Western Digital XE 300GB WD3001HKHG Leaflet

Product codes
WD3001HKHG
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WD XE
SAS Hard Drives
Protect your investment by upgrading to the latest Enterprise 
performance storage technology from WD. WD XE drives 
deliver 50% higher capacity, higher sequential performance, 
higher reliability and up to 67% lower power consumption 
versus 3.5-inch 15,000 RPM drives.
INTERFACE
SAS 6 Gb/s
WIDTH/HEIGHT
3.5-inch/1-inch
ROTATIONAL SPEED
10,000 RPM
CAPACITIES
300, 450, 600 and 900 GB
MODEL NUMBERS
WD9001HKHG
WD4501HKHG
WD6001HKHG
WD3001HKHG
Note: Not all products may 
be available in all regions of 
the world.
Product Benefits
Ultra-fast SAS storage
WD XE delivers 6 Gb/s transfer rates, 
sustained sequential data rates up to 
204 MB/s, and a fast average read 
seek time of 3.6 ms. 
Industry’s highest reliability rating
2 million hours MTBF.
Low power consumption
The 3.5-inch SAS drive delivers up 
to 67% lower power versus 3.5-inch 
15,000 RPM drives, which can result 
in substantially lower total cost of 
ownership (TCO) while increasing 
capacity and reliability.
Dual port, full duplex connectivity
Offers higher reliability, performance 
and data availability by eliminating 
single points of failure, designed 
for high-availability mission-critical 
enterprise systems.
3.5-inch performance adapter
WD XE comes pre-mounted in a  
3.5-inch performance adapter, 
providing easy installation into legacy 
3.5-inch server and storage system 
slots, while optimizing the drive’s 
thermal management efficiency.
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.
Environmentally conscious
In addition to being ROHS compliant, 
these drives are built with halogen 
reduced components.
5-year limited warranty
.
Applications
 
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Performance servers – All I/O-driven applications and configurations 
 
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Performance storage – Data centers and NAS arrays