HP introduces the next generation of SATA drives that are designed for the reliability and larger capacities demanded by today's entry server and external storage environments. The new SATA portfolio will now be 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 in both 3.5" and 2.5" form factors and ship with a standard one year warranty.

All HP hard drives pass a rigorous qualification process, which ensures that every HP drive is proven to perform in your HP ProLiant server. Before final certification, all HP SATA hard drives are optimized for compatibility and functionality, including support of SMART and HP Systems Insight Manager.

*S.M.A.R.T.: Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology, first developed at HP, detects possible hard disk failure before it occurs, allowing replacement of the component before failure occurs.

• Announcing the next generation of SATA drives, SATA Midline Drives, with more robust features such as increased reliability, workload management, rotational vibration sensors and native command queuing (NCQ).

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Native Command Queuing (NCQ) is a technology designed to increase performance of SATA hard disk drives by allowing the individual hard disk to internally optimize the order in which received read and write commands are executed. This can reduce the amount of unnecessary going back-and-forth on the drive's heads, resulting in increased performance for workloads where multiple simultaneous read/write requests are outstanding, most often occurring in server or storage-type applications. Without NCQ the drive has to process and complete one command at a time. For NCQ to be enabled, it must be supported and turned on in the controller and in the hard drive itself.

HP Care Pack Information

Keeping industry standard systems truly available requires high-quality service with a single point of contact. The HP Care Pack program is tailored specifically to protect your HP ProLiant system and options. These convenient packages allow you to maximize server utilization and performance with fewer resources. Care Pack services provide a range of life cycle support options that let you choose the service levels that meet your business requirements, from basic to mission-critical.
A full range of HP Care Pack hardware and software services are available including:

• Installation and start up
• Education courses
• Extended onsite hardware coverage hours from Next Business Day to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with options including 4-hour response or 6-hour Call To Repair
• Comprehensive range of software technical support for Microsoft and Linux-based IT solutions helping to deliver high level of application availability.
• Response times range from 30 minutes for critical problems to 2 hours.
• System management, performance services and Mission Critical Support Solution

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