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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000

Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 is the Industry’s first terabyte hard disk drive for consumer and commercial computing products. 

It is a standard 1TB, 7200 rpm hard disk Drive and has a 32MB buffer. Compared to the other standard hard drives it’s relatively expensive, but it has the fast data transfer rate of 134MBps and has a burst transfer rate of 300MBps.  

It powers over the industry’s most reliable perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) techniques and the latest advance­ments in

• Silent acoustics
• Shock protection
• Head technology to maximize the capacity
• Performance and field reliability.

Product Specification: Device Type: Hard drive - Internal hard driveInterface: Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/sSector size: 512 bytesRotational speed: 7200 RPMSeek Time: 8.5 ms read                   9.2 ms writeDimensions: H (26.1 mm) x W (101.6 mm) x D (147 mm)Warranty: 3 years 

Features:

• Storage capacities up to 1 TB
• Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology 
• Features three advanced low-power idle modes that boost power efficiency.
  • Active
  • Unload
  • Low-power
• Thermal monitoring and fly height control enhance reliability
• Internal and external storage for consumer computers
• Silent seek acoustics achieve ultra-quiet operation
• Backed by Hitachi’s worldwide techni­cal support and integration services
• Networked storage servers and extreme gaming machines