Product Review

HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724040ALE640 (0F14683) 4TB 64MB Cache 7200RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive is the world's first 4TB 7200 RPM hard drive with a 2.0 million hours MTBF specification and backed by a full 3-year warranty from Reseller, originally offered with SATA 6Gb/s and now also available with a SAS interface. Ultrastar 7K4000 represents the sixth-generation HGST 5-platter design, which has been field proven by top server and storage OEMs and Internet giants. Engineered for the highest quality, the Ultrastar 7K4000 is put through grueling design tests during development and must pass stringent ongoing reliability testing during manufacturing. Ultrastar 7K4000 delivers by reducing downtime, eliminating service calls and minimizing TCO.

Doubling the capacity density
As 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 Ultrastar 7K4000 provides twice the data storage capacity of the prior generation Ultrastar 7K3000 drive, and does so using fewer watts.

Enhancing data safety and security
To ensure the utmost in data safety and security, the Ultrastar 7K4000 is also available with a bulk data encryption (BDE) option. When enabled, the Hitachi BDE implementation encrypts all data on the drive using a private security key as it