Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C
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Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C was a hard drive family created by Hitachi. It is the successor to the Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B, upgrading platter capacity to 500 GB/platter simultaneously with competing families such as Seagate Barracuda 7200.12. It possessed coverage of either SATA 2.6 or SATA 3.0 interface speeds, as well as cache amounts ranging from 8 to 32 MB. It also has a 5,700 RPM variant, the Hitachi Deskstar 5K1000.
History
The Deskstar 7K1000.C family was released in 2009. Following Western Digital's takeover of HGST, the 7K1000.C was kept in production instead of its successor, which was licensed to Toshiba.
Products
| Model | Capacity | Interface | Cache (MB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi HDS721016CLA382 | 160 GB | SATA 2.6 (300 MB/s) | 8 |
| Hitachi HDS721025CLA382 | 250 GB | SATA 2.6 (300 MB/s) | 8 |
| Hitachi HDS721025CLA682 | 250 GB | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | 8 |
| Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 | 320 GB | SATA 2.6 (300 MB/s) | 16 |
| Hitachi HDS721032CLA662 | 320 GB | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | 16 |
| Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 | 500 GB | SATA 2.6 (300 MB/s) | 16 |
| Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 | 500 GB | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | 16 |
| Hitachi HDS721075CLA332 | 750 GB | SATA 2.6 (300 MB/s) | 32 |
| Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 | 1 TB | SATA 2.6 (300 MB/s) | 32 |
| Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 | 1 TB | SATA 3.0 (600 MB/s) | 32 |
Trivia
- All drives in the 7K1000.C family are codenamed Jupiter.