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Latest revision as of 02:28, 31 March 2026
Western Digital AV-GP is a hard drive family created by Western Digital. It is a variant of the Caviar GP, Green and later Blue 5,400 RPM members designed for consumer electronics DVRs. It succeeds the AV family, which had higher rotation rate 7,200 RPM models, as DVRs quickly abandoned 7,200 RPM in favour of the cooler and more energy efficient over long workload 5,400 RPM category. Since 2018, it is only known as AV-GP in datasheets[1], with actual units advertising a "Connected Home" slogan instead. It competes with the Toshiba DT01-V and Seagate Video 3.5 HDD families.
History[edit | edit source]
The AV-GP family was originally released in 2007, along with the initial Caviar GP models which consisted of Spider and Hulk family members. The AV family were binned versions of Caviar GP, Caviar Green and later Blue drives, using 5,400 RPM spindle speeds as opposed to 7,200 RPM used in the AV-GP family. It quickly supplanted the AV family as DVRs moved towards 7,200 RPM spindle speed as their standard, leaving the AV-GP family as Western Digital's sole family marketed to DVRs.
The AV-GP family was briefly simplified to just AV from 2013 to 2018, when the AV-GP name was restored.
Current models[edit | edit source]
| Model | Codename | Capacity | Density (TB/platter) | Interface | Cache (MiB) | Released |
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| WDC WD5000AURX-xxUY4Yx | TrailXLB | 500 GB | 1 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | 64 | 2015 |
| WDC WD5000AURD-xxCYDYx | TrailXLB | 500 GB | 1 | SATA 3.1 (150 MB/s limited) | 64 | 2017 |
| WDC WD10EURX-xxUY4Yx | TrailXLB | 1 TB | 1 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | 64 | 2015 |
| WDC WD20EURX-xxAWSYx | Apollo CR | 2 TB | 1.6 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | 64 | 2020 |
| WDC WD20EURD-xxC5SYx | Carmel RP2L | 2 TB | 2 | SATA 3.1 (150 MB/s limited) | 64 | 2023 |
| WDC WD20EURZ-xxC8MYx | Carmel RP2L | 2 TB | 2 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | 64 | 2023 |
| WDC WD30EURX-xxAWSYx | Apollo CR | 3 TB | 1.6 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | 64 | 2020 |
| WDC WD40EURX-xxAWSYx | Apollo CR | 4 TB | 1.6 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | 64 | 2020 |
| WDC WD60EUAD-xxPMMYx | Venice | 6 TB | 2 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | 256 | 2020? |
Former models[edit | edit source]
| Model | Codename | Capacity | Density | Interface | Cache (MiB) | Released | Discontinued |
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| WDC WD1600AVVS-xxL2Bx | Midori | 160 GB | 320 GB | SATA 2.5 (600 MB/s) | 8 | 2009 | 2012 |
| WDC WD1600AVCS-xx2DYx | DragFly1 | 160 GB | 500 GB | SATA 2.6 (600 MB/s) | 16 | 2010 | 2015 |
| WDC WD2500AVVS-xxL2Bx | Midori | 250 GB | 320 GB | SATA 2.5 (600 MB/s) | 8 | 2009 | 2012 |
| WDC WD2500AVVS-xxM8Bx | DragFly1 | 250 GB | 500 GB | SATA 2.6 (600 MB/s) | 8 | 2010 | 2015 |
| WDC WD3200AVVS-xxL2Bx | Midori | 320 GB | 320 GB | SATA 2.5 (600 MB/s) | 8 | 2009 | 2012 |
| WDC WD5000AVVS-xxM8Bx | DragFly1 | 250 GB | 500 GB | SATA 2.6 (600 MB/s) | 8 | 2010 | 2013? |
| WDC WD5000AVCS-xx2DYx | DragFly1 | 500 GB | 500 GB | SATA 2.6 (600 MB/s) | 16 | 2010 | 2015 |
| WDC WD5000AVDS-xxU7Bx | DragFly1 | 500 GB | 500 GB | SATA 2.6 (600 MB/s) | 32 | 2010 | 2013? |
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Long after the Caviar GP had been discontinued, the AV-GPs continued to carry old style labels with GreenPower logos on them up until 2018. All other families had redesigned labels following the colour branding format.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Top lid of a WD1600AVVS-98L2B0. -
Top lid of a WD5000AVDS-63U7B1.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Connected Home and Edge Computing Storage" (PDF). Western Digital. Retrieved 3 September 2022.