| Model Number | WD181KRYZ |
| Form Factor | 3.5-inch |
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s |
| 512n / 512e user sectors per drive | 512e |
| Formatted Capacity | 18TB |
| RoHS compliant | Yes |
| Performance | |
| Data Transfer Rate (max sustained) | 269MB/s |
| Performance Class | 7200 RPM Class |
| Cache | 512MB |
| Power Management | |
| Average power requirements (W) | |
| Operational | 6.5W |
| Idle | 5.6W |
| Power efficiency index (W/TB, idle) | 0,31 |
| Reliability | |
| MTBF (hours) | 2 500 000 |
| Annualized Failure Rate (AFR, %) | 0,35 |
| Limited Warranty | 5 years |
| Environmental | |
| Operating Temperature | 5° C to 60° C |
| Non-Operating Temperature | -40°C to 70°C |
|
Shock (Read/Write) Operating (half-sine wave, 2ms) |
50G/50G |
|
Non-operating (half-sine wave, 2ms) |
250G |
| Acoustics (average) Idle Mode | 20 dBA |
| Seek Mode | 36 dBA |
| Physical Dimensions | |
| Height (max) | 26.1 mm |
| Length (max) | 147.0 mm |
| Width (± .01 in.) | 101.6 mm |
| Weight | 1.52 lb (.69 kg) +/- 10% |