HPE 870761-X21 900GB 15K SAS 12GBPS LFF 512n Enterprise Hard Drive

Capacity

The HPE 870761-X21 Enterprise Hard Drive boasts a massive capacity of 900GB, making it an ideal choice for users who require ample storage space for their data-intensive applications and workloads. Whether you are running a large-scale database, hosting virtual machines, or storing multimedia content, the high capacity of this hard drive ensures that you have enough room to accommodate your growing data needs.

Increased Storage Efficiency

With a capacity of 900GB, this hard drive allows you to store a vast amount of data in a single device. This eliminates the need for multiple drives and simplifies your storage infrastructure. By consolidating your data onto a single drive, you can optimize storage efficiency and reduce the complexity of managing multiple devices.

Seamless Scalability

The 900GB capacity of this hard drive provides room for future growth. As your data requirements increase, you can easily expand your storage capacity by adding more drives without disrupting your existing infrastructure. This scalability ensures that you can accommodate the ever-growing demands of your business without incurring additional costs or causing downtime.

Improved Performance

By offering a large capacity, this hard drive allows you to store and access your data quickly and efficiently. With more storage space available, the drive can distribute the data across a larger number of sectors, reducing the seek time and improving read/write performance. This translates into faster access to your critical data and improved overall system performance.

Reduced Data Fragmentation

A high-capacity hard drive like the HPE 870761-X21 enables better data organization and reduces data fragmentation. Fragmentation occurs when files are stored in non-contiguous blocks on a disk, leading to slower read and write speeds. With ample capacity, the hard drive can allocate more contiguous space for storing files, minimizing fragmentation and ensuring optimal performance.

Efficient Backup and Restore

The spacious capacity of this hard drive simplifies the backup and restore processes. You can create regular backups of your critical data without worrying about running out of storage space. Additionally, the large capacity allows for quick and efficient restoration of data in case of system failures or data loss, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity.

Cost Savings

By providing 900GB of storage capacity in a single drive, this hard drive helps you save on costs associated with purchasing and maintaining multiple drives. You can optimize your storage infrastructure and reduce the total cost of ownership by consolidating your data onto fewer devices. Additionally, the reduced power consumption and cooling requirements of a single drive contribute to further cost savings over time.

Speed

The HPE 870761-X21 Enterprise Hard Drive offers a blazing fast rotational speed of 15K RPM, delivering exceptional performance for demanding applications that require rapid data access and processing. With its high-speed capabilities, this hard drive ensures that you can meet the performance requirements of your most critical workloads.

Enhanced I/O Performance

The 15K RPM rotational speed of this hard drive significantly improves input/output (I/O) performance. The fast rotation allows for quicker positioning of the read/write heads, reducing latency and enabling faster data transfer rates. This results in enhanced overall system responsiveness, ensuring that your applications can handle high workloads with ease.

Reduced Access Time

The high rotational speed of 15K RPM greatly reduces the average access time of the hard drive. By minimizing the time it takes to locate and retrieve data, this hard drive ensures that your applications can access the required information promptly. Whether you are running complex database queries or accessing large files, the reduced access time translates into improved productivity and reduced wait times.

Optimized Performance for IOPS-Intensive Workloads

Input/output operations per second (IOPS) are crucial for many data-intensive applications, such as databases, virtualization, and real-time analytics. The 15K RPM speed of this hard drive enables a higher number of IOPS, allowing your applications to handle more concurrent requests and process data at a faster rate. This is particularly beneficial for workloads that require low latency and high throughput.

Efficient Handling of Large Datasets

The rapid speed of this hard drive makes it well-suited for handling large datasets. Whether you are working with massive multimedia files, performing data analysis, or running simulations, the high rotational speed ensures that you can access and process large amounts of data quickly. This enables faster data manipulation and reduces the time required for complex data operations.

Improved User Experience

The fast speed of this hard drive results in an improved user experience across various applications and tasks. Whether you are launching applications, booting up your system, or transferring files, the high-speed capabilities ensure that you experience minimal delays and smooth performance. This enhances productivity and allows you to focus on your work without being hindered by slow data access.

Interface

The HPE 870761-X21 Enterprise Hard Drive utilizes the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface, offering numerous benefits in terms of performance, reliability, and compatibility. With SAS, you can enjoy a seamless connection between your hard drive and the host system, facilitating efficient data transfer and ensuring reliable operation.

High Data Transfer Rates

The SAS interface provides high data transfer rates, allowing for fast and efficient communication between the hard drive and the host system. With its robust signaling capabilities, SAS enables data to be transmitted at speeds of up to 12Gbps. This ensures that you can quickly transfer large files, perform data backups, or access critical information without experiencing bottlenecks.

Enhanced Scalability

SAS offers excellent scalability, allowing you to connect multiple hard drives to a single interface. This simplifies the management of your storage infrastructure and enables easy expansion as your data requirements grow. The ability to daisy-chain multiple devices using SAS connectors ensures that you can scale your storage capacity without the need for complex cabling or additional interface cards.

Fault-Tolerant Design

The SAS interface incorporates advanced error detection and correction mechanisms, ensuring reliable data transmission and minimizing the risk of data corruption. The interface supports features such as cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and advanced error reporting (AER), which detect and correct errors in real-time. With SAS, you can have peace of mind knowing that your data is being transferred securely and accurately.

Backward Compatibility

SAS interfaces are backward compatible with older SATA (Serial ATA) drives, providing flexibility and compatibility with a wide range of systems. This allows you to integrate the HPE 870761-X21 Enterprise Hard Drive into existing infrastructure without requiring significant hardware upgrades or changes. The backward compatibility ensures a seamless transition and minimizes disruption to your operations.

