The Drive That Runs the Cloud’s Cold Storage — And Just Made It Into the Enterprise Mainstream
The WD Gold 22TB is the same drive family that hyperscale data centers deploy by the tens of thousands for object storage, archive tiers, and backup repositories. It is not a NAS drive. It is not a desktop drive. It is a 24/7 enterprise data center drive with 2.5 million hours MTBF, 550 TB/year workload rating, and a 5-year warranty — now available at a price point that puts hyperscale-class storage economics within reach of mid-sized enterprises. With CMR recording (no SMR write penalty), helium sealing, and RV sensors, the Gold 22TB is the drive for environments where a failed drive costs more than the drive itself.
技術仕様
| パラメータ | 仕様 |
|---|---|
| 容量 | 22結核 (また: 8結核, 10結核, 12結核, 14結核, 16結核, 18結核, 20TB in Gold series) |
| フォームファクタ | 3.5-インチ LFF |
| インタフェース | SATA 6Gb/秒 |
| 回転速度 | 7,200 RPM |
| Recording Technology | CMR (ePMR, Energy-Assisted Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) |
| Cache Buffer | 512 MB |
| Sustained Transfer Rate | まで 288 MB/s |
| Average Latency | 4.16 ms |
| MTBF | 2,500,000 時間 |
| AFR | 0.44% (design target) |
| Workload Rate Limit | 550 TB/year |
| URE Rate | 1 sector per 10^15 bits |
| 力 (アイドル状態 / オペレーティング / Standby) | 5.2W / 8.4W / 0.7W |
| Sealing | Helium-sealed (HelioSeal, 6th gen) |
| Rotational Vibration | RVFF (Rotational Vibration Feed Forward) sensor array |
| セクタサイズ | 512e or 4Kn (selectable) |
| ショック (オペレーティング / Non-Op) | 30G / 250G (operating shock lower than NAS drives — designed for stable rack mounting) |
| 物理的な | 147.0 バツ 101.6 バツ 26.1 んん, 670g |
| 温度 | 5C to 60C |
| 保証 | 5-年限定 (メーカー), 24/7 support included |
WD Gold vs Red Pro vs Purple Pro — The WD Family Decision
| 特徴 | Gold 22TB (Data Center) | Red Pro 20TB (NAS) | Purple Pro 18TB (Surveillance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workload Rating | 550 TB/year | 300 TB/year | 550 TB/year |
| MTBF | 2.5M hours | 2.5M hours | 2.0M hours |
| Recording Tech | CMR (ePMR) | CMR (ePMR) | CMR (ePMR) |
| RV Sensors | はい (RVFF) | はい | はい |
| AllFrame AI (streaming) | いいえ | いいえ | はい |
| こんな方に最適 | サーバ, さん, ザ, backup targets, object storage | NAS 1-8 bay, SOHO to SMB | CCTV, NVR, 24/7 recording |
| Price (relative to Gold) | 100 percent | ~110 percent (per TB, often higher) | ~105 percent |
Deployments Where the Gold 22TB Is the Right Drive
- Server DAS (Direct Attached Storage): 12x Gold 22TB in a Dell R760 (SATA mode) or xFusion 5288 V7 = 264 TB raw in 2U/4U. For file servers, backup repositories, and archive volumes that do not need NVMe performance.
- S3-Compatible Object Storage: MinIO and Wasabi-style deployments where capacity per drive, not IOPS per drive, is the scaling metric. A 24-drive MinIO node with Gold 22TB delivers 528 TB raw — approximately 400 TB usable with erasure coding (EC 8+4).
- バックアップリポジトリ (Veeam/Commvault): 22TB drives double the capacity per bay compared to 12TB drives from 2020. A backup server with 12x Gold 22TB delivers 200 TB usable (レイド 6) - だいたい 4 years of backup retention for a 50-VM environment.
互換性のあるプラットフォーム
SATA 6Gb/秒, compatible with any server with 3.5-inch SATA bays. Dell PowerEdge R660/R760/R770, xFusion V7, Lenovo Thinksystem, MinIO nodes, TrueNAS, Proxmox. Works with PERC H730/H740/H750/H755/H965i in SATA mode.
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