{"product_id":"wd-ultrastar-dc-hc550-18-tb-0f38459-3-5-internal-512mb-sata-7200rpm-512e-se-np3-wuh721818ale6l4","title":"WD Ultrastar DC HC550 18 TB 0F38459 3.5\" Internal 512MB SATA 7200rpm 512E SE NP3 WUH721818ALE6L4","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eWD WUH721818ALE6L4 Ultrastar DC HC550 18 TB 0F38459 3.5\" Internal 512MB SATA 7200rpm 512E SE NP3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"__mce_add_custom__\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" title=\"wuh721818ale6l4-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn10.bigcommerce.com\/s-shevscav5p\/product_images\/uploaded_images\/wuh721818ale6l4-1.jpg\" alt=\"wuh721818ale6l4-1.jpg\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"section parbase\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"relative \"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"digital-commerce-attributes\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"section component-digital-commerce-attributes \"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"digital-commerce-attributes\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"active\" data-sku=\"ultrastar-dc-hc550-sata-18tb\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eDriving Up Capacity and Driving Down TCO for Cloud and Hyperscale Data Centers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eThe breadth and depth of Big Data is driving the universal need for higher capacities across a broad spectrum of applications and workloads. Laying the foundation for a worry-free data center, Western Digital delivers the capacity to conquer the data explosion with the Ultrastar DC HC500 series of hard disk drives (HDDs). The DC HC500 series is designed for public and private cloud environments where storage density and cost-efficient infrastructure is critical.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eThe 18TB\/16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 HDDs are the first commercial implementation of Energy-Assisted Magnetic Recording technology and utilize the industry’s first Triple Stage Actuator. 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