HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 3.5-inch 4TB 7200 RPM HDD Review

Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2013-10-11

The Ultrastar 7K4000 HDD series comes with capacities up to 4TB and is mostly aimed at enterprise environments by offering a rated 2M hours MTBF and a 5-year warranty. The drive comes with good performances, AF (4096-byte sector size) and uses a total of 5 platters, 800GB each.

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Introduction

At first we would like to thank HGST for offering a sample of their latest Ultrastar 7K4000 3.5'' 4TB 7200RPM HDD for testing and reviewing.

 

About HGST:

"HGST, (formerly Hitachi GST), offers reliable protection when you need it most, whether you want storage that's personal, portable, tough or high performing.

Mission

Deliver the industry’s best customer experience through innovation, product breadth, quality and operational excellence.

Description

HGST (formerly Hitachi GST and now a Western Digital company) provides a wide range of products that includes hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and innovative external storage solutions and services that store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data."

 

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