Western Digital Blue (2.5")
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Western Digital Blue, formerly known as Western Digital Scorpio Blue, is a hard drive family created by Western Digital designed for use in mobile applications. Since 2018, it mostly uses shingled magnetic recording, with only 500 GB units generally using CMR.
Current products
| Model | Capacity | Cache (MiB) | SMR? | Family | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC WD3200LPCX-xxVHATx | 320 GB | 16 | No | HubLT2 | 2015 |
| WDC WD5000LPVX-xxV0TTx | 500 GB | 8 | No | Hubble LT | 2013 |
| WDC WD5000LPCX-xxVHATx | 500 GB | 16 | No | HubLT2 | 2015 |
| WDC WD5000LPZX-xxZ10Tx | 500 GB | 128 | Yes | Palmer | 2018 |
| WDC WD10SPZX-xxZ10Tx | 1 TB | 128 | Yes | Palmer | 2018 |
| WDC WD20SPZX-xxCRATx | 2 TB | 128 | Yes | Charger | 2018 |
| WDC WD20SPZX-xxUA7Tx | 2 TB | 128 | Yes | Charger | 2018 |
| WDC WD40NPZZ-xxA9JTx | 4 TB | 128 | Yes | Spyglass 2 | 2018 |
| WDC WD50NPZZ-xxA9JTx | 5 TB | 128 | Yes | Spyglass 2 | 2018 |
Former products
| Model | Capacity | Cache (MiB) | Interface | SMR? | Family | Year released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC WD3200LPCX-xxC6HTx | 320 GB | 16 | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | No | Hubble LT | 2013 |
| WDC WD5000BPVX-xxJC3Tx | 500 GB | 8 | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | No | FBLite | 2013 |
| WDC WD5000LPVT-xxG33Tx | 500 GB | 8 | SATA 3.0 (300 MB/s) | No | Hubble | 2013 |
| WDC WD5000LPCX-xxC6HTx | 500 GB | 16 | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | No | Hubble LT | 2015 |
| WDC WD10SPCX-xxKHSTx | 1 TB | 16 | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | No | BigBear | 2015 |
| WDC WD10SPCX-xxHWSTx | 1 TB | 16 | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | No | BigBear | 2015 |
| WDC WD10SPCX-xxS8TTx | 1 TB | 16 | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | No | BigBear | 2015 |
| WDC WD20NPVZ-xxWFZTx | 2 TB | 8 | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | No | Shrek LT | 2012 |
| WDC WD30NPVZ-xxN2PTx | 3 TB | 8 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | No | PebbleB | 2017 |
| WDC WD30NPRZ-xxYRMTx | 3 TB | 64 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | No | PebbleB | 2017 |
| WDC WD40NPZZ-xxA9JTx | 4 TB | 128 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | Yes | Spyglass | 2018 |
| WDC WD40NPZZ-xxA9JTx | 4 TB | 128 | SATA 3.1 (600 MB/s) | Yes | Spyglass | 2018 |