Western Digital WD VelociRaptor WD1500BLHX Fascicule

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SATA Hard Drives

WD VelociRaptor hard drives deliver maximum speed and 
reliability for blade servers, workstations, and low-end 
servers. With a superbly engineered combination of 10,000 
RPM spin speed, SATA 6 Gb/s interface and a 32 MB 
cache, these drives are truly an evolution in performance.

SATA 6 Gb/s (BLHX models)
SATA 3 Gb/s (BLFS models)

2.5-inch/0.6-inch

10,000 RPM

150, 300, 450, and 600 GB

WD6000BLHX

WD3000BLFS

WD4500BLHX

WD1500BLFS

Note: Not all products may be 
available in all regions of the 
world.

With up to SATA 6 Gb/s interface and 
32 MB cache, next generation 
10,000 RPM WD VelociRaptor are up to 
15% faster than the award-winning 
previous generation.

Designed and manufactured to mission-
critical enterprise-class standards to 
provide enterprise reliability in high duty 
cycle environments. With 1.4 million 
hours MTBF, these drives have the 
highest available reliability rating on a 
high-capacity SATA drive.

WD VelociRaptor SATA drives are
available in capacities up to 600 GB,
double the capacity of the previous
generation.

Consumes no more power than the 
previous generation WD VelociRaptor 
while offering double the capacity and 
higher performance.

Optimizes operation and performance 
when the drives are used in vibration-
prone, multi-drive chassis.

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.

In addition to being ROHS compliant, this 
generation of WD VelociRaptor is also a 
halogen free design.

Blade servers, workstations, and low-end servers.