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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
- All drives in the 7K1000.C family are codenamed Jupiter.