Hitachi Releases Most Powerful Hard Drive To Date - The 7200 RPM 2TB, Ultrastar A7K2000

on August 11, 2009, Hitachi announced the release of the latest addition to their family of Enterprise-Class Hard Drives, the new Ultrastar A7K2000.

It delivers enormous capacity, combined with 7200 RPM performance, reliability and enterprise-class mean-time-between-failure (MTBF) of a whopping 1.2 million hours.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 has been designed with the best interests of the environment too, offering highly competitive power efficiency. The Hitachi GST Ultrastar A7K2000 is the fourth generation, high capacity hard drive rolling off Hitachi's production lines, and is clearly in a class of its own with its 2 Terrabyte (2TB) storage capacity.
While the storage capacity has doubled from its predecessor, the A7K1000, its size has not increased. In fact, the A7K2000 has been outfitted with its massive 2TB storage capacity, without taking up any more space than the original 3.5 inch A7K1000drive. Same size, double the capacity.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 is reported to be the 'industry’s first enterprise-class, 7,200RPM 2TB hard disk drive' according to Todd Gresham, senior vice president, Networked Storage Solutions, Xyratex.
The Ultrastar A7K2000 can be integrated into existing storage systems with no hassle, due to the fact that the 3.5 inch encasing occupies the same size as its predecessor, while drawing less power. Couple that with Hitachi GST's five year warranty, and its reputation as a reliable, global storage partner among users
around the world, and the new drive may very well be a popular choice among users. The size and capacity make it ideal for use in data centers, and at an operating speed of 7200 RPM, the overall performance is better than drives operating at a
lower RPM - and it uses less power than these slower RPM drives.
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