Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC570 18TB HDD WUH722018BLE6L4

The Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC570 is an 18TB enterprise-class SATA hard drive engineered for high-capacity storage deployments in data center, NAS, and archive environments. Featuring a 7200 RPM spindle speed and 256MB cache buffer, the drive delivers consistent performance across sequential and random workload patterns typical of 24/7 operational demands in healthcare and education infrastructure.

Designed for multi-bay NAS systems and warm archival tiers, the HC570 combines capacity density with enterprise-grade reliability features including vibration tolerance optimization and RAID-optimized error recovery controls. The drive meets the stringent uptime requirements of institutional deployments where data availability directly impacts clinical operations, research continuity, and learning delivery.

Ideal for

• NAS system expansion and refresh cycles in healthcare networks requiring secure patient data archival
• High-capacity RAID array construction for educational institution digital asset repositories
• Warm archive tier storage for compliance-driven data retention in regulated sectors
• Multi-drive enclosure deployments for research data storage and backup target consolidation
• Large-scale content distribution and media asset management storage pools
• Nearline backup staging for disaster recovery and business continuity workflows

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.