Western Digital Ultrastar A7K2000 3.5" 2 TB Serial ATA II

Doubling the capacity densityAs data center professionals across the globe work to meet growing enterprise needs. they face the dilemma of storing more data in the same footprint while also reducing power and HVAC consumption. The new ltrastar A7K2000 provides twice the data storage capacity of the prior generation Ultrastar A7K1000 drive. and does so using fewer watts. It is now possible to achieve a colossal 1.2 petabytes (PB) in the footprint of a standard 19-inch enterprise storage rack by deploying the 2TB A7K2000 in a stack of ten 4U. 60-bay enclosures.Combining 7200 RPM performance and granular power controlOperating at 7200 RPM. the Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 offers better overall performance than slower-RPM. capacity-oriented drives at impressively low power-consumption rates. When compared to the previous generation Ultrastar A7K1000. the A7K2000 offers up to a 155% improvement in sustained data transfer rate. and a 120% improvement in watts-per-GB. With five Advanced Power Ma