💎 HGST Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB Enterprise Hard DriveModel: HUS723020ALS640 | PN: 0B26331 | 7,200 RPM | SAS 6Gb/s | 64MB Cache

The Hitachi HUS723020ALS640 is a powerhouse of the Ultrastar 7K3000 series, representing one of the first 7,200 RPM drives rated at a massive 2.0 million hours MTBF. This 2TB enterprise-class drive utilizes a SAS 6Gb/s interface to provide the high-speed data path and dual-port reliability required for mission-critical storage arrays. Engineered for 24/7 availability, it features advanced technologies to handle the thermal and mechanical stresses of high-density server racks.

📊 Technical Specifications

• Capacity: 💾 2 TB

• Interface: ⚡ SAS 6Gb/s (SAS-2)

• Spindle Speed: 🏎️ 7,200 RPM

• Cache: 🧠 64 MB

• Form Factor: 📏 3.5-inch LFF

• MTBF: 🛡️ 2.0 Million Hours

• Sector Format: 💾 512n (Native)

• Sustained Transfer Rate: 🚀 166 MB/s

✅ Why This Drive Rocks

• Condition: ✨ Refurbished - Excellent. Professionally audited and secure-erased to NIST 800-88 standards. Verified for 100% health, ensuring it meets the rigorous uptime requirements of enterprise environments.

• Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS): Specifically designed for multi-drive RAID systems, RVS technology uses sensors to detect and compensate for vibration, maintaining top performance even in high-density chassis.

• Dual-Port SAS Advantage: Provides two independent data paths to ensure high availability. If one path fails, the system can still access the drive through the second port, preventing downtime.

• Advanced Power Management: Features five power modes that allow data centers to reduce power and cooling costs by up to 59% during idle periods without sacrificing quick wake-up times.

📦 Compatibility & Use Case

• Target Systems: Highly compatible with Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant, and IBM System x servers, as well as NetApp and EMC storage shelves.

• Ideal Workloads: Cloud storage, massive scale-out (MSO) architectures, data warehousing, and disk-to-disk backup/archiving.