Western Digital Ultrastar Data60 60-Bay Hybrid Storage Platform

The Western Digital Ultrastar Data60 (1ES1393) is a 4U, 60-bay JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks) storage enclosure engineered for high-density, scale-out storage infrastructures. The platform accommodates 3.5-inch SAS or SATA hard drives and 2.5-inch SSDs in a dual-expander SAS back-end architecture, delivering broad compatibility with industry-standard SAS HBAs and RAID controllers. Redundant I/O modules, power supplies, and cooling fans are standard, ensuring continuous availability in mission-critical environments. The enclosure connects to host systems via dual 12Gb/s SAS expander modules, each providing multiple wide-port SAS connectivity options.

Designed to support software-defined storage (SDS) platforms such as Ceph, IBM Spectrum Scale, and similar scale-out solutions, the Ultrastar Data60 is optimized for environments that demand maximum raw capacity within a constrained data center footprint. Its 4U chassis provides an industry-leading bay density that enables petabyte-scale deployments across relatively few rack units. The dual SAS expander design supports multipath I/O for fault tolerance and load balancing, while the tool-less drive carrier system simplifies hot-swap drive replacement without service interruption.

The Ultrastar Data60 is a purpose-built platform for workloads requiring massive sequential throughput and large-capacity object or file storage pools. Target deployments include hyperscale object storage, active archive, video surveillance repositories, genomics and life-sciences data lakes, and high-performance computing scratch storage. Its compatibility with Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC-series HDDs and the broader 3.5-inch SAS/SATA ecosystem allows operators to right-size capacity and performance tiers as storage needs evolve.

Ideal for

• Petabyte-scale object storage deployments running Ceph or similar software-defined storage frameworks requiring maximum drive density per rack unit
• Active archive and cold-tier storage for media and entertainment workflows preserving large video asset libraries with infrequent but reliable retrieval access
• High-performance computing (HPC) scratch and warm-tier storage pools supporting genomics, climate modeling, and simulation data sets
• Hyperscale and cloud service provider infrastructure expansion using scale-out JBOD shelves attached to existing SAS-connected server nodes
• Video surveillance back-end storage aggregating continuous high-resolution streams from large-scale camera deployments requiring sustained write throughput
• Enterprise data lake infrastructure consolidating structured and unstructured data from multiple business units into a centralized, high-density repository

Technical specifications

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