Hitachi TravelStar Z7K320

Hitachi Introduces 2.5-inch hard drives on the market

The Z7K320 it has only 7 mm thick, as all future 2.5 inches discs to a tray by manufacturer.

The new Hitachi Z7K320 inaugurates a major innovation at Hitachi: all flatbed 2.5 “now that no single measure 7 mm thick.

The storage market is Shaken by the DSS and manufacturers of magnetic hard disks innovate thus forcing the evolution of their products. After Seagate’s hybrid hard drive “SSH” Hitachi’s Z range: hard drives in 2.5-inch, taking advantage of their unique magnetic plate to significantly reduce their thickness. The current 2.5-inch hard drives are 9.5 mm thick, and the Series Z have done a weight loss program to achieve the 7 mm!

Many advantages for mobile systems

With the 2.5 mm thick and less, these drives weigh 10 grams less, and can be integrated into laptops and external enclosures even thinner. But that’s not all, since Hitachi has also reduced their power consumption and noise. Thus, the Z7K320, a 320GB at 7200 rpm with 16 MB cache, consumes only 2.1 watts average, and Z5K320 at 5400 rpm (8MB cache) even less 1.8 W. The noise also spend 2.4 to 2.1 dB in operation.

These disks operate in SATA-II. They store the data on a single magnetic disk 320 GB capacity, and will also be available in 160 and 256 GB All 2.5 inch hard drives with a single platform will adopt this format now 7 mm at Hitachi. The manufacturer is thus to find a good way to put pressure on its competitors, particularly the market for integrators. The ranges and Travelstar Cinemastar (versions optimized for recording and playback of multimedia streams through technology SmoothStream) are both concerned, as all models equipped with optional encryption systems, and the discs for a guaranteed Operating 24 / 7 in servers.

The Z5K320 Z7K320 and will be sold between 59 and 69 euros depending on the models of 160-320 GB They are advertised available during the months of July and August.

Positive points

* The thin
* The speed of rotation of the plate

Negative points

* Nothing

Technical specifications

Type
Internal
Hard disk capacity (in GB)
320
Format
2.5 inches