WD Gold WD261KRYZ 26 TB Hard Drive - 3.5" Internal - SATA (SATA/600)

Store your data with confidence on WD Gold.

WD Gold HDDs incorporate our latest innovations to handle heavy, continuous read-write workloads in the toughest of enterprise and commercial system environments. WD Gold drives provide the utmost in HDD storage performance, reliability, durability, and capacity-point flexibility to small and medium businesses and design professionals whose mission-critical data and creative output are essential to their success.

Built For Demanding Use Cases

Customize your business's storage mix to fit your specific needs with hard drives in capacities of up to 26TB,¹engineered for demanding applications with a read-write workload rating of up to 550TB²per year.

Enhanced Reliability

With a five-year limited warranty³supporting up to 2.5M hours MTBF,⁴WD Gold hard drives deliver enhanced levels of dependability and durability.

Protection and Performance Boost

ArmorCache™ technology (available in 22TB and above) is a Western Digital-only feature that provides enterprise power loss protection of your data in write-cache enabled (WCE) mode while increasing performance in write-cache disabled (WCD) mode.

Continuous Innovation

The WD Gold 26TB¹model is built on the world's first 11-disk HDD platform and delivers the 10th generation of HelioSeal® technology, which has proven to be a vital foundation for continuous capacity growth for over a decade.

Robustness For Tough Environments

Our exclusive Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) uses dual sensors to anticipate and counteract disturbances, maintaining peak performance in high-vibration environments.

Flexibility and Peace of Mind

WD Gold has undergone extensive testing and validation in a variety of host bus adapters, servers and enterprise storage solutions employing RAID and other data resiliency configurations.

• With 26 TB capacity, you have ample space to store a vast number of images, extensive hours of video, or a large collection of songs
• Offers fast and reliableaccess to data with non-volatile memory, ensuring consistent performance and data retention
• Enjoy rapid processing speeds with 512 MB cache buffer for enhanced performance
• Experience faster data storage with the SATA/600 interface, designed to optimize burst performance for enhanced efficiency
• 3.5" form factor ensures consistent performance, making it ideal for users who need dependable storage solutions in demanding environments
• Easily access and retrieve files frequently, making the process convenient
• Hard Drive features non-volatile memory, enhancing your PC storage needs
• Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) featureoptimizes efficiency and convenience, ensuring a smooth and productive user experience