Question 1

Is this a Hard Disk Drive or a SSHD? Newegg details regarding this drive is not accurate. On Western Digital Site states that this is just a Hard Disk Drive.

Accepted Answer

It is a standard sata 6Gb hard drive with 64 MB Cach.  So no it is not a sshd or a solid state drive. But i have had good luck with transfure speeds nearing or around 100 MB/s.

Question 2

Any difference between the 6TB and Western Green (Both seem to have 5400 RPM)? Or are Blue 6TB just rebranded Green when Western Digital merged the two lines?

Accepted Answer

The Blue line versus the Green have some different virtues:
Greens: 
1. Cooler running, put your hand over the drive when operating and you can feel it
2. Less Power consumption, making a Raid 1 mirror more palatable to your PSU
3. Not any quieter than the Blue drives, both are substantially less noisy than the Black line
Blue: 
1. Spools up faster when accessed from an idle state
2. Loads large gaming maps such as the BF1 demo, and 4k video files noticably quicker than my Green storage drive, but still far slower than the Black line. Go Raid 0 Stripe Blacks if you're going to pair.
*Personal Note* I have had bad luck with Red (1, less than 1 year) and Green (2 failed less than 3 years) drives, despite what would seem like a longer lived, less-wear drive. But I have not yet had a Blue fail in 4 years, and not a single one of the 4 Black drives I have owned, some as long as 7 years, have crashed despite all the noise and heat they make.

Question 3

Does this come with screws/mounting hardware?

Accepted Answer

Hello,

Thank you for contacting us in regards to your question.

We do apologize but, this product is for the hard drive itself. The mounting hardware will have be purchased separately.

Thank you, 
Newegg Support

Question 4

Which WD drive is the best to store & play movies? Is it the Blue or the Green one? 4K movies to be specific, with an average of +50GB each file.

Accepted Answer

I used blue WD to archives all my movies. I have 4 6tb. Been using them the past 3 yrs with no issue at all.

Question 5

Is the WD60EZRZ being sold by BuyVPC a retail drive or oem?

Accepted Answer

The WD60EZRZ is being sold as a bare drive, which typically indicates it is an OEM product.

Question 6

I know your not suppose to put blue drives in raid. But what about pooling (spanning, jbod, liner, what ever you want to call it.)?

Accepted Answer

Western Digital Blue drives are designed with different functions or optimizations in mind. Gold-Business, Black-Speed, Green-power savings, Red-NAS, Purple-writing, Blue-Generic. The issue you are talking about is that WD doesn't recommend use of drives in a High performance business critical RAID environment with drives other than ones that were designed for RAID. This is because the RAID drives have TLER (Time-Limited Error Recovery) which helps correct data issues that can occur with RAID (I can't post the link but look at the first google search for Time-Limited Error Recovery from WDC ). If you do raid, while you "can" mix/match different drives to some extent, it isn't recommended as the slowest drive is your limit on performance. The other terms listed (spanning, jbod, "liner" maybe you meant striping) are forms of RAID. Pooling could also be considered RAID too although it is slightly different. So, to answer your question, you can put the WD Blue drives into RAID configuration, but it isn't designed with RAID in mind so there could be certain circumstances where you could run into data issues, but it will work.

Question 7

Does this have the same head parking problem as the WD Greens?

Accepted Answer

WD announced they are removing Green from their line up but consolidating them to their Blue label. These relabeled drives will be models ending in Z. So yes, this drive here is a relabeled Green drive. But in the relabeling, they have been very careful not to mention if they have continued the 8 second head parking or not due to all the bad press. I guess you could download the EXE that disables that to see if it works.

Brand	WD
Series	Blue
Model	WD60EZRZ
Packaging	Bare Drive

Interface	SATA 6.0Gb/s
Capacity	6TB
RPM	5400 RPM
Cache	64MB

Features	Tested For Compatibility We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our F.I.T. Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems. Low Power Consumption State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features help ensure low power consumption. NoTouch Ramp Load Technology Safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to protect your data. Upgrading Your Drive is Easy Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis True Image WD Edition cloning software, available as a free download on the WD Support site. This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don’t have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.
Usage	For Daily Computing

Form Factor	3.5"
Height (maximum)	26.10mm
Width (maximum)	101.60mm
Length (maximum)	147.00mm

WD Blue 6TB Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD60EZRZ

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