Saturday, April 10, 2010
Hitachi Releases Most Powerful Hard Drive To Date - The 7200 RPM 2TB, Ultrastar A7K2000
Posted on 6:28 AM by Impress Rabi
This week, on August 11, 2009, Hitachi announced the release of the latest addition to their family of Enterprise-Class Hard Drives, the new Ultrastar A7K2000.
It delivers enormous capacity, combined with 7200 RPM performance, reliability and enterprise-class mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) of a whopping 1.2 million hours.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 has been designed with the best interests of the environment too, offering highly competitive power efficiency. The Hitachi GST Ultrastar A7K2000 is the fourth generation, high capacity hard drive rolling off Hitachi's production lines, and is clearly in a class of its own with its 2 Terrabyte (2TB) storage capacity.
While the storage capacity has doubled from its predecessor, the A7K1000, its size has not increased. In fact, the A7K2000 has been outfitted with its massive 2TB storage capacity, without taking up any more space than the original 3.5 inch A7K1000 drive. Same size, double the capacity.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 is reported to be the 'industry’s first enterprise-class, 7,200 RPM 2TB hard disk drive' according to Todd Gresham, senior vice president, Networked Storage Solutions, Xyratex.
The (double the capacity) Ultrastar A7K2000 can be integrated into existing storage systems with no hassle, due to the fact that the 3.5 inch encasing occupies the same size as its predecessor, while drawing less power. Same size, double the capacity, requiring less power - not a bad combination of attributes I would say.
Couple that with Hitachi GST's five year warranty, and its reputation as a reliable, global storage partner among users around the world, and the new drive may very well be a popular choice among users. The size and capacity make it ideal for use in data centers, and at an operating speed of 7200 RPM, the overall performance is better than drives operating at a lower RPM - and it uses less power than these slower RPM drives.
So how much better you ask? Compared to the Ultrastar A7K1000, Hitachi claims impovements of 155 percent in data transfer rates, and a massive 120 percent improvement in watts-per-GB. A 36 percent reduction in power consumption during low RPM idle mode, means data centers will most likely save a significant amount in terms of cost for temperature control within the data centers, which need to be cooled to maintain a constant temperature for optimum hardware and equipment performance.
Furthermore, the Ultrastar A7K2000 is RoHS compliant, and also halogen free. The 2TB Ultrastar A7K2000 is now available globally, while the 1TB and 500GB versions should be available soon.
It delivers enormous capacity, combined with 7200 RPM performance, reliability and enterprise-class mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) of a whopping 1.2 million hours.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 has been designed with the best interests of the environment too, offering highly competitive power efficiency. The Hitachi GST Ultrastar A7K2000 is the fourth generation, high capacity hard drive rolling off Hitachi's production lines, and is clearly in a class of its own with its 2 Terrabyte (2TB) storage capacity.
While the storage capacity has doubled from its predecessor, the A7K1000, its size has not increased. In fact, the A7K2000 has been outfitted with its massive 2TB storage capacity, without taking up any more space than the original 3.5 inch A7K1000 drive. Same size, double the capacity.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 is reported to be the 'industry’s first enterprise-class, 7,200 RPM 2TB hard disk drive' according to Todd Gresham, senior vice president, Networked Storage Solutions, Xyratex.
The (double the capacity) Ultrastar A7K2000 can be integrated into existing storage systems with no hassle, due to the fact that the 3.5 inch encasing occupies the same size as its predecessor, while drawing less power. Same size, double the capacity, requiring less power - not a bad combination of attributes I would say.
Couple that with Hitachi GST's five year warranty, and its reputation as a reliable, global storage partner among users around the world, and the new drive may very well be a popular choice among users. The size and capacity make it ideal for use in data centers, and at an operating speed of 7200 RPM, the overall performance is better than drives operating at a lower RPM - and it uses less power than these slower RPM drives.
So how much better you ask? Compared to the Ultrastar A7K1000, Hitachi claims impovements of 155 percent in data transfer rates, and a massive 120 percent improvement in watts-per-GB. A 36 percent reduction in power consumption during low RPM idle mode, means data centers will most likely save a significant amount in terms of cost for temperature control within the data centers, which need to be cooled to maintain a constant temperature for optimum hardware and equipment performance.
Furthermore, the Ultrastar A7K2000 is RoHS compliant, and also halogen free. The 2TB Ultrastar A7K2000 is now available globally, while the 1TB and 500GB versions should be available soon.
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