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==History==
==History==
The AV family was originally released in 2008, along with the Gekko and Kermit family versions of Caviar GP and Caviar Green. 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 family. It quickly supplanted the AV family, which was discontinued, leaving the AV-GP family as Western Digital's sole family marketed to DVRs.
The AV 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 family. It quickly supplanted the AV family, which was discontinued, leaving the AV-GP family as Western Digital's sole family marketed to DVRs.


==Current products==
==Current products==

Revision as of 01:20, 23 April 2022

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. Since 2018, it is only known as AV-GP in datasheets, with actual units advertising a "Connected Home Hard Drive" slogan instead. It competes with the Toshiba DT01-V family.

History

The AV 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 family. It quickly supplanted the AV family, which was discontinued, leaving the AV-GP family as Western Digital's sole family marketed to DVRs.

Current products

Model Codename Capacity Density (TB/platter) Interface Cache (MiB) Year released
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 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

References

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