Ultrastar DC HC500 Series<br>High Capacity for Massive Data and Lower Total Cost of Ownership<br><br>Driving Up Capacity and Driving Down TCO for Cloud and Hyperscale Data Centers<br>The 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 drives. Built using HelioSeal technology, the industry’s only fifth-generation helium platform, the DC HC500 series is designed for public and private cloud environments, where storage density, Watts/TB and $/TB are critical for creating the most cost-efficient infrastructure. HelioSeal technology is key to achieving higher drive capacities, greater reliability ratings and extreme power efficiency. The result is a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for our cloud and enterprise customers.<br><br>Beyond Air. Helium Takes You Higher.<br>Responding to the complex needs of the modern data center, Western Digital has developed HelioSeal technology, a foundational building block for high-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs). This innovative technology hermetically seals the HDD and replaces the air inside with helium, which is one-seventh the density of air. The less dense atmosphere resets the boundaries and challenges of conventional high-capacity HDDs, allowing for dramatic increases in efficiency, reliability and value.<br><br>Higher Capacity<br>12TB CMR HDD, drop-in ready for capacity-optimized workloads<br><br>Lower Power<br>52% lower idle Watts/TB than 8TB Ultrastar air-filled drives<br><br>More Reliable<br>Unbeaten MTBF rating for an HDD at 2.5M hours