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==Current products==
==Current products==
===7,200 RPM 1 TB/platter===
{| class="wikitable sortable" summary="List of 3.5" Western Digital Blue Desktop models currently in production."
*[[WDC WD5000AZLX-xxK4KAx]]/[[WDC WD5000AZLX-xxCL5Ax]]/[[WDC WD5000AZLX-xxK2TAx]]/[[WDC WD5000AZLX-xxJKKAx]]
|-
*[[WDC WD10EZEX-xxRKKAx]]/[[WDC WD10EZEX-xxZF5Ax]]/[[WDC WD10EZEX-xxBN5Ax]]/[[WDC WD10EZEX-xxKUWAx]]/[[WDC WD10EZEX-xxMFCAx]]/[[WDC WD10EZEX-xxWN4Ax]]
! Model || Capacity (TB) || Spindle speed (RPM) || Cache (MiB) || SMR? || Family || Year released
|-
|[[WDC WD5000AZLX-xxK2TAx]]
|0.5
|7,200
|32
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell TresXLB2|TresXLB2]]
|2018?
|-
|[[WDC WD5000AZRZ-xxHTKBx]]
|0.5
|5,400
|64
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell TrailXLB|TrailXLB]]
|2015
|-
|[[WDC WD10EZEX-xxWN4Ax]]
|1
|7,200
|64
|No
|TresXLB2
|2018?
|-
|[[WDC WD10EZRZ-xxHTKBx]]
|1
|5,400
|64
|No
|TrailXLB
|2015
|-
|[[WDC WD10EZRZ-xxZ5HBx]]
|1
|5,400
|64
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Diablo3s|Diablo3s]]
|2015
|-
|[[WDC WD20EZRZ-xxZ5HBx]]
|2
|5,400
|64
|No
|Diablo3s
|2015
|-
|[[WDC WD20EZAZ-xxL9GBx]]
|2
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Carmel R|Carmel R]]
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD20EZBX-xxAYRAx]]
|2
|7,200
|256
|Yes
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Carmel R7|Carmel R7]]
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD30EZRZ-xxZ5HBx]]
|3
|5,400
|64
|No
|Diablo3s
|2015
|-
|[[WDC WD30EZRZ-xxGXCBx]]
|3
|5,400
|64
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Apollo|Apollo]]
|2017
|-
|[[WDC WD30EZAZ-xxSF3Bx]]
|3
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Venice R|Venice R]]
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD40EZRZ-xxGXCBx]]
|4
|5,400
|64
|No
|Apollo
|2017
|-
|[[WDC WD40EZAZ-xxSF3Bx]]
|4
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|Venice R
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD60EZAZ-xxSF3Bx]]
|6
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|Venice R
|2020
|-
|[[WDC WD80EAZZ-xxBKLBx]]
|8
|5,640
|128
|No
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Avalon C5|Avalon C5]]
|2021
|}


===5,400 RPM 1 TB/platter CMR===
==Former models==
*[[WDC WD5000AZRZ-xxHTKBx]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" summary="List of 3.5" Western Digital Blue Desktop models currently in production."
*[[WDC WD10EZRZ-xxHTKBx]]/[[WDC WD10EZRZ-xxZ5HBx]]
|-
*[[WDC WD20EZRZ-xxZ5HBx]]
! Model || Capacity || Density || Spindle speed (RPM) || Cache (MiB) || SMR? || Family || Year released
*[[WDC WD30EZRZ-xxZ5HBx]]
|-
 
|[[WDC WD3200AAKS-xxL9Ax]]
===5,700 RPM 1.2 TB/platter CMR===
|320 GB
*[[WDC WD60EZRZ-xxRWYBx]]/[[WDC WD60EZRZ-xxGZ5Bx]]
|320 GB
 
|7,200
===5,400 RPM 1.33 TB/platter CMR===
|16
*[[WDC WD30EZRZ-xxGXCBx]]
|No
*[[WDC WD40EZRZ-xxGXCBx]]
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Pinclite|Pinclite]]
 
|2009
===5,400 RPM 2 TB/platter SMR===
|-
*[[WDC WD20EFAX-xxGGJBx]]
|[[WDC WD20EZAZ-xxGGJBx]]
*[[WDC WD40EFAX-xxZGHBx]]/[[WDC WD40EFAX-xxSF3Bx]]
|2 TB
*[[WDC WD60EFAX-xxZGHBx]]/[[WDC WD60EFAX-xxSF3Bx]]
|2 TB
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Carmel|Carmel]]
|2019
|-
|[[WDC WD30EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
|3 TB
|2 TB
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|[[:Category:Western Digital Marvell Venice|Venice]]
|2019
|-
|[[WDC WD40EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
|4 TB
|2 TB
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|Venice
|2019
|-
|[[WDC WD60EZAZ-xxZGHBx]]
|6 TB
|2 TB
|5,400
|256
|Yes
|Venice
|2019
|}


==Historic models==
==Historic models==

Revision as of 11:14, 10 March 2022

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 Marvell family they were before.

Current products

Model Capacity (TB) Spindle speed (RPM) Cache (MiB) SMR? Family Year released
WDC WD5000AZLX-xxK2TAx 0.5 7,200 32 No TresXLB2 2018?
WDC WD5000AZRZ-xxHTKBx 0.5 5,400 64 No TrailXLB 2015
WDC WD10EZEX-xxWN4Ax 1 7,200 64 No TresXLB2 2018?
WDC WD10EZRZ-xxHTKBx 1 5,400 64 No TrailXLB 2015
WDC WD10EZRZ-xxZ5HBx 1 5,400 64 No Diablo3s 2015
WDC WD20EZRZ-xxZ5HBx 2 5,400 64 No Diablo3s 2015
WDC WD20EZAZ-xxL9GBx 2 5,400 256 Yes Carmel R 2020
WDC WD20EZBX-xxAYRAx 2 7,200 256 Yes Carmel R7 2020
WDC WD30EZRZ-xxZ5HBx 3 5,400 64 No Diablo3s 2015
WDC WD30EZRZ-xxGXCBx 3 5,400 64 No Apollo 2017
WDC WD30EZAZ-xxSF3Bx 3 5,400 256 Yes Venice R 2020
WDC WD40EZRZ-xxGXCBx 4 5,400 64 No Apollo 2017
WDC WD40EZAZ-xxSF3Bx 4 5,400 256 Yes Venice R 2020
WDC WD60EZAZ-xxSF3Bx 6 5,400 256 Yes Venice R 2020
WDC WD80EAZZ-xxBKLBx 8 5,640 128 No Avalon C5 2021

Former models

Model Capacity Density Spindle speed (RPM) Cache (MiB) SMR? Family Year released
WDC WD3200AAKS-xxL9Ax 320 GB 320 GB 7,200 16 No Pinclite 2009
WDC WD20EZAZ-xxGGJBx 2 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Carmel 2019
WDC WD30EZAZ-xxZGHBx 3 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Venice 2019
WDC WD40EZAZ-xxZGHBx 4 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Venice 2019
WDC WD60EZAZ-xxZGHBx 6 TB 2 TB 5,400 256 Yes Venice 2019

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

References

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