WD Ultrastar DC HC560 Spec and Price in the United States
The HC560 is the 20TB generation of WD's data-center nearline line, adding OptiNAND to the helium-sealed 7200rpm platform: a 512MB cache and a five-year warranty, per the WD data sheet. Sustained throughput reaches 291 MB/s — near the ceiling of SATA hard-drive mechanics — and the workload rating is the enterprise 550TB/year. It is CMR at nine platters, and the price per terabyte is what makes data-center storage economical.
Prices exclude sales tax.
The last tracked price for the 20TB WD Ultrastar DC HC560 in the United States was $1,144.45 at Newegg, captured 2026-10-05. Across one tracked merchant and 13 days of recorded prices, the 90-day median for the 20TB WD Ultrastar DC HC560 is $1,199.99 and the lowest recorded price is $1,144.45. This site began capturing prices on July 30, 2026; for Amazon listings, prices dated earlier come from Keepa's price history.
Captured periodically and may have changed.
- 20TB
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Specifications
- Capacity
- 20TB
- Interface
- SATA
- Sequential read
- 291 MB/s
- Sequential write
- 291 MB/s
- Rotation speed
- 7200 RPM
- Form factor
- 3.5-inch
- Cache
- 512 MB
- Warranty
- 5 years
Capacities
| Configuration | Part number | Current best price |
|---|---|---|
| 20TB | WUH722020ALE6L4 | $1,144.45 Price too old to confirm |
What owners and reviewers say
Summarised from 1 source(s), reviewed September 14, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices
Commonly praised
- Reviewers confirmed the vendor's claimed sustained transfer rate in benchmark testing, measuring sequential reads and writes just under the rated figure.
- It posted the strongest workload results the reviewer had recorded for a hard drive in the file-server, web-server and workstation profiles.
- It layers a flash-enhanced metadata architecture, energy-assisted recording, a triple-stage actuator and helium sealing, and carries a five-year warranty.
Commonly criticised
- It is expensive at its asking price.
Sources behind this summary
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