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Western Digital WD Red SA500 1TB

1TB · 2.5" · SATA III

Western Digital WD Red SA500 1TB, product view 1

Specifications

Yes

DRAM cache

560 MB/s

Sequential read

530 MB/s

Sequential write

600 TBW

Endurance

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WD SATA SSDs
WD Green WD Red SA500 This model WD Blue SA510
Released 2016 2019 2022
Interface SATA III SATA III SATA III
Read 545 MB/s 560 MB/s 560 MB/s
Write 525 MB/s 530 MB/s 520 MB/s
Endurance 400 TBW 600 TBW 400 TBW
Summary DRAM-less. Made for NAS use, with a DRAM cache but no power-loss protection. SanDisk now sells it as the SanDisk 520.

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240GB250GB480GB500GB1TB2TB4TB
WD Green $49 No listings $144.13 $188.77 $268.31 Out of stock Not available
WD Red SA500 Not available Not available Not available Out of stock $446.05 This model $506.85 $1,440.88
WD Blue SA510 Not available $289.60 Not available $223.72 $339.82 $383.98 Out of stock

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Form factor

2.5" is the recorded form factor.

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Western Digital SA500 1TB M.2 SATA SSD for NAS, Red Amazon AU $446.05 Western Digital WDS100T1R0A Red SA500 1TB 2.5" SATA NAS SSD 24/7 560MB/s 530MB/s R/W 95K/85K IOPS 600TBW 2M hrs MTBF 5yrs wty Out of stock Amazon AU — Western Digital WDS100T1R0A RED SA500 Internal - FFP Option, WDZS100T1R0A Out of stock Amazon AU — Western Digital WDS100T1R0A-EC SA500 Internal WD Red SATA SSD, 1TB 2.5 Inch (Read Up to 560MB/s Write Max) NAS 5 Years Warranty Out of stock Amazon AU —
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