Server systems are becoming an increasingly important necessity for medium size and large enterprises, which mostly use them for databases. Database server systems require a key component, which must have a high level of quality and reliability, and that component is the hard drive. And since there's an increased tendency among companies to employ blade servers, there is also a higher demand for 2.5 inch hard drives.



Hitachi has become an important player in the storage manufacturing market since their acquisition of IBM's hard drive division in 2002. They are now able to offer an extended number of storage solutions for both mainstream users and the high end and enterprise segments. The Ultrastar series is developed mainly to give high-end users the power of choosing the desired storage technology that can best suit their business. One such product is the C10K147, which, unlike the other models from this series, is built with a 2.5-inch form factor.



This technology is mainly used in blade server systems that have a small form factor and require components that can offer the same performance as their bigger-sized counterparts. The Ultrastar C10K147 hard drives can have a total capacity of formated capacity of 147GB, but users can also choose a lower capacity with the 73GB version. It's built on a SAS interface and has a platter rotational speed of 10k RPM, making it ideal for server systems.



The spec sheet of the the Hitachi Ultrastar C10K147 hard drive features a average latency level of 3.0 ms and the buffer size is set to 16MB, which in the end translates into a high access speeds for the data stored. This feature is always important for any computer system, no matter if it is server or desktop.



The Hitachi product can be acquired online for the approximate price tag of $230.