Hitachi ships first 2TB drives - Network Accessories

Hitachi ships first 2TB drives - Network Accessories Data storage equipment manufacturer Hitachi has just shipped the industry's first 2TB hard disc drives that run at 7,200rpm.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies fourth-generation hard drives, which are the first to be rolled out under the company's enterprise-class name, are designed for mission critical use in facilities such as data centres.

The devices have a mean time between failure (MTBF) of 1.2 million hours, making them both high-capacity and reliable.

Hitachi claims that the devices are ideal for data warehousing, disk-to-disk backup and cloud computing applications and can be used in server rack mounted storage units to boost existing capacity.

Earlier this year, Netgear announced it was soon to launch a 24TB network attached storage device aimed at small and medium-sized firms.

The ReadyNAS 3200, which is a 2U server cabinet mountable device, has room for 12 hard drives.

Compatible with both Gigabit Ethernet and Iscsi, the ReadyNAS 3200 is suitable for backup purposes as well as database applications. ADNFCR-1186-ID-19307396-ADNFCR

Last Updated: 11/08/2009 18:00

Positive review for latest Netgear router - Network Accessories

Govt outlines public IT spending plans - Network Accessories

4G growth creates demand for network equipment - Network Accessories

Global IT spending to reach $3.7tr in 2012 - Network Accessories

Technology at heart of O2 flexible working pilot - Network Accessories

Hitachi ships first 2TB drives - Network Accessories - Article Discussion

Terms & Conditions - This tool is open to everyone. You are responsible for the contents of your comments and any consequences that may arise as a result of them. Comments that contain any of the following will be deleted: terms considered explicit and inappropriate; defamatory, obscene, unlawful, harmful, or offensive.