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Western Digital Blue (3.5")

A WD30EZRZ, an example of a 5,400 RPM member of this family.

Manufacturer

Western Digital

Intended purpose

Currently under investigation

Common specifications

Form factor

3.5"

z-height (mm)

26.1 mm

Spindle speed (RPM)

7,200 (true Blue)
5,400 (Green rebrands)
5,700 (Rembrndt family Green rebrands)

Advanced Format?

512e

Production

Released

2015 (Green rebrands)
2018 (SMR)

Discontinued

In production (see here for exceptions)

Predecessor	Successor
Caviar SE Green	None

Western Digital Blue Desktop, also formerly known as Western Digital Caviar Blue, is a hard drive family created by Western Digital. It was the first drive family to use WD's colour branding scheme, one which would continue to be used to the present day.

History

The WD Blue Desktop family were initially released as WD Caviar Blue, which included most members of this family's predecessor, the Caviar SE. Initially playing host to most of Western Digital's most premium drives, as Caviar SE had, it was eventually relegated to single platter low-cost system integrator drives by 2012.

In 2015, all Green drives were transferred to this family, following negative reception due to that family's head parking issues and negative controversy.^[1] As part of the transition, they received new labels and identifier codes, but remained in whatever Marvel family they were before.

Current products

7,200 RPM 1 TB/platter

5,400 RPM 1 TB/platter CMR

5,700 RPM 1.2 TB/platter CMR

WDC WD60EZRZ-xxRWYBx/WDC WD60EZRZ-xxGZ5Bx

5,400 RPM 1.33 TB/platter CMR

5,400 RPM 2 TB/platter SMR

Historic models

7,200 RPM 1 TB/platter

5,400/5,700 RPM 1 TB/platter CMR

5,700 RPM 1.2 TB/platter CMR

WDC WD50EZRZ-xxRWYBx/WDC WD50EZRZ-xxGZ5Bx

References

↑ Johnson, Renee. "Western Digital paints its Green hard drives Blue in rebranding". The Tech Report.

[1] Johnson, Renee. "Western Digital paints its Green hard drives Blue in rebranding". The Tech Report.

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-'''Western Digital Blue Desktop''', also known as '''Western Digital Caviar Blue''', is a hard drive family created by [[Western Digital]]. It was the first drive family to use WD's colour branding scheme, one which would continue to be used to the present day.
+'''Western Digital Blue Desktop''', also formerly known as '''Western Digital Caviar Blue''', is a hard drive family created by [[Western Digital]]. It was the first drive family to use WD's colour branding scheme, one which would continue to be used to the present day.
 ==History==