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WD Ultrastar DC HC555 12TB

EnterpriseCMR7,200 RPM512 MB cacheHeliumDiscontinued

The WD Ultrastar DC HC555 12TB costs $659.27 right now, or $54.94/TB.

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WD Ultrastar DC HC555 12TB hard drive
Discontinued. The maker no longer produces the WD Ultrastar DC HC555. We list it while retailers still have stock, which sometimes means a good price on the last units.

Where to buy the WD Ultrastar DC HC555 12TB

Every in-stock offer we track, cheapest first.

  • Amazon
    $659.27
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Price history

Lowest in the last 30 days: $619.99. Lowest in 60 days: $619.99.

Not enough price history yet for the WD Ultrastar DC HC555 12TB. We record prices daily, so a chart appears once there are a few days to show.

Specifications

Drive

Capacity
12TB
Form factor
3.5"
Spindle speed
7,200 RPM
Recording
CMR
Cache
512 MB
Helium-filled
Yes

Conventional recording: steady write speed and normal RAID rebuilds.

Rated for

Use class
Enterprise
MTBF
2.5 million hours
Warranty
5 years

Noise and power

Idle noise
20 dB
Seek noise
32 dB
Idle power
5.4 W
Operating power
8.8 W

Identity

Part number
WUH722012CLE6L4

Quality score

How we score →

Scored from recording type (CMR or SMR), workload rating, warranty, measured failure rate where Backblaze covers the model, spindle speed, MTBF and cache. Use class and size filter; they never score.

65/ 100 among hard drivesValue 58.0 for the price
Partial confidence · 65% of specs known

Value weighs the score against the price, compared with other 12TB hard drives: this drive costs $54.94/TB against a typical $43.75/TB. At a typical price, value equals the score. Cheaper raises it and dearer lowers it, but price counts for less than quality.

Recording (CMR/SMR)30/30known
Workload rating0/20unknown
Warranty15/15known
Field failure rate0/15unknown
Spindle speed10/10known
MTBF5/5known
Cache5/5known

A factor we hold no value for scores zero rather than being skipped, so a drive we know little about never outranks a fully documented one. A low score with low confidence means undocumented, not bad. This is a specification index, not a benchmark, and it only compares hard drives with each other.

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