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MDD 6TB (MD6TB6472E): Recording Status

We have not found a manufacturer document stating the recording technology for this exact part number. We know what the drive is - a MDD 6TB SATA-6G hard drive (3.5") that we track - but a recording technology printed without a source is a guess, and for RAID, NAS or ZFS use that guess is the one that matters. That is a statement about what we have found, not about what MDD has published.

What the part number decodes to

We hold no vendor document that defines the segments of MD6TB6472E, so we do not decode it.

Live rankings this model belongs to: every 6TB hard drive · 6TB SATA drives. Product pages for this part number: MDD 6TB SATA 6G 7200RPM Enterprise (no current offer).

We hold no sourced MDD model to compare against. Nearest sourced model from another maker: WD6005FFBX (WD Red Pro 6TB, CMR). Listed for comparison only - two part numbers can use different recording methods, so its answer is not MD6TB6472E's.

MakerMDD
Capacity6TB
InterfaceSATA-6G
Recording technologyNo maker source found

No seller we track has MD6TB6472E in stock right now. That describes today's listings only - it says nothing about whether the model is discontinued.

How to settle it for this drive

Read the model number on the drive's own label, then find MDD's data sheet or product manual for that family. A document that prints MD6TB6472E in its own row of a recording-technology table settles the question. A family page that names no part numbers does not: we have found maker pages that list neither a part number nor a recording method, and we no longer count them as sources. A retailer listing is not a source either - it is a seller's description, and sellers repeat what other listings say.

Documented MDD drives at 6TB

We hold no maker document for any MDD drive at 6TB yet, so there is no documented sibling to compare against.

When a source turns up

When we find a maker document that names MD6TB6472E, this page will state the answer with that document linked and the date we read it, the same way our documented pages do. Until then, the honest answer is that we do not know.

In-stock drives with sourced CMR, 6TB and up