Ultrastar DC HC500 Series
High capacity for massive data and lower total cost of ownership

Driving up capacity and reducing total cost of ownership for cloud and hyperscale data centers. The breadth and depth of big data is creating a universal need for higher capacities across a wide range of applications and workloads. Laying the foundation for a worry-free data center, Western Digital delivers the capacity to manage 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 per terabyte, and dollars per terabyte are critical for creating the most cost-efficient infrastructure. HelioSeal technology is essential for achieving higher drive capacities, greater reliability ratings, and extreme power efficiency. The result is a lower total cost of ownership for our cloud and enterprise customers.

Beyond air. Helium takes you higher.
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.

Higher capacity
12TB CMR HDD, drop-in ready for capacity-optimized workloads

Lower power
52% lower idle watts per terabyte than 8TB Ultrastar air-filled drives

More reliable
Unbeaten MTBF rating for an HDD at 2.5 million hours.