DELL 342-2031 Internal Hard Drive Data Storage

- Best performance and reliability within enterprise hard drives
- Dual-port with full duplex operations
- Online firmware update through Dell's Update Package (DUP)
- High reliability
- Available in PowerEdge servers and PowerVault enclosures

SAS hard drives are true dual-port full duplex capable devices. This means that both ports on a SAS drive can simultaneously send or receive data (host dependent). Available in 2.5” and 3.5” form factors, SAS hard drives rotating at 10,000 and 15,000 RPM (revolutions per minute) are known as Tier-1, Online and Mission Critical devices. SAS drives at 10K & 15K offer the highest reliability of the the Dell enterprise hard drive offerings at a 1.6 Million hours MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) rating. Also described as Traditional Enterprise, 10K and 15K SAS drives deliver the highest performance plus the highest reliability available in a rotating media storage device from Dell.

These 10K and 15K SAS drives are developed for the exacting requirements of speed and reliability due in mission critical applications. In order to achieve this level of performance there are multiple features of these drives that provide an advantage over the Tier 2 class used in business critical applications. These frequently include:

- Higher quality sealing to prevent contamination
- More shrouding and air control devices to maintain air pressure quality
- Smaller platters with higher spin rates reducing access times
- Faster seeks due to larger magnets, better bearings, and stiffer actuators
- Longer and more stringent factory test to ensure the best quality drives
- Higher quality motor to maintain the tight tolerances required at these higher speeds
- Better design margin to handle rotational vibration issues.