Description
Key Features of HPE P08906-001 Hard Drive
The HPE P08906-001 3PAR 1.8TB SAS 12GBPS 10K RPM SFF hard drive has several key features that make it suitable for use in enterprise storage systems and servers:
- High-performance SAS interface: The 12Gbps SAS interface provides faster data transfer rates and improved reliability compared to SATA hard drives.
- Increased storage capacity: With 1.8TB of storage capacity, the drive can store large amounts of data, making it suitable for data warehousing, video streaming, large-scale data backups, and archiving.
- Faster data access: The 10K RPM spindle speed provides faster data access times, which can help to improve the performance of data-intensive applications.
- Advanced format and larger sector size: The drive’s advanced format and larger sector size help to improve the error correction capabilities of the drive, which can result in increased data reliability.
- Dual-port connectivity: The drive features dual-port connectivity, which increases data availability and improves fault tolerance.
- Compatibility: The drive is compatible with HPE 3PAR storage systems and servers.
- High-performance data warehousing and archiving: The drive is suitable for high-performance data warehousing and archiving applications due to its high storage capacity, fast data access times, and advanced features such as advanced format and larger sector size.
- Large-scale data backup solutions: The drive is suitable for large-scale data backup solutions due to its high storage capacity, fast data access times, and advanced features such as 12Gbps SAS interface, advanced format and larger sector size, and dual-port connectivity.
- Enterprise-grade storage solutions: The drive is suitable for enterprise-grade storage solutions due to its high-performance SAS interface, increased storage capacity, and advanced features.
- Technical specifications: The drive has a form factor of SFF (Small Form Factor) and
High-Performance SAS Interface
The HPE P08906-001 3PAR hard drive utilizes the SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) interface which is a high-performance data transfer interface commonly used in enterprise storage systems and servers. SAS provides faster data transfer rates and improved reliability compared to SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) hard drives. The interface uses a 12Gbps data transfer rate, which is faster than the older 6Gbps SAS interface.
The 12Gbps SAS interface in the HPE P08906-001 3PAR hard drive allows for faster data transfer and improved system performance. This is particularly useful in applications where large amounts of data need to be transferred quickly, such as in data warehousing, video streaming, and large-scale data backups. The faster data transfer rate also improves the drive’s ability to handle multiple data streams, which is useful in environments where multiple users are accessing the hard drive simultaneously.
Additionally, the SAS interface supports advanced features such as dual-port connectivity, which increases data availability and improves fault tolerance. This feature enables the hard drive to have a second connection to the host, which can help to ensure that data is always available even if one connection fails.
Advanced Format and Larger Sector Size
The HPE P08906-001 3PAR hard drive uses Advanced Format and larger sector size technology. Advanced Format is a hard drive formatting technology that increases the physical sector size on a hard drive from 512 bytes to 4096 bytes (4KB), which is also known as 4K sector size. This results in more efficient use of space on the drive, and improved error correction capabilities.
The larger sector size improves the ability of the drive to detect and correct errors, which can result in increased data reliability. This is particularly important for high-capacity hard drives, as the likelihood of errors increases with larger storage capacity. This feature can help to reduce the chance of data loss or corruption due to hard drive errors, and it can improve the overall reliability of the hard drive.
Furthermore, the Advanced Format technology also enables the drive to support larger storage capacities. This allows for more data to be stored on a single hard drive, which can help to reduce the number of hard drives required to store a given amount of data. This can help to lower costs, and it can improve the overall efficiency of the storage system.
General Information
- Manufacturer: Dell
- MPN: P08906-001
- Type: Hard Disk Drive
- Sub-Type: SAS-12GBPS
Technical Information
- Capacity: 1.8 TB
- Form Factor: 2.5 Sff
- Data Transfer Rate: 1.2 GBPS
- Spindle Speed: 10000 RPM
Dimension and Weight
- Width: 2.8 Inch
- Depth: 3.9 Inch
- Height: 0.6 Inch
- Weight: 0.50 lbs
