Travelstar™ 5K500
2.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVES
Industry-leading storage capacity for advanced mobile applications
Highlights
>>Up to 500 GB1 of capacity
>>3-disk configuration with 12.5mm z-height
>>Rotational➢ Vibration Safeguard
>>Frugal on power consumption
>>Serial➢ ATA 3 Gb/s
>>Security➢ option: Bulk Data Encryption
Applications
>>Notebook PCs
>>Multi➢ -media & entertainment PCs
>>External➢ storage
>>Slim➢ desktop PCs
>>Advanced➢ mobile applications
Features and Benefits
| Feature / Function | | Benefits |
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Capacity | Up to 500 GB of storage | | Up to 125 hours of high-definition video, |
| | | 500 hrs of standard video, 178 movies, |
| | | 125,000 4-min songs or 250 games* |
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Performance | Rotational Vibration Safeguard | | Compensates for vibration & shock effects |
| | | to maintain performance |
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Reliability | 400G operating shock | | Best protection against bumps and rough handling |
| 1000G non-operating shock | | |
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| Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) | | Better soft error rate for improved reliability |
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| TrueTrack Technology™ | | Tracking accuracy in high shock or vibration |
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Power | 1.9W read/write power | | Long battery life for more “unplugged” time |
| 0.7W low power idle | | Comparable profile to 2-disk models |
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Acoustics | Quiet acoustics | | Richer audio-listening for music, movies and games |
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Interface | SATA 3 Gb/s | | High data throughput |
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Security Option | Bulk Data Encryption (1.5 Gb/s SATA) | | Helps guard against data theft |
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*Actual storage may vary depending on the compression rate applied. Capacities may not be combined.
500 & 400 GB 5400 RPMSATA 3 Gb/s
Highest-capacity storage for full-featured notebook PCs
Hitachi is first to introduce a 500 GB, 5400 RPM 2.5-inch hard drive for entertainment power- house notebooks, sleek desktop PCs, external storage devices and other advanced mobile applications. Travelstar™ 5K500 uses a three-disk design to deliver up to 500GB of capacity. This new drive is extremely energy-efficient, with a power profile nearly identical to its 2-disk predecessor and Travelstar 5K500 performance is the highest among 2.5-inch 5400 RPM drives in PCMark testing. The 5K500 is well-suited for “slim” desktop PCs delivering high capacities in space-saving enclosures. Designed to help consumers enjoy their high-definition movies, music, photos and games on the go, Travelstar 5K500 delivers the features, design innovations and technologies that enhance the entertainment experience. The 5K500 provides the advantages of a desktop with the portability of a notebook.
Technology and design innovation
Travelstar 5K500 is Hitachi’s fourth-generation mobile drive to use perpendicular magnetic recording technology to deliver breakthrough capacity and reliability. Today’s full-featured notebooks include premium speakers for enhancing a user’s audio experience. These speak- ers can inadvertently cause vibrations within the system enclosure. To mitigate any adverse impact on system performance, the Travelstar 5K500 is the first mobile drive to feature Hitachi patented Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) technology. RVS serves as an “early warning” system for the drive, enabling it to sense a possible disturbance in advance and take the necessary steps to stabilize the drive head and maintain performance.
Data Security Option
Travelstar 5K500 features optional Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) with a 1.5 Gb/s SATA interface for hard-drive level data security. The data is scrambled using a key as it is written to the disk
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