Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC530

Brand: Western Digital
Model: Ultrastar DC HC530

$565–$624estimated range · from catalog price Jun 22, 2026

WD Ultrastar DC HC530 14TB helium enterprise HDD (SATA 6Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 512MB cache) launched April 2018; ideal for high‑density mass storage.

Storage performance rankTop 63% of storage drives

TierWorkstation?

ReleasedApr 2018

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Capacity14 TB

TypeHDD

InterfaceSATA

Read speed267 MB/s

Form factor3.5

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Product overview

Introduced on April 18, 2018 as part of Western Digital’s Ultrastar DC HC500 family (“He14”), the 14TB Ultrastar DC HC530 (model WUH721414ALE6L4) is a helium‑sealed CMR drive with TDMR head technology and a 7200 RPM motor.Sourcewesterndigital.com

Positioned in our workstation tier (enterprise/high‑TBW), it exists to maximize storage density and reliability per dollar and per watt in multi‑bay arrays. With SATA 6 Gb/s, 3.5‑inch form factor, 512 MB cache, and about 267 MB/s typical sustained throughput, it suits mass storage pools, large game libraries, and sequential media workflows/scratch in NAS or servers; use SSDs for OS/apps. Notably, the “ALE6L4” variant uses a legacy Pin‑3 layout (no 3.3 V Power‑Disable), improving compatibility with many consumer PSUs/enclosures.Sourcestudio.westerndigital.com

Best for

mass storage
game library
video-editing scratch

Official product specifications

Specifications

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Capacity14 TB