Ultrastar DC HC300 Series
Medium Capacity for High
Access-Density Requirements

Delivering Economics and Access Speed to Data Center Applications and Workloads
As the industry evolves to develop purpose-built solutions for growing data storage requirements, IT managers continue to rely on mid-range capacity drives that are economical to acquire, yet deliver quick and reliable data access for traditional data center applications. Designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year, the Ultrastar DC HC300 series is a proven air-platform design that delivers up to 8TB of capacity to help address the economic and access-density requirements of many data center workloads. Ideal for storage and server applications, as well as distributed and scalable computing (including block and file storage architectures), the Ultrastar DC HC300 series provides fast 7,200 RPM performance and lower acquisition cost to help ease budget constraints.

Solves Access Density Challenges
Economical Capacity
4TB, 6TB, and 8TB models for lower acquisition cost
High Performance
Fast data access with 7200 RPM speed, transferring up to 255 MB/s
Drop-In Ready
SAS and SATA options support traditional servers and storage
Highlights
- Up to 8TB capacity supports traditional IT systems
- Excellent random and sequential performance
- Sustained transfer rate up to 255 MB/s for Advanced Format models
- Choice of 12 Gb/s SAS or 6 Gb/s SATA
- Self-Encrypting options (TCG/FIPS available on SAS models)
- 5-year limited warranty
Applications and Workload
- Distributed file systems, like Apache™ Hadoop®, to support Big Data analytics
- Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)
- Enterprise Network-attached Storage (NAS)
- RAID Arrays
- Data centers and cloud computing applications that require higher access density (IOPS/TB)
- Legacy applications requiring 512n format (4TB)

SAS | SATA | |
---|---|---|
General | ||
Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s | SAS 12 Gb/s |
Capacity | 8TB | 8TB |
Format: Sector size (bytes) | 4Kn: 4096 512e: 512s | 4096, 4112, 4160, 4224 512, 520, 528 |
Performance | ||
Data buffer (MB) | 256 | 256 |
Rotational speed (RPM) | 7200 | 7200 |
Interface Transfer Rate(MB/s, max) | 600 | 1200 |
Sustained transfer rate (MiB/s, typical) (MB/s, typical) | Up to 243 Up to 255 | Up to 243 Up to 255 |
Reliability | ||
Error rate (non-recoverable bits read) | 1 in 10^ 15 | 1 in 10^ 15 |
MTBF (M hours) | 2 | 2 |
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) | 0.0044 | 0.0044 |
Load/Unload cycles (at 40°C) | 600000 | 600000 |
Availability (hrs/day x days/wk) | 24x7 | 24x7 |
Limited warranty (yrs) | 5 | 5 |
Acoustics | ||
Idle/Operating (Bels, typical) | 2.9/3.6 | 2.9/3.6 |
Power | ||
Requirement | +5 VDC, +12VDC | +5 VDC, +12VDC |
Operating(W) | 8.8 | 12.8 |
Idle (W) | 7.5 | 8.4 |
Power consumption efficiency at Idle (Watts/TB) (Watts/GB) | 0.94 0.00094 | 1.05 0.00105 |
Physical Size | ||
z-height (mm) | 26.1 | 26.1 |
Dimensions (width x depth, mm) | 101.6 (+/-0.25) x 147 | 101.6 (+/-0.25) x 147 |
Weight (g, max) | 715 | 715 |
Environmental (Operating) | ||
Ambient temperature | 5°C to 60°C | 5°C to 60°C |
Shock (half-sine wave, 2ms, G) | 70 | 70 |
Environmental (Non-Operating) | ||
Ambient temperature | -40°C to 70°C | -40°C to 70°C |
Shock (half-sine wave, G) | 300 | 300 |
Random Vibration (G RMS, 2 to 200 Hz) | 1.04 (XYZ) | 1.04 (XYZ) |
SAS | SATA | |
---|---|---|
General | ||
Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s | SAS 12 Gb/s |
Capacity | 6TB / 4TB | 14TB |
Format: Sector size (bytes) | 4Kn: 4096 512e: 512 | 4096, 4112, 4160, 4224 512, 520, 528 |
Performance | ||
Data buffer (MB) | 256 | 256 |
Rotational speed (RPM) | 7200 | 7200 |
Interface Transfer Rate(MB/s, max) | 600 | 1200 |
Sustained transfer rate (MiB/s, typical) (MB/s, typical) | Up to 243 Up to 255 222 233 | Up to 243 Up to 255 222 233 |
Reliability | ||
Error rate (non-recoverable bits read) | 1 in 10^ 15 | 1 in 10^ 15 |
MTBF (M hours) | 2 | 2 |
Annualized Failure Rate (AFR) | 0.0044 | 0.0044 |
Load/Unload cycles (at 40°C) | 600000 | 600000 |
Availability (hrs/day x days/wk) | 24x7 | 24x7 |
Limited warranty (yrs) | 5 | 5 |
Acoustics | ||
Idle/Operating (Bels, typical) | 2.9/3.6 | 2.9/3.6 |
Power | ||
Requirement | +5 VDC, +12VDC | +5 VDC, +12VDC |
Operating(W) | 7 | 12.1 |
Idle (W) | 5.9 | 7 |
Power consumption efficiency at Idle (Watts/TB) (Watts/GB) | 0.39 0.00039 | 0.42 0.00042 |
Physical Size | ||
z-height (mm) | 26.1 | 26.1 |
Dimensions (width x depth, mm) | 101.6 (+/-0.25) x 147 | 101.6 (+/-0.25) x 147 |
Weight (g, max) | 715 | 715 |
Environmental (Operating) | ||
Ambient temperature | 5°C to 60°C | 5°C to 60°C |
Shock (half-sine wave, 2ms, G) | 70 | 70 |
Vibration-Operating (G RMS, 5 to 500 Hz) | 0.67 (XYZ) | 0.67 (XYZ) |
Environmental (Non-Operating) | ||
Ambient temperature | -40°C to 70°C | -40°C to 70°C |
Shock (half-sine wave, G) | 300 | 300 |
Random Vibration (G RMS, 2 to 200 Hz) | 1.04 (XYZ) | 1.04 (XYZ) |