Hitachi E7K500 warranty G h l i g h t s, Applications, Fe a t u re s and Benefits

Hitachi Deskstar® E7K500

3 . 5 - I N C H H A R D D I S K D R I V E S

500GB & 400GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s

Seemingly Infinite Enterprise Storage

H i g h l i g h t s

>Up to 500 GB of capacity with SATA 3.0Gb/s

>1,000,000 hour MTBF reliability4

>Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for superior performance

>Rotational Vibration Safeguard for high density storage configurations

>Iridium Manganese Chromium head sensor technology for high reliability

>Low-power mode

Applications

>Nearline storage

>Disk-to-disk back-up

>Digital video surveillance

>RAID arrays

>Tiered storage

Fe a t u re s and Benefits

	Feature / Function	Benefits
Capacity	500GB & 400GB models	High capacity storage solutions
Cache	16 MB Buffer	Improved transfer performance
Performance	High interface transfer rates	Faster system boot-up
	SATA 3.0 Gb/s interface	300MB/s burst data rate for faster data access
	Rotational Vibration Safeguard	Optimum performance in multi-drive systems
Reliability	ECC and CRC protection	Data integrity enhanced throughout circuits
	Low-power mode	Reduces system heat/cooling requirements
	Load / unload ramp	Protects user data when power is removed
	Internal termal sensor	Improves data integrity at high temperatures

*Actual storage may vary depending on the compression rate applied.

Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) Feature

The Deskstar E7K500 hard drive is optimized for use in nearline/low duty cycle enterprise environments with capabilities such as Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS), which maintains the hard drive’s performance in high rotational vibration environments where multiple drives reside in a single enclosure.

Advanced Serial ATA 3 . 0Gb/s Support

>3.0 Gb/s (300 MB/s) interface data rate

>NCQ (native command queuing)

>Staggered (delayed) spin-up

>Hot-swap capability

The E7K500 provides all of these enhancements to enable faster data access, better power management to the system and higher performance.

Hitachi 5 - year Warranty Provides Superior Quality and Service

The Hitachi Deskstar E7K500 extends the company’s long-standing tradition of performance and reliability leadership. Hitachi’s enterprise features for storage applications enable high capacity, fast transfers, low power and high reliability. These features combine to make the Deskstar E7K500 ideal for nearline/low duty cycle, disk-to-disk back-up and other enterprise storage solutions.

The Deskstar E7K500 carries the industry’s most comprehensive 5-year warranty with product replacement values throughout the life of the warranty that exceed those available from other hard drive suppliers.

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