WUH721818ALE6L1 — Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC550 18TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 512MB Cache 3.5-Inch Hard Drive
MPN: WUH721818ALE6L1|By: Western Digital
In Stockships worldwide
- Condition:
- New — authorized channel
- Warranty:
- Full manufacturer warranty
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Product overview
Western Digital lists WUH721818ALE6L1 as an Ultrastar DC HC550 18TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 512MB cache 3.5-Inch hard Drive. Carriers and caddies are chassis-specific and are almost never included with a bare drive; this is 3.5-Inch. Give us the server model and we will quote the carrier alongside it instead of letting it hold up the swap.
We return an itemised quote within 48 business hours, and we say plainly when a part is constrained rather than quoting a date we cannot hold.
Featuring
- Capacity
- 18TB
- Cache
- 512MB
- Manufacturer
- Western Digital
Interfaces / Ports
- Rotational Speed
- 7200RPM
- Drive Interface
- SATA
- Interface Standard
- 6Gb/s
Physical characteristics
- Form Factor
- 3.5-Inch
- Product Type
- Server Hard Drives
- Expedited shipping options are available — rates confirmed with your quote.
- Purchase orders accepted from qualified institutions.
- Compatibility is validated against your server platform before dispatch. Send us the model and we will confirm support.
The table below is what the server hard drive is documented as, not what we have inferred from the part number. If the figure you need is missing, ask and we will source it from the manufacturer.
Where the Western Digital WUH721818ALE6L1 is deployed
- Like-for-like replacement of WUH721818ALE6L1 in an existing system
- Migrating an archive tier off failing older disks
- Holding a firmware-matched cold spare per chassis family
Who this part is for
- Backup and archive teams growing bulk capacity in an existing shelf
- Teams standardising a mixed drive estate onto one firmware family
- MSPs holding cold spares across a fleet of identical chassis
What you get ordering this from us
Ordered by part number
WUH721818ALE6L1 is what is quoted and WUH721818ALE6L1 is what ships; where an alternate code is genuinely the same part we name it rather than swap it silently.
Firmware family matched
A mechanically identical drive with the wrong firmware is rejected by the controller; we check the family, not just the capacity.
No substitutions without asking
If we cannot supply the exact code we tell you what we can supply and why, rather than shipping an equivalent and letting you find out.
Questions buyers ask about this part
- Is WUH721818ALE6L1 genuine and is the warranty intact?
- Yes. It ships new in Western Digital packaging, which is what keeps the warranty and the firmware entitlement valid. Anything we cannot supply that way we tell you about before you order.
- Will WUH721818ALE6L1 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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