WD 10TB 256MB Cache 3.5 SATA HDD Drive WD100EFAX-68LHPN0

Western Digital Red™ 10TB NAS Hard Drive

Product Overview

The WD Red™ series with exclusive NASware™ 3.0 technology is purpose-built and optimized for single-bay to 8-bay NAS (Network Attached Storage) systems. Utilizing a helium-filled design (Helium platform), it provides high storage density, exceptional thermal efficiency, and lower power consumption for 24×7 small office and home NAS environments.

• Product Line: WD Red™ (NAS Storage)

• Base Model Number: WD100EFAX

• Full Manufacturing Part Number: WD100EFAX-68LHPN0

• Recording Technology: CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording)

Technical Specifications

1. Core Specifications

Parameter	Specification
Formatted Capacity	10 TB (10,000 GB)
Form Factor	3.5-inch LFF (Large Form Factor)
Interface	SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA III)
On-Board Cache	256 MB
Performance Class	5400 RPM Class
Advanced Format (AF)	Yes
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)	Yes
RoHS Compliant	Yes

2. Performance & Transfer Rates

Feature	Rating / Speed
Maximum Interface Speed	600 MB/s (6 Gbps)
Max Sustained Internal Data Transfer Rate	Up to 210 MB/s
Drive Controller / IC	Avago 6097 / SMOOTH L7272 Motor Controller
Cache RAM IC	Nanya 256MB DDR3-1600

3. Reliability & Data Integrity

Parameter	Specification
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)	1,000,000 Hours
Annualized Workload Rating	180 TB / year
Non-Recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read	less than 1 in $10^{14}$
Load / Unload Cycles	600,000
TLER (Time-Limited Error Recovery)	Enabled (Optimized for RAID drop-out prevention)
Vibration Control	3D Active Balance™ Plus (Dual-plane balance control)

4. Power Management

Power State	Current / Wattage Requirement
12VDC Peak Current (A, $\pm$10%)	1.79 A
Average Power: Read / Write	5.7 W
Average Power: Idle	2.8 W
Average Power: Standby / Sleep	0.5 W

5. Environmental & Acoustics

Condition / Attribute	Operating	Non-Operating
Temperature	0°C to 65°C	-40°C to 70°C
Shock (2ms)	65 Gs (Read) / 30 Gs (Write)	250 Gs
Acoustics: Idle	20 dBA (average)	—
Acoustics: Seek	29 dBA (average)	—

6. Physical Dimensions

Dimension	Measurement
Height (Max)	1.028 inches / 26.1 mm
Length (Max)	5.787 inches / 147.0 mm
Width ($\pm$0.01 in.)	4.000 inches / 101.6 mm
Weight ($\pm$10%)	1.43 lbs / 0.65 kg