Overview
Small Form Factor or 2.5-inch SAS Enterprise drives consume 70 per cent less space and 50 per cent less energy than 3.5-inch drives and satisfy data center needs for performance, reliability and scalability. HPE introduces a larger capacity 146 GB SAS 15K 2.5-inch Enterprise drive and the first 6 Gb/s SAS drives in the family.¦The 146 GB 3 Gb/s SAS 15K 2.5-inch drive is double the capacity of the next largest 15K 2.5-inch drive. Now, your drive keeps up with the speed of your business.¦Let the 6 Gb/s SAS drives amplify the throughput of your system. Your 6 Gb/s SAS environment can benefit from increased bandwidth and scalability to break through the system limitations of the past.
  • Reliability and peace of mind
  • Investment protection while you grow
  • A broad range for different environments
  • Best-in-class HDD qualification process
Reliability and peace of mind SAS SFF Enterprise drives provide the highest reliability of all the hard drive range. Rigorous attention from HPE provides you with the peace of mind you need. Prior to release into production, HPE tests its drives to make sure they perform to specified reliability standards. Throughout the life-cycle of a drive, the quality of outgoing stock is periodically monitored, and if needed, HPE can facilitate availability through equivalent products from other suppliers. If reliability concerns occur at a customer site, the HPE formal escalation process can drive timely closure of the issue. Investment protection while you grow HPE offers a broad range of compatible options, providing you with the flexibility to expand your environment while protecting past investments. The Universal Drive Strategy means HPE Enterprise drives are compatible with past generations of drives and servers/storage enclosures. This allows you to draw on your existing drives as your storage needs grow. The 6 Gb/s SAS drives can be compatible with 3 Gb/s SAS drives and 1.5 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s SATA drives, so you have the flexibility to install SAS or SATA drives or a combination of both in the same enclosure. This makes for an easy transition between technologies without upgrading your whole infrastructure at once. A broad range for different environments Many customers have an array of IT environments. HPE range of SAS SFF Enterprise drives contains various kinds of drives to fit the multitude of needs that exist in your organization. 15K RPM and 10K RPM SAS Enterprise drives can give you the horsepower you need to run near 24 x 7, high I/O applications with confidence. With the recent additions to the range, now you have a choice of 3 Gb/s or 6 Gb/s Enterprise SAS drives. Best-in-class HDD qualification process Designed to integrate into your ProLiant, Integrity and StorageWorks environment, HPE drives undergo an intense qualification process that reduces data integrity problems and firmware and O/S incompatibilities. Only those drives whose performance is suitable for an enterprise environment are selected through the HPE qualification process and labeled "best-in-class". Subjected to these stringent qualification processes, HPE SAS SFF Enterprise drives reduce the causes of data corruption or pre-mature failures. All drive firmware is specific to HPE drives and designed to enhance both functionality and compatibility.