Ultrastar® DC HC320

DATA SHEET 3.5-INCH DATA CENTER HARD DRIVES

Economics and Access Speed: Key Requirements

for Low Capacity HDDs in the Data Center
As the industry evolves to develop purpose-built solutions for growing data storage
requirements, IT managers continue to rely on lower capacity drives that are
economical to acquire, yet deliver quick and reliable data access for traditional data
center applications. Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year, Ultrastar ® DC
HC320* is an 8TB1 HDD that helps address economic and access requirements of many
traditional IT workloads. Low capacity drives also help address architecture limitations.
Part of our mid-capacity DC HC300 series, the Ultrastar DC HC320 is designed
for traditional storage and server applications as well as distributed and scalable
computing, including block and file storage architectures, providing fast 7,200 RPM
performance and lower acquisition cost to help ease budget constraints. Ultrastar DC
HC320 is offered with either 6Gb/s SATA or 12Gb/s SAS interface in a choice of 512e or
4Kn formats.
8TB | 7200 RPM | 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA
Technology Innovation Delivers Efficiency and
Highlights Performance for Traditional IT Systems
•• Excellent random and sequential performance Ultrastar DC HC320 is based on a proven 5-disk air platform design that uses
conventional magnetic recording (CMR) technology in a 3.5-inch large form factor.
•• 8TB capacity point supports traditional
IT systems Compared to the prior generation, Ultrastar 7K6000, the DC HC320 delivers 33% more
capacity, up to 12% performance boost and uses slightly larger-diameter media. It
•• Sustained transfer rate up to 255MB/s
features a second-generation, dual-stage micro actuator to enhance head positioning
•• Choice of 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA accuracy for better drive performance. Write performance gains are also supported
•• Advanced Format 4Kn and 512e models by Western Digital’s media cache architecture, a disk-based caching technology
•• Self-Encrypting Drive (TCG SAS) options that provides a large cache area on the disk, which also improves reliability and data
•• 5-year limited warranty integrity during unexpected power loss. Finally, the addition of flash-based non-
volatile cache (NVC) on both SATA and SAS models helps improve write performance.
Applications & Workloads The Ultrastar DC HC320 also includes a Rebuild Assist feature, which helps dramatically
reduce RAID rebuild times and maintain system performance during the rebuild process.
•• Distributed file systems, like Apache Hadoop®, Learn more in our Rebuild Assist technical brief.
to support Big Data analytics
•• Direct & Network Attached Storage
(DAS & NAS) Data Security with Trusted Quality, Reliability
•• RAID arrays Compliance and privacy requirements drive the need for increased data security.
Ultrastar DC HC320 helps protect data from unauthorized use by offering security and
encryption options. SAS models offer hardware-based encryption options, including a
Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Enterprise_A, TCG with FIPS 140-2 certification, Level
2. The Ultrastar DC HC320 extends Western Digital’s long-standing tradition of reliability
leadership with a 2M-hour MTBF2 rating and a 5-year limited warranty.

Features & Benefits

Feature / Function Benefits
Capacity • 8TB • Lower capacity point for traditional IT workloads and applications
• Advanced Format • Enables higher capacity and reliability

Performance • Non-volatile cache (NVC) • Improved write performance and write splice protection
• Up to 255MB/s transfer rate • Up to 12% faster than Ultrastar 7K6000

Reliability • Dual-stage Micro Actuator • Better head positioning and rotational vibration robustness
• 2M hours MTBF and 0.44% AFR • One of the highest reliability ratings for air-filled Capacity Enterprise HDDs
• 5-year limited warranty

*Previously known as Ultrastar 7K8

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DATA SHEET 3.5-INCH DATA CENTER HARD DRIVES

