E1U15000N - Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM ATA-100 3.5-inch Hard Drive
SKU: E1U15000NBrand: Western DigitalCategory: Storage Devices
$182.78In Stock — Ships Today
About the E1U15000N
Sourced for enterprise IT teams managing enterprise rack server and data-center deployments, the Western Digital E1U15000N (E1U15000N - Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM ATA-100 3.5-inch Hard Drive) is a Storage Devices component matched to OEM specifications. Each unit is verified against manufacturer datasheet revisions and is appropriate for new-build, expansion, or warranty-replacement procurement. Technical specifications include capacity of 500 GB, spindle speed of 7,200 RPM, form factor of 3.5-inch. Appropriate for OS boot tier (Windows Server, RHEL, Ubuntu Server, ESXi), application data tier, database log volumes, and tier-2 capacity in mixed-storage clusters. Pro Disk Network maintains the E1U15000N in our enterprise inventory and verifies each unit against manufacturer datasheet specifications prior to listing. New stock ships factory-sealed where available; refurbished units are tested under load before dispatch and ship with a 30-day Pro Disk Network functional warranty. Net 30 terms are available for qualified business accounts. Same-day dispatch on in-stock orders placed before 3pm ET; free standard ground shipping on US orders over $150.
The E1U15000N is a Western Digital storage devices component with capacity 500 GB, spindle speed 7,200 RPM, form factor 3.5-inch. Pro Disk Network sells the E1U15000N for $182.78 with same-day US shipping and a 30-day free return guarantee.
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2,000+ B2B Customers — MSPs, government, education, enterprise IT
Quick Answer: Will the E1U15000N work with my RAID controller?
The E1U15000N 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 E1U15000N ship?
E1U15000N orders placed before 2 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 E1U15000N 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.
Veeam Backup Repository — Cost-optimised backup target for Veeam B&R, Rubrik, or Cohesity primary backup tier. RAID 6 over 8–24 drives delivers 100+ TB usable per server.
Splunk Warm/Cold Tier — Appropriate for Splunk warm/cold/frozen indexes where ingest write rates are below 200 MB/s per node. Avoid for hot-tier indexes — use NVMe instead.
File Server / SMB Shares — General-purpose Windows Server / Samba shares for departmental file storage. RAID 5 for capacity, RAID 10 for IOPS-sensitive workloads.
Object Storage (Ceph / MinIO) — JBOD presentation behind Ceph OSDs or MinIO erasure-coded pools. Mix with NVMe metadata drives for production object stores.
New, Bulk, or Refurbished — Choosing Your Tier
Pro Disk Network offers the E1U15000N across three procurement tiers. Each tier is fully functional and warranted; the choice comes down to budget, warranty length, and whether the deployment is production-critical or capacity-expansion.
Tier
Discount vs OEM List
Warranty
Best For
New (Sealed OEM)
25–40%
Western Digital manufacturer warranty (1–5 yr)
Production-critical first-tier
New (Bulk OEM)
50–65%
3-year Pro Disk Network warranty
New cluster builds, secondary tier
Refurbished
75–85%
12-month advance replacement
Capacity expansion, lab, dev/test, EOL refresh
Bulk & Volume Pricing for E1U15000N
Ships from our Orlando, FL warehouse — same-day US dispatch on orders placed before 2pm ET. Net 30 terms available for verified businesses, government and education.
Volume discounts on the E1U15000N are automatic at checkout. Net 30 terms available for verified businesses, government, and education. Email sales@prodisknetwork.com for orders above 100 units.
Quantity
Discount
Unit Price
1
0%
$182.78
5+
4%
$175.47
10+
8%
$168.16
25+
13%
$159.02
50+
18%
$149.88
100+
23%
$140.74
What is the E1U15000N?
The E1U15000N is a Western Digital enterprise-grade hard drive with capacity 500 GB and spindle speed 7,200 RPM, 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 E1U15000N
Pros
Bulk-quantity pricing for 6+ unit orders
Direct-to-rack shipping on multi-pack orders
Sequential serial-number bundling for cluster builds
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 E1U15000N
Is the E1U15000N a genuine Western Digital part?
Yes. Pro Disk Network sources every E1U15000N as factory-original Western Digital inventory verified against the manufacturer parts registry before listing. 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 12 months.
Will the E1U15000N work with my RAID controller?
The E1U15000N 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 E1U15000N ship?
E1U15000N orders placed before 2 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 E1U15000N?
New E1U15000N 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 (12 months refurbished, 36 months new bulk). DOA replacement is free within 30 days of receipt.
Do you offer bulk pricing for the E1U15000N?
Yes. Pro Disk Network offers automatic volume discounts at 10, 25, 50, and 100+ unit tiers. Net 30 terms are available for verified businesses, government, and education buyers. 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 E1U15000N 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 E1U15000N 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.