Category:Western Digital Marvell Mariner

Mariner

Top lid of a WD5000BEVT-26A0RT0, an example of a Mariner member.

CrystalDiskInfo printout of SMART attributes.

Module C5 name

MARINER

Namesake

Mariners, an alternate name for sailors

R/N

Currently under investigation

Form factor

2.5"

z-height (mm)

9.5

Basic specifications

Speed (RPM)

5,400

Cache

8,192 kB

Advanced Format?

No

Maximum transfer speed (MB/s)

None published

Interface specification

Interface(s)

SATA, soldered USB

Interface version(s)

SATA 2.6 (300 MB/s)

Recording internals

Maximum platters

2

Capacity per platter

320 - 333 GB

Recording method

CMR

Cross-compatible families

Marn5 4K and Zephyr^[1]

Product availability

First released

Currently under investigation

Last discontinued

2012

Predecessor	Successor
Mercury	Marn5 4K Zephyr

Capacity predecessor	Capacity successor
None	None

HDA predecessor	HDA successor
None	None

This category lists all Western Digital drives that are members of the WD Marvell family Mariner. A variant of this family, Marn5 4K, capable of Advanced Format, was released for a small amount of models; Zephyr was the ultimate Advanced Format-capable successor of this family. It was accompanied by Jamaica, which looks similar but accommodates only one platter.

↑ David Blizzard (25 September 2017). "Western Digital Head Swap – Donor Drives". Blizzard Data Recovery.

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[1] David Blizzard (25 September 2017). "Western Digital Head Swap – Donor Drives". Blizzard Data Recovery.

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