HPE 867204-001 G8 G10 2TB 12GBPS 7.2K 512e 2.5 SAS Hard Drive.

HPE 867204-001 2TB 12Gbps 7.2K SAS Hard Drive

The HPE 867204-001 is a highly reliable enterprise-class storage solution, designed to enhance performance and scalability in HPE ProLiant servers. Offering a 2TB capacity with a 7.2K RPM spindle speed, this SAS hot-swap drive ensures consistent data availability and efficient storage operations for demanding IT environments.

Technical Specifications

• Brand: HPE
• Category: ProLiant Hard Drive
• Sub-Category: 7.2K
• Generation: SAS SC
• Part Number: 867204-001
• Products ID: 497656
• Type: Hot-Swap Hard Drive
• Capacity: 2TB
• Interface Type: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
• Spindle Speed: 7,200 RPM
• Data Transfer Rate: 12Gb/sec
• Bytes per Sector: 512
• Format: Advanced 512e

Main Features of the HPE 867204-001

• Brand: HPE, engineered for enterprise servers
• Category: ProLiant Hard Drive, optimized for business workloads
• Hot-Swap design for seamless replacement without downtime
• Spindle speed of 7,200 RPM for dependable performance
• Large 2TB storage capacity for data-intensive applications
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface for enhanced data transfer rates
• Advanced Format technology with 512e sector size
• Generation: SAS SC with ProLiant compatibility
• Product ID: 497656, Part Number: 867204-001

Performance and Reliability

This 2TB SAS hard drive delivers up to 12Gb/sec data transfer rates, allowing for rapid access to critical files and improved system responsiveness. Its 512e advanced formatting ensures optimal use of disk space while maintaining compatibility with a broad range of applications. The hot-plug functionality reduces downtime, making it a strong choice for mission-critical operations.

Benefits for Enterprise Systems

• Consistent throughput for high-demand server tasks
• Robust data protection with SAS interface reliability
• Compatibility with HPE ProLiant server generations
• Improved storage density for growing datasets
• Long-term reliability with enterprise-grade components

Compatibility Highlights

The HPE 867204-001 integrates seamlessly with a wide range of HPE ProLiant Gen8, Gen9, and Gen10 servers, ensuring simplified deployment and hassle-free upgrades. It is especially well-suited for database workloads, file storage solutions, and virtualization environments.

Key Applications

• Database management and transaction-heavy workloads
• File servers requiring high-capacity storage
• Data archiving and backup strategies
• Virtualized server infrastructures
• Enterprise cloud and hybrid storage deployments

Value for IT Administrators

• Minimized downtime with hot-swappable design
• Secure and stable performance for enterprise-level tasks
• Scalable capacity for expanding business needs
• Lower cost of ownership with reliable HPE engineering

Key identifiers and common search terms

• HPE 867204-001
• HPE 2TB SAS 12Gbps 7.2K 512e
• G8 / G10 compatible 2.5" enterprise HDD
• 2TB 2.5-inch SAS hard drive for ProLiant
• 12Gb SAS HDD 512e sector emulation

Capacity and form factor

This model offers 2TB of formatted capacity in a compact 2.5-inch form factor. The smaller drive size reduces bay footprint compared to 3.5-inch drives, enabling higher drive densities in blade, rack, and tower servers. The 2.5" form factor is common in modern HPE storage trays and allows for better airflow and thermal management in dense server arrays.

Interface: 12Gbps SAS

The 12Gbps SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) interface ensures high sustained throughput and robust enterprise-class link reliability. 12Gbps SAS is backward-compatible with 6Gbps SAS ports on many controllers, but to achieve peak throughput, pair the drive with a native 12Gbps SAS controller or HBA. SAS also supports full-duplex communication and dual-port options in many enterprise drives, improving redundancy and multipath configurations for high-availability systems.

