed Forward (RAFF™) 
Optimizes operation and performance when the drives are used in vibrationprone multi-drive systems such as rackmounted servers.

Shipping Note: Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, P.O. Boxes, and APO addresses is not available for this item.

Warranty: 30 Day Woot