10,000 RPM Hitachi Ultrastar C10K600 2.5-Inch HDD Ships

When it comes to enterprise hard disk drives, makers of such devices have to put special emphasis on not just performance, but power consumption as well, and Hitachi claims to have done both with the Ultrastar C10K600.

The name Ultrastar C10K600 can be seen as more or less self-explanatory, since the rotary speed of its platters is of 10,000 RPM (hence the 10K in the name).

The product is a 2.5-inch hard disk drive that, according to its maker, is not only 22 percent more power efficient, but also has advantages in terms of random and sequential performance.

To be more specific, the storage device is said to have random and sequential speeds 15 percent and 18 percent better, respectively, than those of competing units.

The newcomer has 64 MB of cache memory and Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) morors, which enhance data integrity.

Furthermore, the unit utilizes the SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) 6.0 Gbps interface and features a MTBF of 2 million hours.

Hitachi also made sure to throw in the RVS (Rotational Vibration Safeguard) technology.

"The Ultrastar C10K600 is closely aligned with customer requirements for increased performance, improved server/storage density, greater power efficiency and lower total cost of ownership," said Brendan Collins, vice president of Product Marketing, Hitachi GST.

"We are proud to establish new power and performance benchmarks with our latest Ultrastar drives, while delivering to customers the proven quality and reliability they have come to expect from Hitachi," Collins added.

The hardware maker prepared 300 GB, 450 GB and 600 GB 2.5-inch models with or without Bulk Data Encryption, a technology which essentially confers self-encrypting capabilities upon the Ultrastar C10K600.

As for the exact power draw, the Advanced Power Management implementation allows 5.6 W during normal operation and 3.1 W during idle. Unfortunately, an actual price has not been given.