Specification Sheet
WD VelociRaptor VR200M
Enterprise Hard Drives
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As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte
(TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for buffer or cache, one
megabyte (MB) = 1,048,576 bytes. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per
second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second. Effective maximum SATA 6 Gb/s transfer rate calculated
according to the Serial ATA specification published by the SATA-IO organization as of the date of this specification sheet. Visit
www.sata-io.org for details.
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WD hard drive products manufactured and sold worldwide after June 1, 2006, meet or exceed Restriction of Hazardous
Substances (RoHS) compliance requirements as mandated by the European Union for electrical and electronic products. The
RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament, which is effective in the EU beginning July 1, 2006, aims to protect
human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous substances in new equipment, and consists of
restrictions on lead, mercury, cadmium, and other substances.
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Controlled unload at ambient condition.
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No non-recoverable errors during operating tests or after non-operating tests.
5
Sound power level.
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100% workload at 50°C on base casting.
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The term of the limited warranty may vary by region. Visit support.wdc.com/warranty for details.
Power Requirements (average)
Environmental Specifications
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Shock
Vibration
Operating Temperature & Humidity
Non-Operating Temperature & Humidity
Acoustics (average)
Reliability
Mode
12V (±10%) 5V (±5%)
Power
Read/Write Sequential
220 mA
825 mA
6.8W
Read/Write Random
320 mA
470 mA
6.2W
Idle
210 mA
360 mA
4.3W
Standby
5 mA
130 mA
0.7W
Sleep
5 mA
120 mA
0.7W
Operating (2 ms)
30G (read/write), 65G (read)
Non-operating (2 ms)
300G
Half sine wave measured in 2 ms duration, measured without isolation.
Operating
- Random
0.008 g
2
/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
- Linear
20-300 Hz, 0.75G (0 to peak)
Non-operating
- Random
0.05 g
2
/Hz (10 to 300 Hz)
- Linear
20-500 Hz, 4.0G (0 to peak)
Temperature
5° C to 55° C
Humidity
5-95% RH non-condensing
Thermal Gradient
20° C/hour max
Temperature
-40° C to 70° C
Humidity
5-95% RH non-condensing
Thermal Gradient
30° C/hour
Idle mode
5
30 dBA
Performance seek mode
5
37 dBA
MTBF
6
1,400,000 hours
Limited warranty
7
5 years
Performance Specifications
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Data Transfer Rate
Average seek
3.6 ms (read), 4.2 ms (write)
Physical Dimensions
WDxxxxBLHX Drives
WDxxxxHLHX Drives
Buffer to host
6 Gb/s
Host to/from drive
145 MB/s sustained
Track-to-track seek
0.4 ms maximum
Rotational speed
10,000 RPM
Latency
3 ms average
Read cache
Adaptive
Write cache
Yes
Buffer
32 MB
Drive ready time
8 sec. average
Load/unload cycles
3
600,000 minimum
LBA support
Yes
Error rate
(non-recoverable)
<1 in 10
15
bits read
Height
0.59 in. (15.0 mm) max
Length
3.94 in. (100.0 mm) max
Width
2.75 in. (69.85 mm) ± .01 in.
Weight
0.48 lb. (219 gm) ± 10%
Height
1.028 in. (26.1 mm) max
Length
5.787 in. (147.0 mm) max
Width
4.0 in. (101.6 mm) ± .01 in.
Weight
1.08 lb. (489 gm) ± 10%
Physical Specifications
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150 GB
300 GB
450 GB
600 GB
Model numbers
WD1500BLHX
WD1500HLHX
WD3000BLHX
WD3000HLHX
WD4500BLHX
WD4500HLHX
WD6000BLHX
WD6000HLHX
Formatted capacity
150,039 MB
300,069 MB
450,098 MB
600,127 MB
User sectors per drive
293,046,768
586,072,368
879,097,968
1,172,123,568
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 6 Gb/s
Form factor
2.5-inch (WD1500BLHX)
3.5-inch (WD1500HLHX)
2.5-inch (WD3000BLHX)
3.5-inch (WD3000HLHX)
2.5-inch (WD4500BLHX)
3.5-inch (WD4500HLHX)
2.5-inch (WD6000BLHX)
3.5-inch (WD6000HLHX)
Actuator latch/auto park
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SATA latching connector Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
RoHS compliant
2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
For service and literature:
support.wdc.com
www.westerndigital.com
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specifications subject to change without notice.
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