HDD IBM 1 TB Dual Port HS SATA

HDD IBM, 7.2krpm 1TB Hot Swap Dual Port SATA II, designed for disk arrays and servers with DS3x00 ServeRAID 8k Controller

The addition of 1 TB HDD offerings to the IBM System x™ and BladeCenter^® family of 3.5-inch SATA II drives offers the highest performance options and provides a wider selection of choices to satisfy a wide range of applications. These new drives are positioned at the top of our SATA HDD line.

These two 1 TB SATA II HDDs provide 3.5-inch form factor options that are available as single-port hot-swap or dual-port hot-swap configurations.

Key features and benefits include:

• Up to 7,200 rpm speed to help optimize performance
• Outstanding reliability that enables operation in RAID environments without compromising application performance or availability

You can put together a winning combination for data-storage applications when you install these new high-performance SATA HDDs in your IBM System x, BladeCenter, and blade I/O configurations¹.

Performance

1 TB performance characteristics include:

• Formatted capacity of 1,000,000 MB
• Drive to host interface that supports up to 3.0 Gb/s² burst rate
• Drive media to buffer interface that supports sustained interface data transfers of up to 112 MB/s average
• Spindle speed of 7,200 rpm
• Average latency of 4.17 ms
• Average seek on reads of less than 9 ms
• Hot-swap capability
• SAS interface with dual port option

Reliability

• SAS compliance enables these HDDs to connect directly into System x, BladeCenter, and Storage and I/O Blades.
• S.M.A.R.T Technology allows software utilities to alert you of certain impending drive failures so replacements can be made before a problem occurs.
• Rigorous testing through the ServerProven^® program instills confidence that your storage subsystem³ is compatible and will function reliably.
• The HDDs come with a one-year, limited warranty⁴.

Business Partners Services (44W3264)

One hour of STG Lab Services for System x (LSx) consulting. This unit-based fee covers one-hour of LSx consulting including travel and expenses. Example engagements include the following:

• BladeCenter
• High-End x3850/x3950
• Systems Management- IBM Director, IBM RDM, and Altiris
• VMware Virtual Infrastructure and P2V
• Clustering with Microsoft Datacenter
• Imaging pre-load configuration
• DS4000 Storage
• Server Consolidation and Server Migration

Users can select the required number of units of consulting needed for each engagement based on LSx supplied sizing per the customer's requirements.