Overview
The addition of 2 TB HDD offerings to the IBM System x® family of 3.5-inch SATA drives offers the highest performance options and provides a wider selection of choices to satisfy a wide range of applications. These new drives are positioned at the top of our SATA HDD line.
These two 2 TB SATA NL HDDs provide 3.5-inch form factor options that are available as hot-swap or simple-swap configurations.

Key features and benefits include:
- Up to 7,200 rpm speed to help optimize performance;
- Outstanding reliability that enables operation in RAID environments without compromising application performance or availability.

You can put together a winning combination for data-storage applications when you install these new high-performance SATA HDDs in your IBM System x configurations.

Performance
2 TB performance characteristics include:
- Formatted capacity of 2,000,000 MB;
- Drive to host interface that supports up to 3.0 Gb/s burst rate;
- Drive media to buffer interface that supports sustained interface data transfers of up to 112 MB/s average;
- Spindle speed of 7,200 rpm;
- Average latency of 4.17 ms;
- Hot-swap or simple-swap capability;
- SAS interface with dual port option.

Reliability
- SAS compliance enables these HDDs to connect directly into System x systems;
- S.M.A.R.T Technology allows software utilities to alert you of certain impending drive failures so replacements can be made before a problem occurs;
- Rigorous testing through the ServerProven program instills confidence that your storage subsystem is compatible and will function reliably.
The HDDs come with a one-year, limited warranty.