Improved System Performance

Utilizing the SAS interface can significantly improve the overall system performance. The high-speed data transfer rates and efficient communication between the hard drive and the host system ensure that your applications can access and process data quickly. This results in reduced latency, improved response times, and enhanced system throughput, enabling you to maximize productivity and efficiency.

Data Transfer Rate

The HPE 870761-X21 Enterprise Hard Drive boasts a fast data transfer rate of 12Gbps, enabling rapid transmission of data between the hard drive and the host system. With its high data transfer rate, this hard drive ensures that you can efficiently handle large volumes of data and meet the demands of your data-intensive workloads.

Accelerated Data Access

The 12Gbps data transfer rate allows for accelerated data access, ensuring that your applications can retrieve and process information quickly. Whether you are performing real-time analytics, running complex queries on databases, or accessing large files, the fast data transfer rate minimizes wait times and enhances overall system responsiveness.

Reduced Backup and Restore Times

Backing up and restoring data can be a time-consuming process, especially when dealing with large datasets. By offering a high data transfer rate of 12Gbps, this hard drive significantly reduces backup and restore times. You can quickly create backups of your critical data and restore it in case of system failures or data loss, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity.

Efficient Replication and Mirroring

The fast data transfer rate provided by this hard drive is beneficial for replication and mirroring purposes. Replication involves creating multiple copies of data for redundancy or disaster recovery purposes, while mirroring refers to maintaining identical copies of data on separate drives. The high-speed data transfer rate ensures that the replication or mirroring process completes quickly, minimizing the impact on system performance.

Seamless Streaming of Multimedia Content

For applications that involve streaming large multimedia files, such as video editing or media servers, a high data transfer rate is crucial. The 12Gbps data transfer rate ensures smooth and uninterrupted streaming of high-quality multimedia content. Whether you are editing videos or hosting media files, this hard drive can handle the demands of streaming without buffering or delays.

Optimized Workload Performance

The fast data transfer rate of 12Gbps allows your applications to process data at a rapid pace, resulting in optimized workload performance. Whether you are running data-intensive applications, performing batch processing, or handling high transaction volumes, the high data transfer rate ensures that your workloads can be completed efficiently and within the required timeframes.

Form Factor

The HPE 870761-X21 Enterprise Hard Drive features a Large Form Factor (LFF), providing a physical size that is suitable for use in enterprise-level storage systems and servers. The LFF form factor offers numerous benefits in terms of compatibility, capacity, and ease of installation.

Compatible with Enterprise Systems

The LFF form factor is widely adopted in enterprise storage systems and servers, ensuring compatibility with a broad range of hardware platforms. Whether you are upgrading an existing system or building a new infrastructure, this hard drive can seamlessly integrate into your enterprise environment without requiring additional modifications or adaptations.

Ample Storage Capacity

The LFF form factor allows for larger physical dimensions, enabling higher storage capacities compared to smaller form factors. This means that you can benefit from increased storage capacity within a single hard drive, reducing the number of drives needed to meet your storage requirements. The larger size also facilitates better airflow and cooling, ensuring optimal operating conditions for the hard drive.

Efficient Use of Rack Space

For organizations with limited rack space, the LFF form factor offers an efficient solution. By providing higher storage capacities in a single drive, this form factor reduces the number of drives required, freeing up rack space for other components or future expansion. The efficient use of rack space allows you to maximize your storage density and optimize your infrastructure's footprint.

Easy Installation and Maintenance

The LFF form factor simplifies the installation and maintenance processes. The larger physical size provides ample room for connectors and cables, making it easier to connect the hard drive to the system. Additionally, the larger form factor allows for better visibility and accessibility of the drive, facilitating troubleshooting, upgrades, and replacement tasks.

Scalability and Future-Proofing

The LFF form factor supports scalability and future-proofing of your storage infrastructure. With its larger size, this hard drive can accommodate higher storage capacities, allowing for future expansion without the need for significant hardware changes. The scalability ensures that you can continue to meet your growing data requirements without incurring unnecessary costs or disruptions.

Sector Size

The HPE 870761-X21 Enterprise Hard Drive utilizes a 512n sector size, which refers to the number of bytes in each sector on the disk. The 512n sector size offers compatibility with a wide range of systems and applications while ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval.

Compatibility with Legacy Systems

The 512n sector size is compatible with legacy systems that rely on traditional hard drive architectures. Many older operating systems and applications are designed to work with this sector size, ensuring seamless integration without requiring modifications or updates. This compatibility allows you to leverage the benefits of this hard drive in existing infrastructure without compatibility issues.

Efficient Data Storage

The 512n sector size provides efficient data storage by aligning with common file system block sizes. This alignment minimizes the overhead associated with storing and retrieving data, optimizing the storage efficiency and reducing wasted space. Additionally, the sector size ensures that data is stored in a standardized format, enabling smooth interoperability between different systems and applications.

Enhanced Data Integrity

The 512n sector size incorporates advanced error detection and correction mechanisms, ensuring data integrity throughout the storage process. The sector size enables effective implementation of error correction codes (ECC), which detect and correct errors in the stored data. With enhanced data integrity, you can trust that your critical information is accurately stored and retrieved without corruption or loss.

Improved Performance for Legacy Workloads

Many legacy applications and workloads are optimized for the 512n sector size. By utilizing a hard drive with this sector size, you can ensure optimal performance and compatibility with these legacy workloads. Whether you are running older databases, financial systems, or proprietary software, the 512n sector size ensures that your applications can access and process data efficiently.

Seamless Transition to Advanced Sector Sizes

While the industry is moving towards larger sector sizes, the 512n sector size allows for a seamless transition to advanced sector sizes in the future. By investing in this hard drive, you can continue to leverage its benefits with legacy systems while preparing for future upgrades or migrations. The compatibility with both current and future sector sizes ensures long-term usability and flexibility.