Hitachi Deskstar 250

250Gb FireWire 400/800 Hard Drive Daily Rate: $25

Features | Technical Specifications | Support

The Hitachi Consumer Electronics solution leverages Hitachi innovation, from silent-seek acoustics and thermal monitoring and fly-height control to SMART command transport, adaptive error recovery and SmoothStreamTM technology. The result? "Bedroom-quiet" operation, cooler-running systems with longer battery lives, virtually zero disruption to streaming video, and disk drives that don't mind jostling and varied temperatures.

FEATURES:

• High data transfer rate
• Leading seek times
• 8MB/2MB buffer size

• Faster system boot-up
• Quicker screen refreshes
• Faster access to data
• Faster data processing

 

Capacity

• Up to 250GB

• Greater storage capacity in multi-drive systems

 

Reliability

• Leading low power
• Head load/unload
• Optional low-power mode
• Internal thermal sensor
• Cooler system operation

• Enables lower cost power supply and fan
• Protects disk during non-operation
• Reduces disk wear
• Reduces power requirement in multi-drive systems
• Reduces system heat
• Improves data integrity

 

Acoustics

• Low acoustic levels
• Optional low-acoustics mode

• Quieter system operation
• Important for fan-less systems (all-in-one, PVR, etc.)
• Further reduces system noise

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

• Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
• Interface standard : ATA Ultra 133 (Parallel)
• Average seek time : 8.5 milliseconds
• Buffer : 8 MB
• Latency average: 4.17 milliseconds
• Media transfer rate: 757 Mbps
• Interface transfer rate: 100 Mbps
• Sustained data rate: 61.4 -29.7 Mbps
• Error rate (non-recoverable): 1 in 10E14
• Dimensions: 25.4 millimeters by 101.6 millimeters by 146 millimeters

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SUPPORT DOCUMENTS, DOWNLOADS AND MANUALS:

• Hitachi 7K250 Quick Install Guide (PDF, 83.3 M)
• Hitachi 7K250 Quick Tips (PDF, 94.2 M)

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