Rotational speed and performance

At 7,200 RPM, the drive provides a favorable balance between sequential throughput and random I/O latency. It is optimized for mixed workloads where both reads and writes occur frequently — such as virtualization, mid-tier databases, and application servers. While not as fast as SSDs for small random I/O, 7.2K enterprise HDDs remain cost-efficient for bulk capacity and cold-to-warm storage tiers.

Sector size 512e

The drive uses 512e sector emulation (512-byte logical sectors emulated on 4K physical sectors). This ensures compatibility with legacy operating systems and applications expecting 512-byte sectors, while still benefiting from newer physical sector layouts. 512e drives are widely supported but may require awareness for advanced formatting and aligned partitioning in certain virtualization or SAN deployments.

G8 and G10 server families

The "G8 G10" notation in this product title indicates broad compatibility with HPE ProLiant Gen8 and Gen10 servers, though the drive is generally usable across multiple HPE generations and storage arrays that accept this form factor and interface. Always confirm firmware and carrier/caddy compatibility for specific chassis models; some older trays may require a caddy swap or firmware match to avoid compatibility warnings.

Performance characteristics and benchmarks

Sustained sequential throughput

Enterprise 7.2K SAS drives like the HPE 867204-001 typically deliver strong sequential read/write throughput, useful for streaming data, sequential backups, and bulk transfers. Under optimal SAS 12Gbps conditions, sustained throughput approaches the mechanical limits of the spindle and internal caching — offering reliable performance for medium-sized file operations and sequential workloads.

Random IOPS and latency

Random I/O performance (measured in IOPS) is lower than SSDs, but when deployed in RAID arrays with multiple disks or paired with intelligent caching (controller-level or hybrid flash caching), these drives can deliver predictable IOPS suitable for many enterprise applications. Average seek times and rotational latency are optimized for 7.2K drives; predictable latency is often more important than peak IOPS in transactional systems.

Workload suitability

• Ideal for mixed read/write server workloads
• Suitable for virtualization hosts where VM images are moderately active
• Effective as nearline capacity in tiered storage architectures
• Good candidate for backup and archival staging when combined with deduplication/compression

Reliability, endurance, and enterprise features

MTBF and workload rating

Enterprise drives are rated for higher Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and greater annual workload rates than consumer drives. HPE-branded enterprise HDDs are validated to support sustained server-class duty cycles and are typically tested to meet demanding write/read workload ratings measured in TB/year. Check the specific product datasheet for official MTBF hours and workload rating to plan for expected lifespan under your workload profile.

Error recovery and data integrity

SAS drives include robust error recovery features and advanced error correction algorithms (ECC). They are engineered to work with RAID controllers that expect specific timeout and recovery behavior, minimizing the risk that a drive will be dropped from an array during transient errors. Enterprise firmware also implements features like TLER-style limits (or vendor equivalents) to handle extended error handling without forcing RAID rebuilds prematurely.

Vibration and thermal tolerance

Designed for multi-drive enclosures, the HPE 867204-001 tolerates high vibration environments and has thermal specifications appropriate for dense rack deployments. Vibration-resistant technology reduces the risk of read/write errors in chassis with many spinning disks and helps maintain operational stability across varying ambient temperatures.

Use cases and deployment patterns

Primary VM storage for small to medium environments

When used in RAID groups (e.g., RAID 10 or RAID 6) and combined with sufficient memory and CPU resources, this drive performs well as VM storage for enterprises with moderate IOPS requirements. Using multiple drives in parallel provides aggregate IOPS that satisfy dozens of lightly loaded VMs or a smaller number of higher-activity VMs.

Tiered storage: nearline and capacity tiers

Many datacenter architects combine 2TB 7.2K SAS drives with flash caching layers or SSDs for hot data. In this hybrid approach, the HPE 867204-001 serves as the mid-capacity or nearline tier for less-frequently accessed data where cost-per-GB matters more than peak random I/O.

Backups, snapshots, and secondary storage

These drives are cost-effective for backup targets, snapshot repositories, and replication targets where long sequential read/write throughput and large capacity are essential. In backup appliances, a mix of high-capacity HDDs together with deduplication achieves a good balance of cost and retention capabilities.