Western Digital Gold 10TB SATA3

WD Gold drives are oriented toward data center use - and so feature high speeds paired with increased reliability features. For performance they use the SATA 6Gbps interconnect and spin at 7200rpm. Most of the Gold drives have 128 MB cache, but this 10TB version has 256 MB. Reliability is ensured with dual actuator head positioning, RAFF for vibration protection, and TLER to help avoid drives dropping out of arrays (RAID). Even though they are aimed at data centers and other enterprise applications, the features these drives have make them excellent options for users who need high capacity, reliability, and performance.

This 10TB model is helium filled to reduce drag and friction, as well as perpendicular magnetic recording to maximize data density on the platters.