Second Chance WD Red SA500 SATA SSD 2.5 inches 500GB
Pros and cons
- This 2.5-inch SSD is suitable for 24/7 use in NAS systems.
- You get a 5-year warranty from Western Digital with this SSD.
- 3D NAND technology is energy-efficient, so the energy costs will be lower than with a 2D NAND SSD.
- You need a mounting bracket to build this 2.5-inch SSD into your 3.5-inch NAS slot.
Product description
Note: this 2.5-inch SSD has a SATA interface and only works if your system supports SATA. Check this in the manual of your laptop or motherboard.
Improve the performance and response time of your NAS with the WD Red SA500 SATA SSD 2.5-inch SSD 500GB. The WD Red has a write speed of 530MB/s and a read speed of 560MB/s. You can store up to 50,000 photos or 15 hours of 4K footage on the 500GB storage space. This SSD is specially designed for 24/7 use in a NAS system that's always on. Thanks to the 3D NAND technology, the energy consumption is lower compared to 2D NAND. This way, you save on the energy costs of your NAS. Efficient caching of large files makes this drive suitable for demanding applications like OLTP databases, environments with multiple users, and rendering footage.
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Product
- Product number
- 860865
- Manufacturer code
- WDS500G1R0A
- Brand
- Western Digital
- Warranty
- 3 years
- Processing of your defect
- Via Coolblue
- Old product returned for free
Storage properties
- Total storage capacity
- 500 GB
- Type of SSD
- 2.5-inch SATA
- SSD-controller
- Marvell
- Memory type (SSD)
- 3D NAND
Connection and compatibility
- Compatible with product type
- NAS
- With heatsink
General properties
- Depth
- 0,7 cm
- Height
- 10 cm
- Width
- 1 cm
- Color
- Black, Red
Speed and performance
- Speed class 2.5-inch SSD
- Mid-range
- Cache memory
- 0 MB
- Terabytes Written
- 350 TB
- Maximum read speed
- 560 MB/s
- Maximum write speed
- 530 MB/s
- Output operations per second (IOPS)
- 95000
- Input operations per second (IOPS)
- 82000
- Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
- 2000000 hours
Power usage
- Energy-efficient
- Durability class
- High-end
