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. Ultrastar DC HC310 is a low-capacity HDD, with 6TB and 4TB offerings, that helps address economic and access requirements of many traditional IT workloads. Lower capacity drives also help address architecture limitations. The Ultrastar DC HC310 is designed for traditional storage and server applications as well as distributed and scalable computing, including block and file storage architectures, providing economical capacities, fast 7200 RPM performance and lower $/unit acquisition cost to help ease budget constraints.

Highlights

• Excellent random and sequential performance
• 6TB and 4TB capacity points support traditional IT systems
• Sustained transfer rate up to 255MB/s (512e/4Kn models); 233MB/s (512n models)
• Choice of 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA
• Advanced Format 4Kn and 512e models up to 6TB; 512n formatting available on 4TB to support legacy systems
• 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
• Legacy applications requiring 512n format (4TB)