The 1TB 7200 rpm SAS-3 2.5" Internal SC Midline 512e Hard Drive from HP is designed for servers and storage solutions where high capacities are required, along with moderately-priced reliability and performance for non-mission critical, low workload applications, such as disk backup, archival, and reference applications. Additionally, its Advanced Format 512e means it is intended for servers and storage solutions that are 4K aligned. This drive has a capacity of 1TB, a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, a SAS-3 12 Gb/s interface, and a 2.5" / 15mm form factor. It comes installed in a Hot Plug SmartDrive carrier, which helps to enable a more balanced system architecture for unified storage, improved performance, and greater reliability. HP SmartDrive is also able to handle larger amounts of data, reduce overall initialization times, and protect against multi-day outages and data loss.

HP SmartDrive is compatible with Gen8 and Gen9 HPE ProLiant Servers, and also maintains backward compatibility with existing standard hot plug carriers to provide support for HPE ProLiant G7 and earlier servers and storage enclosures. This SAS drive is protected by a limited 1-year warranty, regardless of the warranty period for the system in which it is installed.

1TB Storage Capacity    2.5" / 15mm Form Factor    SAS-3 12 Gb/s Interface    7200 rpm    Advanced Format 512e    Supports HPE ProLiant Gen8/Gen9 Servers    Compatible with ProLiant G7 and Earlier    Includes Hot Plug SmartDrive Carrier

HPE Server SAS Hard Drives deliver moderately-priced reliability and performance for non-mission critical, low workload applications, such as disk backup, archival, and reference applications.

Robust SAS interface for increased performance.

The Advanced Format 512e is designed for 4KiB aligned operating systems and applications. They also support legacy 512K native applications.

HPE Smart Carrier for HPE ProLiant Servers (both Gen8 and Gen9 are supported). They maintain backward compatibility with existing standard hot-plug carriers to provide support for HPE ProLiant G7 and earlier servers and server storage enclosures.

When used in conjunction with a SMART Array Controller and Systems Insight Manager, the SMART-capable firmware in HPE hard drives enables extensive fault prediction capabilities. If potential problems develop in one of the drives, the Smart Array Controller, Systems Insight Manager, and/or SMART hard disk drive lets you know in advance so you can have the drive replaced, before it fails, under warranty.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. What's the difference between retail and oem?

A: WD will not honor the warranty of OEM drives. I am just learning this the hard way with 5 WD Red drives that I bought from B&H less than 2 years ago. Strangely, the listing and my receipt do not say that they are OEM but WD does. I was only trying to register them online a month ago, not having a problem. B&H ought to be a little more forthcoming about this.

Q: 2. Dos this drive support SCSI (UAS) mode?

A: This is a SATA 6 Gb/s Interface and will not support SCSI.

Q: 3. Does this drive feature Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER)? I will be using this with an Intel hardware Raid Controller.

A: TLER support is not listed in the specs of this drive.

Q: 4. Are these guaranteed 100% factory fresh brand new with full warranty? (lots of recycled server farm hard drives floating around out there)

A: Yes, these would be factory new with the full 5 year warranty.

Q: 5. Does it work on PS4 ?

A: Yes. I ordered it originally for PS3 but easily moved it to my PS4.

Q: 6. The drive head in the unit I received makes very loud clicking sounds when performing read/write operations. It's much louder than the various other HDDs I have on hand. It otherwise works fine. Is this noise common for the drive?

A: The clicking sound you hear can be a sign of possible hardware failure. I would suggest to back up your data to another drive and contact the manufacturer for warranty service.

Q: 7. do they work with a Drobo 5N?

A: yes, this drive will work in a Drobo 5N

Q: 8. Does thee Seagate Constellation work with the Mac OS and install on the original Mac Pro?

A: Yes

Q: 9. Can 2 of this be used in a RAID 0 configuration, does it support RAID?

A: You need to use 2 or more of the same drives to configure a software (OS striping) or hardware (controller on mb or raid controller card) RAID. From your question, you might not understand what RAID means. I would put links here, but it's not allowed. I suggest that you google RAID and striped volume in Windows

Q: 10. Would this fit inside MacBook Pro core i5 2.4 13 late 2011 edition?

A: Yes just take care when you take the SATA cable from your old drive (It's glue it)