As the industry evolves to develop purpose-built solutions for growing data storage requirements, IT managers continue to rely on lower capacity drives that are economical to acquire, yet deliver quick and reliable data access for traditional data center applications. Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year, Ultrastar DC HC320 is an 8TB HDD that helps address economic and access requirements of many traditional IT workloads. Lower capacity drives also help address architecture limitations. The Ultrastar DC HC320 is designed for traditional storage and server applications as well as distributed and scalable computing, including block and file storage architectures, providing fast 7200 RPM performance and lower acquisition cost to help ease budget constraints.

Highlights

• Excellent random and sequential performance
• 8TB capacity point supports IT systems
• Sustained transfer rate up to 255MB/s
• Choice of 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA
• Advanced Format 4Kn and 512e models
• Self-Encrypting Drive (TCG SAS) options
• 5-year limited warranty

Applications/Environments

• Distributed file systems, like Apache Hadoop�, to support Big Data analytics
• Direct & Network Attached Storage (DAS & NAS)
• RAID arrays