Datasheet

3TB and 2TB
SATA 6Gb/s
Highlights
Up to 3 terabytes >
2
of capacity
45% lower power consumption than our
>
Ultrastar 7K3000
6Gb/s SATA interface
>
Dual Stage Actuator (DSA) and Enhanced >
Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) for robust
performance in multi-drive environments
24x7 accessibility for enterprise-class,
>
capacity-optimized applications
2.0M hours MTBF
>
5-year warranty >
Applications/Environments
Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) >
Disk-to-disk backup >
Data warehousing >
Cloud storage >
Massive Scale Out (MSO) >
High capacity, low power consumption, improved acoustics and reduced heat generation with 2.0 million hours MTBF
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Ultrastar
™
5K3000
3.5-INCH ENTERPRISE HARD DISK DRIVES
Reducing power consumption by 45%
The Hitachi Ultrastar™ 5K3000 is specically designed for high-capacity enterprise applications
where reduced power and lower temperatures are required. Our innovative CoolSpin technology
helps the Ultrastar 5K3000 deliver a 45% reduction in read/write power consumption over the
Ultrastar 7K3000 7,200 RPM drive. Key to CoolSpin technology is an optimization of motor
speed to provide an ideal balance of performance, power utilization and acoustics. Additionally,
our Advanced Power Management offers ve levels of granularity to help manage power
consumption including: normal idle; unload idle; low RPM idle; standby; and sleep. The
standby and sleep modes consume less than 1 watt, enabling archival applications to remain
online and ready to respond, yet at eco-friendly power levels.
Increasing capacity density by 50%
Recent storage management innovations such as data de-duplication and thin provisioning
have not been able to stem the explosive petabyte (PB) growth requirements in cloud storage
and data centers. Pervasive Internet computing with remotely stored email, pictures and social
media, all being accessed from light-weight tablet and notebook PCs, is changing consumer
expectations. Worldwide government data retention regulations and security requirements are
also driving up data center and private cloud storage needs. At the same time, oor tile space
and megawatts remain at a premium while in some highly built-out metropolitan areas both
are at an absolute “no-growth” state. To meet these demands, the Ultrastar 5K3000 delivers
50% more capacity in the same footprint than our prior generation Ultrastar A7K2000 product.
It is now possible to achieve a colossal 1.8PB in the footprint of a standard 19-inch enterprise
storage rack by stacking ten 4U, 60-bay enclosures.
Delivering industry-leading quality and reliability
Leveraging the fth-generation Hitachi 5-platter mechanical design, the Ultrastar 5K3000 is
rated at 2.0 million hours MTBF and backed by a limited 5-year warranty. When the highest
quality and reliability are a key requirement, customer eld data proves that the Ultrastar
5-platter platform delivers by reducing downtime, eliminating service calls and minimizing
TCO. Engineered for the highest reliability, the Ultrastar 5K3000 is not only put through grueling
design tests during development but must also pass stringent ongoing reliability testing during
manufacturing. Hitachi remains the recognized leader in quality and reliability for enterprise-
class hard drives across the entire Ultrastar family thanks to world-class quality control,
combined with scientic root-cause analysis and multi-faceted corrective actions.
Enhancing data safety and security
To ensure the utmost in data safety and security, the Ultrastar 5K3000 also offers models
with Bulk Data Encryption (BDE). BDE encrypts all data on the drive using a private security
key as it is written to the disk, then decrypts it with the key as it is retrieved, giving users an
extreme level of data protection. Unlike software-based encryption solutions, the Hitachi BDE
implementation is hardware-based, so it doesn’t slow the system down. This technology also
speeds up and simplies the drive re-deployment and decommissioning process. By deleting
the encryption key, the data is rendered unreadable, thereby eliminating the need for time-
consuming, multi-pattern data overwrite.
Innovating for a more sustainable environment
Ultrastar 5K3000 demonstrates Hitachi ecological leadership with its halogen-free design and
power-efcient operation. Both these features serve to qualify to qualify the drive for the Hitachi
EcoTrac classication, which identies products that minimize environmental impact in the
areas of product design, manufacturing, operation and disposal.