The Western Digital WD1200JS (WD1200JS - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive) is a Desktop Hard Drive component engineered for sustained enterprise-class workloads. This part addresses common procurement scenarios where exact-match replacement, capacity expansion, or new-build deployment is required. Technical specifications include spindle speed of 7,200 RPM, form factor of 3.5-inch, interface of SATA, data rate of 3 Gb/s, connector of 7-pin, cache of 8MB. Common deployment scenarios include database transaction-log volumes, virtualization datastores, OS-boot tier, backup-repository targets, and warm-data tiers in tiered-storage architectures. Pro Disk Network maintains the WD1200JS 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 90-day Pro Disk Network functional warranty. Same-day dispatch on in-stock orders placed before 3pm ET; free standard ground shipping on US orders over $150.
The WD1200JS is a Western Digital desktop hard drive component with spindle speed 7,200 RPM, form factor 3.5-inch, interface SATA. Pro Disk Network sells the WD1200JS for $273.91 with same-day US shipping and a 30-day return guarantee.
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Quick Answer: Will the WD1200JS work with my RAID controller?
The WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS ship?
WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS 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.
What is the WD1200JS?
The WD1200JS is a Western Digital enterprise-grade hard drive with spindle speed 7,200 RPM and form factor 3.5-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 WD1200JS
Pros
Same-day US shipping from our US warehouse
Cons
Not enterprise NVMe — sub-100 µs latency workloads need a different SKU
Bulk capacity is the value play, not raw IOPS
Larger orders may ship via LTL freight (signature required)
Frequently Asked Questions about WD1200JS
Is the WD1200JS a genuine Western Digital part?
Yes. Pro Disk Network sources every WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS work with my RAID controller?
The WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS ship?
WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS?
New WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS?
Email sales@prodisknetwork.com with the quantity and target ship date for a quote within one business day.
Other parts that share the WD1200 series prefix — useful when sourcing matched lots, hot-spare pools, or capacity-tier expansions.
WD1200JS-00MHB0 — WD1200JS-00MHB0 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
WD1200JS-00MHB1 — WD1200JS-00MHB1 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
WD1200JS-00NCB1 — WD1200JS-00NCB1 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
WD1200JS-00SGB0 — WD1200JS-00SGB0 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
WD1200JS-22MHB0 — WD1200JS-22MHB0 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
WD1200JS-22NCB1 — WD1200JS-22NCB1 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
WD1200JS-55MHB0 — WD1200JS-55MHB0 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
WD1200JS-61MHB1 — WD1200JS-61MHB1 - Western Digital Caviar SE 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 8MB Cache 7-Pin 3.5-inch Hard Drive — $296.30
Pro Disk Network Buyer’s Guide: Desktop Hard Drive
How to Pick the Right Drive Capacity for Your Use Case
For VMware vSAN deployments, the WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS 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.