Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1500BLFS Specification Sheet

WD VelociRaptor
SATA Hard Drives
Killer Speed
Rock-solid Reliability
5-year Limited Warranty
Ideal for blade servers,
performance enthusiast
systems, workstations, and
low-end servers.
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The Evolution of
10,000 RPM
SATA Technology.
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 .
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• 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 – This drive is designed and
manufactured to mission-critical enterprise-class standards to
provide enterprise reliability in high duty cycle environments.
With 1.4 million hours MTBF, WD VelociRaptor has the highest
available reliability rating on a high capacity SATA drive.
Double the capacity – State-of-the-art technology packs twice
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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.