The drive

The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive boasts of a 1 TB capacity. It is a 3.5-inch desktop hard drive featuring perpendicular magnetic recording technology in its latest generation with a high areal density. The drive contains three platters with six recording and reading heads and the spindle speed is 7,200 RPM.

Only a small part of the electronics is exposed below

The drive has the popular SATA interface and power connector. This drive has the SATA II or 3 Gbps interface.

Some drives in this series are available with Bulk Data Encryption or BDE, which is a hardware encryption of data. Using the BDE, your data can be encrypted on the drive and unlike software encryption, it will not be available even when the drive gets stolen and is connected in another computer unless the correct password is entered.

The 7K1000 drives also feature Rotational Vibration Safeguard or RVS technology. RVS serves as an early warning system for the drive by enabling it to sense disturbance in advance and take the necessary steps to stabilize the drive head and maintain the performance.

These days, there is an increasing awareness for "greener" products and this drive is also one such products. Not only is it acoustically quieter, but it consumes less power as well. Hitachi claims that it consumes up to 43% less power than its predecessor 7K1000 drive.

This goes a long way into its longevity. It is more shock resistant and can take up to 300G of operational shock. With 1.2 million hours MTBF, this is an ideal drive to be used even in enterprise environments where reliability is a priority.