WD181PURP: Western Digital Purple Pro Video Analytics Hard Drive 18TB 7200RPM SATA 512MB Cache 3.5-Inch
MPN: WD181PURP|By: Western Digital
Price
Quoted on request
Current pricing within 48 business hours.
In Stockships worldwide
Key specs
- Capacity
- 18TB
- Drive Interface
- SATA
- Rotational Speed
- 7200RPM
- Form Factor
- 3.5-Inch
- Cache
- 512MB
- Condition:
- New (authorized channel)
- Warranty:
- Full manufacturer warranty
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Authorized & warrantied
Sourced through authorized distribution, with the full manufacturer warranty.
Compatibility checked
Validated against your server platform before dispatch.
Delivery & lead time
Confirmed with your quote, including expedited freight where available.
Business & public sector
POs, net terms and volume pricing for qualified organizations, government and edu.
Product overview
Western Digital lists WD181PURP as a purple pro video analytics hard Drive 18TB 7200RPM SATA 512MB cache 3.5-Inch. Vendor-keyed firmware is the usual reason a mechanically identical drive is rejected by the controller, and a 18TB spare is not worth discovering that on. We check the firmware family against your controller before the drive ships.
Quotes are itemised down to the accessories, so nothing that is needed to make the part work is left off and discovered later.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer part number
- WD181PURP
- Product Type
- Server Hard Drives
- Manufacturer
- Western Digital
Technical specifications
- Capacity
- 18TB
- Rotational Speed
- 7200RPM
- Cache
- 512MB
Interfaces & connectivity
- Drive Interface
- SATA
Physical
- Form Factor
- 3.5-Inch
These are the 7 facts we can state about WD181PURP without inferring anything. Compatibility beyond this is confirmed per platform, on request, before you order.
Where the Western Digital WD181PURP is deployed
- Sourcing WD181PURP against a build sheet that names it explicitly
- Migrating an archive tier off failing older disks
- Rebuilding a parity group after a drive failure
Who this part is for
- MSPs holding cold spares across a fleet of identical chassis
- Teams standardising a mixed drive estate onto one firmware family
- Procurement replacing drives out of a maintenance contract
What you get ordering this from us
Ordered by part number
The order is placed against WD181PURP, not against a description of it, so there is no room for a substitution you did not agree to.
Compatibility checked
We confirm the part is supported on your platform before it ships, rather than leaving the check to you.
Spares held to a fleet standard
Tell us the chassis you run and we will keep the spare consistent with what is already in the shelf.
Questions buyers ask about this part
Is WD181PURP genuine and is the warranty intact?
Yes. Supplied new and unopened, so the manufacturer warranty and firmware update path stay supported. No grey-market stock and no refurbished units sold as new.
Will WD181PURP work in my server?
Send the server model or the shelf it is going into. Vendor-keyed firmware is the usual reason an identical-looking drive is rejected, so we check that alongside interface and form factor.
Do you accept purchase orders and quote at volume?
Yes. We quote against a purchase order and hold the price for the quote period, with tiered rates at quantity. Net terms are available once the account is approved.
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Specifying a system, not just the part?
Bulk capacity usually sits behind the flash tier that feeds a training cluster rather than under it.