DATA SHEET
2.5-INCH SFF ENTERPRISE 10K RPM HARD DISK DRIVES
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Ultrastar C10K900
Driving the Small Form Factor
Transition
Highlights
Leadership Performance
• Ultra fast 6Gb/sec SAS for reliable data throughput
• Built on ꢀield-proven, reliable design
Ultrastar® C10K900 is a 2.5-inch 10,000 RPM hard drive
that leads the industry with 18% faster sequential and up
to 17% random performance than the nearest competitor.
The high-performance SAS 6Gb/s interface delivers data
reliability, availability and scalability and is the only small
form factor SAS drive in the industry to pack a 64MB
cache buꢀer for optimized read/write response time.
Ultrastar C10K900 delivers a massive 900GB of storage
space and enabling lower total cost of ownership for many
enterprise environments, especially networked storage
arrays. When faced with space and power limitations,
the Ultrastar C10K900 is an efficient solution for online
transaction processing, intensive data analysis and multi-
user applications. Some models of the C10K900 also oꢀer
Bulk Data Encryption for hard-drive-level data security.
These self-encrypting models are designed to the Trusted
Computing Group’s Enterprise A Security Subsystem Class
encryption speciꢁication and allow customers to reduce
costs associated with drive retirement and extend drive life
by enabling swift and secure repurposing of drives.
• Industry-best performance in a 10K RPM 2.5-inch form
factor
• 18% faster sequential and up to 17% better random
performance than competition
• Uses 28% less power during operation than competition
• 900GB1 capacity continues to support the 3.5- to 2.5-
inch form factor transition
• High-performance 6Gb/s SAS for reliable data throughput
• Large 64MB cache buffer manages data eꢁiciently
Best-in-Class Power
Performance
Power management innovations designed into the
Ultrastar C10K900 enable industry-leading power
efficiency, up to 28% better than competing drives, and
translate into reduced power requirements and lower
cooling costs. HGST Advanced Power Management
technology, with multi-state idle modes, maintains
compatibility with the INCITS T10 Technical Committee
standards direction and can be pre-programmed or
manually initiated in the system. Ultrastar C10K900
continues the HGST tradition of environmental leadership
with its halogen-reduced components and focus on low
power consumption.
• Halogen-reduced design and industry-best power
utilization for most eco-friendly 10K SFF hard drive
HGST Quality and Service
HGST’s Ultrastar C10K900 extends the company’s
long-standing tradition of performance and reliability
leadership. A balanced combination of new and proven
technologies enables high reliability and availability to
customer data.
Applications/Environments
• Space and/or power constrained environments
• Enterprise-class servers and networked storage arrays
• Blade and 1U/2U rack-mounted servers
HGST drives are backed by an array of technical support
and services, which may include customer and integration
assistance. HGST is dedicated to providing a breadth of
hard disk drive solutions to satisfy all of today’s demanding
computing needs.
• Databases and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
• High performance computing and other 24x7 applications
• Cloud computing
Features & Beneꢁits
Feature / Function
Beneꢀits
Return on
Investment
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Advanced power management
900GB, 600GB, 450GB and 300GB
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Cool enterprise SAS with lower power requirements
More capacity for less space and conꢀiguration ꢀlexibility
Performance
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Dual Stage Actuator
10,000 RPM
64MB cache buffer
Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS)
Workload detector technology
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Enhances seek performance
Low latency for faster access to data
Manages data eꢁiciently
Maintains drive performance in high rotational vibration environments and multi-drive systems
Maximizes performance in RAID environments
Reliability
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IDRC technology
RRO ꢀields
End-to-end data protection (ANSI) without capacity loss
Patented head load/unload ramp
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mproves signal processing for more robust data integrity
Improves handling of repeatable run out to lower risk of data squeeze and write inhibit rate
Enhances error detection for optimal data integrity
900GB, 600GB, 450GB & 300GB
10,000 RPM | 2.5-inch SFF SAS 6Gb/s
Minimizes handling damage during integration