- As part of its commitment to hardware, software, and solution innovation, HP is proud to introduce this breakthrough platform configuration stability to HP Workstation customers. HP Stable & Consistent Offerings are built on the foundation of a carefully chosen set of hardware and software designed and tested to work with all HP Workstation platforms through their end of life.- 7200 rpm drives offer very good performance and the highest available capacities.
As the next step in the evolution of ATA hard drives, SATA is directed towards customers requiring the best price advantage for entry level servers and bulk storage deployments in non-mission critical environments.
HP SATA drives are designed for the reliability and mass storage demanded by today's entry server and external storage environments. The SATA portfolio is categorized into two categories: Entry (ETY) and Midline (MDL) drives. HP SATA Entry drives are the lowest unit-cost solution for entry-level servers. HP SATA Midline drives are designed with economical reliability and performance for external storage, backups and archival applications. These high capacity drives provide the lowest $/GB to our customers. Both Entry and Midline SATA drives provide the best price advantage for non-mission critical applications with low workloads of 40% or less. HP SATA drives are available small form factor (3.5-inch) and large form factor (2.5-inch) and ship with a standard one year warranty.