Hard disk drives are today's fastest permanent storage media and have a large capacity. For this two reasons they are the most used storage medium in computers and servers. When buying a new hard disk, there are three important things to consider: - The connection of the disk to the computer or other device you will be using it with has a big influence on the speed with which data can be read from/written to the disk. Make sure the connection of the disk you buy is compatible with your computer! - The rotational speed is also important for the speed with which data can be read from/written to the disk and determines the time it takes to find a file on the disk. - Last but not least, the storage capacity of the disk, i.e. the amount of data that can be stored on the disk.
High performance and reliability - these attributes define hard disk drives from IBM - a winning data storage solution. Designed specifically to meet the needs of your advanced, data-intensive applications, IBM hard disk drives provide users with a wide range of capacities and interfaces for nearly every data-intensive application.
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Disk drive
Internal
The device is built in, or needs to be built in (Yes/No). No, means that the device is connected externally via wire or wireless.
Hard disk rotational speed
The rotational speed of a hard disk expressed in rotations per minute. The faster the better.
10000 RPM
Hard disk drive capacity
The maximum storage capacity of the hard disk in gigabyte (1 GB = 1 billion bytes).
36.4 GB
Average latency
The average duration before a device can start with a job (for example reading a file from a hard disk).
3 ms
Disk drive
Hard disk interface
SAS
Drive device, buffer size
8 MB
Hard disk average seek time
4.5 ms
Hard disk size
2.5 "
Data transmission
Data transfer rate
Rate at which data can be transferred MC; expressed in units per second; may vary on network configurations
