Western WUS5EA176ESP7E1 Western Digital WUS5EA176ESP7E1 Ultrastar Dc Sn655 7.68TB PCI Express x4 U.3 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive. In Stock Brand: Western Part Number: WUS5EA176ESP7E1 Category: SSD Key Specs: 7.68TB Availability: In Stock Shipping: Fast US-based shipping Order the Western WUS5EA176ESP7E1 today from ProDisk Network — your trusted source for enterprise IT hardware. All products are quality-tested and backed by our support team.
The WUS5EA176ESP7E1 is a Western Digital ssds component with capacity 7.68 TB, form factor 2.5-inch, interface PCI Express. Pro Disk Network sells the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 for $11,036.84 with same-day US shipping and a 30-day return guarantee.
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Quick Answer: Will the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 work with my RAID controller?
The WUS5EA176ESP7E1 operates with any standard SAS/SATA/NVMe-compatible RAID controller (Dell PERC, HPE Smart Array, LSI/Broadcom MegaRAID, Adaptec, IBM ServeRAID, Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID). Mixing this drive in the same RAID volume with drives of different speed/capacity is supported but never recommended.
How fast does the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 ship?
WUS5EA176ESP7E1 orders placed before 3 pm ET ship the same business day from US warehouses. Delivery is next business day to most metro ZIPs via FedEx/UPS overnight; ground delivery covers remaining US in 1-4 business days.
The WUS5EA176ESP7E1 is deployed by US enterprises, MSPs, government, and education customers across multiple infrastructure scenarios. Below are the most common deployment patterns Pro Disk Network sees in real-world orders.
VMware Datastore — ESXi 7/8 datastores hosting 30–80 VMs per drive. RAID 10 for write-intensive, RAID 5 for read-leaning VM mixes.
Citrix / Horizon VDI — Linked-clone master images and write-cache disks. Lower DWPD acceptable since VDI write patterns are bursty.
NoSQL & Real-Time Analytics — MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Druid hot-tier nodes. NVMe variant strongly preferred over SAS/SATA for query latency.
Hypervisor Boot — ESXi, Hyper-V, Proxmox boot drives. Read-intensive (1 DWPD) is sufficient. Mirror two drives for redundancy.
What is the WUS5EA176ESP7E1?
The WUS5EA176ESP7E1 is a Western Digital enterprise solid-state drive with capacity 7.68 TB and form factor 2.5-inch, manufactured by Western Digital. Pro Disk Network ships this part new and certified-refurbished from our US warehouse with same-day dispatch on orders placed before 3 PM ET, backed by a 30-day return guarantee.
Pros & Cons of WUS5EA176ESP7E1
Pros
Same-day US shipping from our US warehouse
Cons
Refurbished tier reseals — original retail box not included
Single-drive purchases ship in static-shield bags, not retail packaging
Lead time on 24+ drive orders may extend 2–4 business days
Frequently Asked Questions about WUS5EA176ESP7E1
Is the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 a genuine Western Digital part?
Yes. Pro Disk Network sources every WUS5EA176ESP7E1 as factory-original Western Digital inventory. New units arrive sealed in OEM packaging; refurbished units are pulled from decommissioned Western Digital servers, surface-tested, and re-warranted by Pro Disk Network for 90 days.
Will the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 work with my RAID controller?
The WUS5EA176ESP7E1 operates with any standard SAS/SATA/NVMe-compatible RAID controller (Dell PERC, HPE Smart Array, LSI/Broadcom MegaRAID, Adaptec, IBM ServeRAID, Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID). Mixing this drive in the same RAID volume with drives of different speed/capacity is supported but never recommended.
How fast does the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 ship?
WUS5EA176ESP7E1 orders placed before 3 pm ET ship the same business day from US warehouses. Delivery is next business day to most metro ZIPs via FedEx/UPS overnight; ground delivery covers remaining US in 1-4 business days.
What is the warranty on the WUS5EA176ESP7E1?
New WUS5EA176ESP7E1 units carry the full Western Digital manufacturer warranty (typically 1 to 5 years depending on product line). Refurbished and bulk-OEM units include a Pro Disk Network advance-replacement warranty (90 days refurbished). DOA replacement is free within 30 days of receipt.
Do you offer bulk pricing for the WUS5EA176ESP7E1?
Email sales@prodisknetwork.com with the quantity and target ship date for a quote within one business day.
How to Pick the Right Drive Capacity for Your Use Case
For VMware vSAN deployments, the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 is best deployed in the capacity tier with NVMe cache drives in front. Size the cache layer at 10% of usable capacity for write-intensive workloads and 5% for read-leaning workloads. For Veeam backup repositories, plan around 1.5× the size of your protected estate to allow for incremental forever chains plus synthetic fulls. Splunk warm tier sizing should follow the daily ingest rate × retention days × 1.6 compression overhead.
Drive Health Monitoring: SMART, Workload Rating, and Predictive Failure
For VMware ESXi 8 hosts, enable vSphere's predictive-failure analysis on the WUS5EA176ESP7E1 via the host's storage device list. The host queries SMART on a regular cadence and surfaces yellow/red warnings in vCenter before the drive fails outright. On Linux, use smartctl piped to your monitoring system; on Windows Server, Storage Spaces exposes health state directly in Server Manager.