HUS728T8TAL5204 – 8TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 3.5-Inch Ultrastar Enterprise Hard Drive
The HUS728T8TAL5204 is an 8TB 3.5-inch enterprise hard drive from Western Digital’s Ultrastar family, built for data centers, cloud storage, and enterprise IT environments. It suits buyers deploying storage servers, RAID arrays, backup and archival systems, and 24/7 mission-critical workloads where endurance matters more than the raw latency of an SSD. Practical note: as a rotational CMR-class drive, verify your RAID controller and enclosure support its advanced sector formats before deployment.
Key specifications (table)
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Model | HUS728T8TAL5204 (Ultrastar enterprise series) |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Capacity | 8TB (balances storage size with cost-effectiveness for enterprise needs) |
| Spindle speed | 7200 RPM |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
| Form factor | 3.5-inch |
| Cache | 128MB |
| MTBF | 2 million hours (enterprise endurance class) |
| Annualized workload | Up to 550 TB/year (intensive workload rating, guidance only) |
| Power profile | Designed to reduce power consumption and cooling costs in data centers |
| Sector formats | Supports advanced sector formats (platform dependent) |
| Operating duty | Designed for 24/7 uptime |
Good to know
- Confirm that your host bus adapter, RAID controller, and backplane support the drive’s advanced sector formats and SATA 6Gb/s link speed for full performance.
- Within Western Digital’s lineup, the Ultrastar family sits above NAS-oriented (IronWolf-class) and surveillance-oriented (SkyHawk-class) offerings, targeting enterprise storage, cloud, and data center deployments with higher workload ratings.
- For RAID arrays and bulk archival builds, 8TB strikes a common capacity-per-bay point — confirm rebuild-time expectations and power/cooling budgets for your chassis before ordering volume quantities.
For tray and reel pricing, current stock by part number and date code, and volume discounts on bulk orders, request a bulk quotation.
The HUS728T8TAL5204 is an 8TB 3.5-inch enterprise hard drive from Western Digital’s Ultrastar family, built for data centers, cloud storage, and enterprise IT environments. It suits buyers deploying storage servers, RAID arrays, backup and archival systems, and 24/7 mission-critical workloads where endurance matters more than the raw latency of an SSD. Practical note: as a rotational CMR-class drive, verify your RAID controller and enclosure support its advanced sector formats before deployment.
Key specifications (table)
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Model | HUS728T8TAL5204 (Ultrastar enterprise series) |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Capacity | 8TB (balances storage size with cost-effectiveness for enterprise needs) |
| Spindle speed | 7200 RPM |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
| Form factor | 3.5-inch |
| Cache | 128MB |
| MTBF | 2 million hours (enterprise endurance class) |
| Annualized workload | Up to 550 TB/year (intensive workload rating, guidance only) |
| Power profile | Designed to reduce power consumption and cooling costs in data centers |
| Sector formats | Supports advanced sector formats (platform dependent) |
| Operating duty | Designed for 24/7 uptime |
Good to know
- Confirm that your host bus adapter, RAID controller, and backplane support the drive’s advanced sector formats and SATA 6Gb/s link speed for full performance.
- Within Western Digital’s lineup, the Ultrastar family sits above NAS-oriented (IronWolf-class) and surveillance-oriented (SkyHawk-class) offerings, targeting enterprise storage, cloud, and data center deployments with higher workload ratings.
- For RAID arrays and bulk archival builds, 8TB strikes a common capacity-per-bay point — confirm rebuild-time expectations and power/cooling budgets for your chassis before ordering volume quantities.
For tray and reel pricing, current stock by part number and date code, and volume discounts on bulk orders, request a bulk quotation.
