Ultrastar C15K600

HGST Ultrastar C15K600 enterprise internal hard drive
600GB, 450GB & 300GB
2.5-inch Enterprise Hard Drive Mission-critical Performance – 15,000 RPM for faster data access
Best-in-class Power Management – Enables industry-leading power efficiency
Enterprise-class Protection – Multiple security and data encryption options

HGST delivers the world’s fastest hard disk drive in the Ultrastar® C15K600, a 15K RPM, 2.5-inch small form factor hard drive ideally suited for mission-critical data center and high performance computing environments. At 600GB, Ultrastar C15K600 provides double the capacity of current generation 2.5-inch 15K drives, and matches the highest capacity point of 3.5-inch 15K drives. This latest addition to the Ultrastar small form factor (SFF) family outperforms not only the competition but also legacy 3.5-inch 15K drives from HGST, achieving more than 38% faster sequential and 2.5X faster random write performance for faster data processing while consuming less than half as much active and idle power. Ultrastar C15K600 leverages an industry-leading 12Gb/s SAS interface and offers the broadest range of security and encryption options available on enterprise-class hard drives, including Instant Secure Erase (ISE), Trusted computing Group (TCG) enterprise SSC-compliant Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and TCG enterprise SED with FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 certification, level 2.

Model # / Part # HUC156060CSS20x HUC156045CSS20x HUC156030CSS20x *See values for x in footnotes HUC156060CS420x HUC156045CS420x HUC156030CS420x Interface SAS 12Gb/s SAS 12Gb/s Capacity (GB) 600GB / 450GB / 300GB 600GB / 450GB / 300GB Sector size (variable, Bytes/sector) 512-Byte (512n) 4096-Byte (512e, 4Kn) Recording zones 40 40 Data Heads (physical) 6 / 4 / 3 6 / 4 / 3 Data Disks 3 / 2 / 2 3 / 2 / 2 Max Areal Density (Gbits/sq. in.) 528 460 Performance     Data Buffer (MB) 128 128 Rotational Speed (RPM) 15,030 15,030 Latency Average (ms) <2.0 <2.0 Interface transfer rate (MB/sec, max) 1200 1200 Sustained transfer rate (MB/sec, typ.) 175 to 250 189 to 271 Seek Time (read, ms, typical) 2.9 / 3.1 2.9 / 3.1 Reliability     Error Rate (non-recoverable, bits read) 10 in 10^17 10 in 10^17 MTBF (M hours) 2.0 2.0 Availability (hrs/day x days/wk) 24x7 24x7 Acoustics     Idle (Bels) 3.2 3.2 Power     Requirement +5 VDC (+/-5%), +12 VDC (+/-5%) +5 VDC (+/-5%), +12 VDC (+/-5%) Operating (W, typical) 7.5 / 7.0 / 7.0 7.5 / 7.0 / 7.0 Active Idle (W, avg) 5.8 / 5.1 / 5.0 5.8 / 5.1 / 5.0 Power consump. efficiency index (W/GB) 0.0096 / 0.0113 / 0.0168 0.0096 / 0.0113 / 0.0168 Physical size     Z-Height (mm) 14.8 14.8 Dimensions (width x depth, mm) 70.1 x 100.45 70.1 x 100.45 Weight (g, max) 219 219 Environmental (operating)     Ambient temperature 5º to 55º C 5º to 55º C Shock (half-sine wave) 60G 60G Vibration (5 to 500 Hz) 0.4, all axes 0.4, all axes Environmental (non-operating)     Ambient temperature -40º to 70º C -40º to 70º C Shock (half-sine wave) >300G >300G Vibration (5 to 500 Hz) 1.5G, all axes 1.5G, all axes Capacity: One MB is equal to one million bytes, one GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000GB (one trillion bytes) when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drive, the computer’s operating system, and other factors.
Data Buffer: Portion of buffer capacity used for drive firmware
Seek Time: Excludes command overhead 
Transfer Rate: MB is equal to Million Bytes; Sustained rate is shown from Outer to Inner Diameter
MTBF: MTBF target is based on a sample population and is estimated by statistical measurements and acceleration algorithms under median operating conditions. MTBF ratings are not intended to predict an individual drive’s reliability. MTBF does not constitute a warranty.
Operating Power: calculated based on a Random RW 4KB workload at Queue Depth of 1
Idle: Based on use of Idle_A power mode.

*Model number values:
x=0 (Instant Secure Erase),
x=1 (TCG SED),
x=4 (Secure Erase),
x=5 (FIPS 140-2 certified TCG-SED)