If you are one of those users that don't care much about technology, you might think that hard drives designed for the enterprise sector just require to have loads of storage space. Well, the fact is that in order to have a fully functional business-rated hard drive, the manufacturer needs to bring both high storage capacity and decent levels of performance. And as far as hard drives go, performance levels are rendered by platter speed, buffer size and HDD interface.



Hitachi, one of the leading storage and consumer electronics' manufacturers, has a serious range of hard drives directed at both mainstream users and high-end, enterprise ones. Their Ultrastar series feature a number of storage solutions meant to offer support to enterprise users that are in need of both quality and reliability, as far as their products are concerned. One such product that should be taken in consideration when in need of an upgrade is the Ultrastar 15K147. The product can be acquired in either 36GB, 73GB or 147GB versions, offering different storage capacities from which the user can choose.



The Ultrastar 15K147 is manufactured with a 3.5 inch form factor and Ultra 320 SCSI interface, allowing it to be connected to servers or workstations featuring this interface. What makes this Ultrastar fall into a different storage category is the fact that the platter speed is set to 15K RPM. These hard drives are meant to sustain performance at high speeds and low latency levels. In fact the data sheet specifies that the 15K147 is featured at a buffer size of 16MB and average latency of 2ms. These numbers alone should make the Hitachi product quite appealing to the customer's eye.



Once you acquire a Hitachi product, namely this Ultrastar 15K147 Hard drive, which for the 147 version is priced around $400 and $750, you can be sure you will also get the Hitachi support and experience.