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| Generation | 10K.5 | 10K.6 | 10K.4 | 10K.3 | 10K.2 | 10K | |||||||||
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| Capacity | 900GB | 600GB | 450GB | 300GB | 900GB | 600GB | 450GB | 300GB | 600GB | 450GB | 300GB | 146GB | 146GB | 73GB | 36.7GB |
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| Form Factor | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" | 2.5" |
| Interface Options | SAS 6Gb/s, Fibre Channel 4Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s, Fibre Channel 4Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s, Fibre Channel 4Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s, Fibre Channel 4Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s | Fibre Channel 4Gb/s, SAS 6Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s, Fibre Channel 4Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s | SAS 6Gb/s | Fibre Channel 4Gb/s, SAS 3Gb/s | SAS 3Gb/s, Fibre Channel 4Gb/s | SAS 3Gb/s, Fibre Channel 4Gb/s, SCSI (Ultra 320) |
| Performance | |||||||||||||||
| Spindle Speed (RPM) | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 |
| Cache (MB) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 |
| Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 800, 600 | 600, 800 | 600 | 600 | |||
| Sustained Data Rate OD | 168MB/s | 168MB/s | 168MB/s | 168MB/s | 204MB/s | 204MB/s | 204MB/s | 204MB/s | 135MB/s | 135MB/s | 124MB/s | 124MB/s | |||
| Average Latency (ms) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 |
| Reliability/Data Integrity | |||||||||||||||
| Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1016 | 1 in 1015 | ||
| Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) | 0.44%% | 0.44%, 0.44%% | 0.44%, 0.44%% | 0.44%, 0.44%% | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.55% | 0.55% | 0.55% | 0.55% | |
| Power Management | |||||||||||||||
| Idle, Typical Operating (W) | 4.42, 4.77 | 3.82, 4.13 | 3.75, 4.07 | 3.48, 3.73 | 4.22, 3.88 | 3.45 | 3.45 | 3.09 | 4.90, 4.58 | 4.63, 4.90 | 3.82 | 3.48 | |||
| Physical | |||||||||||||||
| Height (in/mm) | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | |||||||
| Width (in/mm) | 2.760/70.10 | 2.760/70.10 | 2.760/70.10 | 2.760/70.10 | 2.760/70.10 | 2.760/70.10 | 2.760/70.10 | 2.760/70.10 | |||||||
| Length (in/mm) | 3.955/100.45 | 3.955/100.45 | 3.955/100.45 | 3.955/100.45 | 3.955/100.45 | 3.955/100.45 | 3.955/100.45 | 3.955/100.45 | |||||||
| Height (in/mm) (maximum) | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.591/15.00 | 0.583/14.8 | 0.583/14.8 | 0.583/14.81, 0.583/15 | ||||||||
| Width (in/mm) (maximum) | 2.760/70.10 | ||||||||||||||