Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC680 20TB Enterprise HDD

The Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC680 is a 20TB nearline enterprise hard disk drive engineered for high-capacity storage environments requiring sustained sequential and random access performance. Built on ePMR (Energy-Assisted Perpendicular Magnetic Recording) technology, the HC680 delivers 272 MB/s sustained data rate and optimized mechanical reliability for 24/7 operation in data center infrastructure.

Designed for cloud service providers, hyperscalers, and enterprise backup systems, this drive addresses the growing capacity demands of distributed storage architectures and large-scale tiered storage deployments. The HC680 operates within strict thermal and power envelopes suitable for dense server and storage array configurations.

Ideal for

• Cloud data center backup and archive tier storage
• Hyperscale distributed storage systems and object storage platforms
• Enterprise NAS and SAN backend capacity expansion
• Video surveillance and media asset management repositories
• Large-scale data warehouse and analytical workloads
• Cold storage and compliance archival systems

Technical specifications

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