Technical information

HGST Ultrastar C15K600 Hard Disk Drive Specification

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Glossary

Word Meaning

BMS Background Media Scan

Kb Kilobit = 1000 bits

Mb Megabit = 1,000,000 bits

Gb Gigabit = 1,000,000,000 bits

ESD Electrostatic Discharge

Kbpi 1,000 bit per inch

Ktpi 1,000 tracks per inch

Gbps 1,000,000,000 bits per sec

GB 1,000,000,000 bytes (for drive capacity)

MB 1,048,576 bytes (for Memory Size)

SAS Serial Attached SCSI

SFF Small Form Factor

S.M.A.R.T. Self-Monitoring and Reporting Technology

LVD Low Voltage Differential SCSI

FC-AL Fibre Channel - Arbitrated Loop

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Caution

This drive can be damaged by ESD (Electric Static Discharge). Any damages incurred to the drive after its removal

from the shipping package and the ESD protective bag are the responsibility of the user.

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References

 SAS Compliance

- "Serial Attached SCSI - 3 (SAS-3)"

 SAS Protocol

- This drive supports Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP).

- STP (Tunneled SATA) and SMP (Management protocol) protocols are NOT supported.