Description
Advantages of Hot Swap Hard Drives
Hot swap hard drives offer several advantages over traditional hard drives, including:
- Increased uptime: Hot swap hard drives allow for quick and easy replacement of a failed or damaged hard drive without having to shut down the entire system. This means that the system can continue running without interruption, which is especially important in mission-critical applications.
- Reduced maintenance time: Because hot swap hard drives can be replaced without shutting down the system, routine maintenance tasks such as hard drive upgrades or backups can be performed more quickly and with less disruption.
- Improved reliability: Hot swap hard drives can help to improve system reliability by allowing for the rapid replacement of a failed hard drive. This reduces the risk of data loss and downtime due to hard drive failure.
- Easier scalability: Hot swap hard drives make it easier to add storage capacity to a system by allowing new hard drives to be added without shutting down the system. This makes it possible to scale storage capacity up or down as needed without disrupting system operation.
- Flexibility: Hot swap hard drives can be used in a variety of systems, from desktops and laptops to servers and storage arrays. This makes them a versatile storage solution that can be tailored to the needs of a wide range of applications.
Seek Time and Latency
Seek time and latency are two important performance characteristics of hard disk drives (HDDs) that affect the time it takes to read or write data to the disk.
- Seek time: Seek time is the amount of time it takes for the read/write head to move from one track to another on the disk. The shorter the seek time, the faster the read/write head can move to the desired track, and the faster the data can be accessed. Seek time is typically measured in milliseconds (ms).
- Latency: Latency is the amount of time it takes for the desired sector of the disk to rotate under the read/write head once the head has been positioned over the correct track. The shorter the latency, the faster the data can be accessed. Latency is typically measured in milliseconds (ms) as well.
Together, seek time and latency determine the access time of a hard disk drive. Access time is the total time it takes for the disk to retrieve a piece of data, and it is calculated as the sum of seek time and latency. Therefore, reducing seek time and latency can significantly improve the performance of a hard disk drive.
Some factors that affect seek time and latency include the rotational speed of the disk (measured in revolutions per minute or RPM), the distance between tracks (measured in tracks per inch or TPI), and the position of the read/write head.
Capacity and Performance Specifications
Capacity and performance are two important specifications of hard disk drives (HDDs) that are closely related to each other.
- Capacity: Capacity refers to the amount of data that can be stored on the hard disk drive. It is typically measured in units of bytes, with common capacities ranging from gigabytes (GB) to terabytes (TB).
- Performance: Performance refers to how quickly the hard disk drive can access and transfer data. It is typically measured in units of data transfer rate, such as megabytes per second (MB/s) or gigabytes per second (GB/s), and includes metrics such as seek time, latency, and rotational speed.
The relationship between capacity and performance is often a trade-off. As the capacity of a hard disk drive increases, its performance may decrease, since there is more data to access and transfer. On the other hand, a higher-performance hard disk drive may have a smaller capacity due to the need for more expensive and advanced components.
When choosing a hard disk drive, it is important to consider both the capacity and performance specifications that meet your needs. If you need to store large amounts of data, a high-capacity hard disk drive may be the best option. However, if you need fast access to data, a high-performance hard disk drive may be more suitable.
Some common capacity and performance specifications for hard disk drives include:
- Capacity: Typically ranges from several hundred gigabytes to several terabytes, with larger capacities becoming more common in newer hard disk drives.
- Rotational speed: Typically ranges from 5,400 to 15,000 revolutions per minute (RPM), with higher speeds generally indicating faster data transfer rates.
- Data transfer rate: Typically ranges from a few megabytes per second to several hundred megabytes per second, depending on the capacity and rotational speed of the drive.
Detail Description
- Brand Name : HP
- Part Number : EG0600FCHHU
- Type : Hard Drive (HDD)
- HDD -Type : 600 GB 10K RPM
- SKU: EG0600FCHHU
Technical Information
- Capacity : 600 GB
- Form Factor: 2.5 inch
- Spindle Speed: 10000 RPM
- Buffer: 32 MB
- External Data Transfer Rate: 600 MBps
- Enclosure: Hot Swap
Dimension and Weight
- Width : 2.8 Inch
- Depth : 3.9 Inch
- Height : 0.6 Inch
- Weight :0.50 Lbs
Compatibility Information
- ProLiant BL Series: BL20p (G4) BL45p (G2) BL460c (G6 G7) BL465c (G1 G5 G6 G7) BL480c (BL620c G7)BL680c (G5 G6 G7) BL685c (G6 G7) WS460c (G6 G7)
- ProLiant DL Series: DL1000 DL120 (G6 G7) DL160 (G6 G7) DL160se (G6 G7) DL165 (G6 G7) DL170e (G6 G7) DL170h (G6 G7) DL180 (G6 G7) DL320 (G6 G7) DL360 (G4p G5 G6 G7) DL365 (G1 G5 G6 G7)DL370 (G6 G7) DL380 (G4 G5 G6 G7) DL385 (G1 G2 G3 G4 G5/G5p G6 G7) DL580 (G3 G4 G5 G6 G7) DL585 (G2 G3 G4 G6 G7) DL785 (G6)
- ProLiant ML Series: ML 110 (G7) ML350 (G5 G6 G7) ML370 (G5 G6 G7) ML570 (G3 G4 G5)
- ProLiant SL Series: SL390s (G6 G7)
- HP Storage Systems: D2700 MSA 1040 MSA70 P2000 (G3) X1500 (G2) X16000 (G2) X1800 (G2) X3400 (G2)
- HP StoragEeasy: X3800 (G2) 2000i (G2) 2000sa (G2)
