HGST 5K3000 3TB 0F12466 Data Sheet

Ultrastar

™

 5K3000

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Up to 3 terabytes

1

 of capacity

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45% lower power consumption than our 

Ultrastar 7K3000

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6Gb/s SATA interface

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Dual Stage Actuator (DSA) and Enhanced 

Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) 

for robust performance in multi-drive 

environments

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24x7 accessibility for enterprise-class, 

capacity-optimized applications

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2.0M hours MTBF

2

•

5-year warranty

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Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL)

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Disk-to-disk backup

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Data warehousing

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Cloud storage

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Massive Scale Out (MSO)

The HGST Ultrastar™ 5K3000 is specifically designed for high-capacity enterprise applications

where reduced power and lower temperatures are required. Our innovative CoolSpin™

technology helps the Ultrastar 5K3000 deliver a 45% reduction in read/write power

consumption over the Ultrastar 7K3000 7200 RPM drive. Key to CoolSpin technology is an

optimization of motor speed to provide an ideal balance of performance, power utilization

and acoustics. Additionally, our Advanced Power Management offers five levels of granularity

to help manage power consumption including: normal idle; unload idle; low RPM idle;

standby; and sleep. The standby and sleep modes consume less than 1 watt, enabling archival

applications to remain online and ready to respond, yet at eco-friendly power levels.

Recent storage management innovations such as data de-duplication and thin provisioning

have not been able to stem the explosive petabyte (PB) growth requirements in cloud

storage and data centers. Pervasive Internet computing with remotely stored email, pictures

and social media, all being accessed from light-weight tablet and notebook PCs, is changing

consumer expectations. Worldwide government data retention regulations and security

requirements are also driving up data center and private cloud storage needs. At the same

time, floor tile space and megawatts remain at a premium while in some highly built-out

metropolitan areas both are at an absolute “no-growth” state. To meet these demands,

the Ultrastar 5K3000 delivers 50% more capacity in the same footprint than our prior

generation Ultrastar A7K2000 product. It is now possible to achieve a colossal 1.8PB in the

footprint of a standard 19-inch enterprise storage rack by stacking ten 4U, 60-bay enclosures.

Leveraging the fifth-generation HGST 5-platter mechanical design, the Ultrastar 5K3000 is

rated at 2.0 million hours MTBF and backed by a limited 5-year warranty. When the highest

quality and reliability are a key requirement, customer field data proves that the Ultrastar

5-platter platform delivers by reducing downtime, eliminating service calls and minimizing

TCO. Engineered for the highest reliability, the Ultrastar 5K3000 is not only put through

grueling design tests during development but must also pass stringent ongoing reliability

testing during manufacturing. HGST remains the recognized leader in quality and reliability

for enterprise-class hard drives across the entire Ultrastar family thanks to world-class quality

control, combined with scientific root-cause analysis and multi-faceted corrective actions.

To ensure the utmost in data safety and security, the Ultrastar 5K3000 also offers models

with Bulk Data Encryption (BDE). BDE encrypts all data on the drive using a private security

key as it is written to the disk, then decrypts it with the key as it is retrieved, giving users an

extreme level of data protection. Unlike software-based encryption solutions, the HGST BDE

implementation is hardware-based, so it doesn’t slow the system down. This technology

also speeds up and simplifies the drive re-deployment and decommissioning process. By

deleting the encryption key, the data is rendered unreadable, thereby eliminating the need

for time-consuming, multi-pattern data overwrite.

Ultrastar 5K3000 demonstrates HGST ecological leadership with its halogen-free design and

power-efficient operation. Both these features serve to qualify to qualify the drive for the

HGST EcoTrac classification, which identifies products that minimize environmental impact

in the areas of product design, manufacturing, operation and disposal.

3TB and 2TB  

SATA 6Gb/s