Description HGST MegaScale 4000 leverages CoolSpin technology to provide the best power efficiency (watts/TB) available for datacenter capacity. HGST 4TB SATA III hard drive designed for enterprise level data backup. Home users can use it as an additional drive for back up. The MegaScaleDC 4000 is designed to meet the needs of the scale-out data center where low-power, high-capacity, cost-effective storage is essential. MegaScale DC addresses low application workloads that operate within 180TB per year. Typical low-workload applications include multi-drive replicated environments, disk-to-disk backup and restore snapshots, online archives, big data stores and long-term data retention that benefit from low-cost or energy usage. Highlights- 24x7 accessibility for enterprise-class, capacityoptimized applications 4 terabytes of capacity Advanced Format with 512-byte emulation (512e) 6Gb/s SATA interface Dual Stage Actuator (DSA) and Enhanced Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) for robust performance in multi-drive environments This drive is ideal for - Backup storage hard drive Low application workload cloud storage Massive Scale Out (MSO) Data warehousing & mining Disk-to-disk backup & archiving Specifications Product: Enterprise SATA Hard Drive Model: MegaScale 4000 Capacity: 4 TB Interface: SATA 6Gb/s Spindle Speed: CoolSpin Cache: 64 MB Interface Transfer Rate: 600 MB/s (max.) Sector Size: 512e Form Factor: 3.5-inch MTBF: 800K Hours Availability: 24x7 accessibility for enterprise-class, capacity-optimized applications
