Hitachi Travelstar™ 5K500.B
High-capacity EcoTrac storage for notebook PCs and mobile applications
Highlights
- Up to 500GB of capacity
- Lowest power consumption in its class
- Halogen-free for eco-friendly footprint
- Serial ATA 3Gb/s
- Security: Bulk Data Encryption option
- Enhanced availability (EA) models for applications needing around-the-clock access in lower-transaction environments
Applications
- Notebook PCs
- External storage
- Gaming consoles
- Small form factor video devices
- Blade servers (EA)
- Network routers (EA)
- Video surveillance
Interface
SATA 3Gb/s
Rotational Speed
5400 RPM
Capacity
500 GB, 400 GB, 320 GB, 250GB , 160 GB and 120GB
Reliable, high-capacity storage for mobile applications
Travelstar™ 5K500.B, a 5400 RPM, 250GB/platter, 2.5-inch hard drive with capacities ranging
from 120GB to 500GB, is designed for use in notebook PCs, external storage, gaming consoles and other mobile applications. The 5K500.B demonstrates Hitachi’s ecological leadership with its halogen-free production and focus on low power consumption, and carries the EcoTrac classification. The 5K500.B elevates hard drive reliability with the industry’s first Iterative Detection Read Channel for improved signal processing. Hitachi offers optional hard-drive-level encryption for increased data security and enhanced availability models to deliver high-capacity storage for non-stop environments. Travelstar 5K500.B delivers the balance of capacity, ruggedness and low-power to meet the needs of consumers and commercial users in an eco-friendly footprint.
Encryption option
Travelstar 5K500.B features optional Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) for hard-drive-level data security. Hitachi is working with the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) to ensure that new products are compliant with the forthcoming Storage Security specification that is expected to become an industry standard. With BDE, the data is scrambled using a key as it is written to the disk then descrambled with the key as it is retrieved, giving users the highest level of data protection available. It also speeds and simplifies the drive re-deployment process. By deleting the encryption key, the data is rendered unreadable, thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming data-overwrite.
Enhanced Availability (EA)—for 24x7 access to data
Hitachi provides enhanced availability models that allow the Travelstar 5K500.B to deliver 24x7 access to data for data-intensive applications requiring round-the-clock operation. The 5K500.B provides high capacity, durability and low power utilsation on a proven platform for quality and reliability. EA models support the stringent demands of “always-on” applications in lower-transaction environments.