Specifications
Configuration SATA Models SAS Models SATA Models SAS Models
Model # / Part # HUS728T8TALE6L4 / HUS728T8TAL5204 / Reliability
0B36404 0B36400
HUS728T8TALN6L4 / HUS728T8TAL4204 / Error Rate (non-recoverable bits read) 1 in 1015 ←
0B36402 0B36399
HUS728T8TAL5201 / Load/Unload cycles (at 40°C) 600,000 ←
0B36406 MTBF2 2M hours ←
HUS728T8TAL4201 /
0B36405 Annual failure rate (AFR)2 0.44% ←
HUS728T8TAL5205 / ←
Availability (hrs/day x days/wk) 24x7
0B36412
HUS728T8TAL4205 / Limited Warranty (yrs) 5 ←
0B36411
Acoustics
Interface SATA 6Gb/s SAS 12Gb/s
Idle/Operating (Bels, typical) 2.9 / 3.6 ←
Capacity 1
8TB ←

Form Factor 3.5-inch ← Power

Sector size (bytes)3 4Kn: 4096 4Kn: 4096, 4104, Requirement +5V, +12V ←
512e: 512 4160, 4224
Operating (W, typical) 7 8.8 12.8
512e: 512, 520, 528
Idle (W)8 7.4 8.4
Max. areal density (Gbits/sq. in., max) 834 ←
Physical
Performance
z-height (mm, max) 26.1 ←
Data buffer (MB)4 256 ←
Dimensions (width x depth, mm) 101.6 (+/-0.25) x 147 ←
Rotational speed (RPM) 7200 ←
Weight (g, max) 715 ←
Latency average (ms) 4.16 ←

Interface transfer rate (MB/s, max) 600 1200 Environmental (operating)

Sustained transfer rate5 Ambient Temperature 5°C to 60°C ←
(MiB/sec, typ.) Up to 243 ←
← Shock (half-sign wave, 2 ms, G) 70 ←
(MB/sec, typ.) Up to 255
← Vibration (G RMS, 5 to 500 Hz) 0.67 (XYZ) ←
Seek time (read/write, ms, typ.)6 8.0 / 8.6
Environmental (non-operating)
Ambient Temperature -40°C to 70°C ←

Shock (half-sign wave, 2 ms, G) 300 ←

Vibration (G RMS, 2 to 200 Hz) 1.04 (XYZ) ←

1
One megabyte (MB) is equal to one million bytes, 3
Advanced Format drive: 4K (4096-byte) How to Read Model Number
one gigabyte (GB) is equal to 1,000MB (one physical sec
billion bytes), and one terabyte (TB) is equal to 4
Portion of buffer capacity used for drive HUS728T8TALE6L4 - 8TB SATA 6Gb/s 512e with Legacy Pin 3 config
1,000GB (one trillion bytes) when referring to firmware
storage capacity. Accessible capacity will vary H = Western Digital L = Power Disable Pin 3 status
from the stated capacity due to formatting,
5
Projected performance. Actual performance
U = Ultrastar (0 = Power Disable Pin 3 support
system software, and other factors. may vary. 1MiB = 1,048,576 bytes (220), 1MB =
1,000,000 bytes (106) S = Standard L = Legacy Pin 3 config – No Power
2
MTBF and AFR specifications are based on
6
Excludes command overhead 72 = 7200 RPM Disable Support)
a sample population and are estimated by
statistical measurements and acceleration 7
SATA models: 8K Queue Depth = 1 @ 40 IOPS, 8T = Max capacity in series (8TB) 4 = Data Security Mode
algorithms under typical operating conditions SAS models: 4K Queue Depth = 4 @ Max IOPS 8T = Capacity of this model (8TB) 1 = TCG Encryption (SAS)
for this drive model. MTBF and AFR ratings do 4 = Secure Erase (overwrite only)
8
Idle specification is based on use of Idle_A A = Generation code
not predict an individual drive’s reliability and
5 = TCG Encryption with FIPS (SAS)
do not constitute a warranty. L = 26.1mm z-height
E6 = Interface (512e SATA 6Gb/s)
N6 = 4Kn SATA 6Gb/s,
42 = 4Kn SAS 12Gb/s,
52 = 512e SAS 12Gb/s)

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