Hitachi Travelstar 5K500.B 500GB Hard Drives 2.5-inch High-capacity EcoTrac 5,400RPM Sata 3Gb/s - 0A57915

Travelstar^TM 5K500.B, a 5400 RPM, 250GB/platter, 2.5-inch hard drive with capacities rangingfrom 120GB to 500GB, is designed for use in notebook PCs, external storage, gaming consoles and other mobile applications. The 5K500.B demonstrates Hitachi's ecological leadership with its halogen-free production and focus on low power consumption, and carries the EcoTrac classification. The 5K500.B elevates hard drive reliability with the industry's first Iterative Detection Read Channel for improved signal processing. Hitachi offers optional hard-drive-level encryption for increased data security and enhanced availability models to deliver high-capacity storage for non-stop environments. Travelstar 5K500.B delivers the balance of capacity, ruggedness and low-power to meet the needs of consumers and commercial users in an eco-friendly footprint.

Encryption option

Travelstar 5K500.B features optional Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) for hard-drive-level data security. Hitachi is working with the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) to ensure that our new products conform to the Storage Security specification that is expected to become an industry standard. With BDE, the data is scrambled using a key as it is written to the disk then descrambled with the key as it is retrieved, giving users the highest level of data protection available. It also speeds and simplifies the drive re-deployment process. By deleting the encryption key, the data is rendered unreadable, thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming data-overwrite.

• Lowest power consumption in its class
• Halogen-free for eco-friendly footprint
• Serial ATA 3Gb/s 
• Security: Bulk Data Encryption option 
• Enhanced availability (EA) models for >>applications needing around-the-clock access in lower-transaction environments

Primary Information
Hard Drive Type	Internal
Form Factor	2.5"
Hard Drive Capacity	500 GB
Hard Drive Interface Type	Serial ATA-300
Hard Drive / Average Seek Time	12 Ms
Hard Drive Spindle Speed	5400 Rpm
Header / Model	HTS545050B9A300
Width	2.75 Inch
Depth	100.00 Inch
Height	9.50 Inch
Hard Drive
Buffer Size	8 MB
Storage Controller Type	Serial ATA-300
Hard Drive / Data Transfer Rate	300 MBps
UNSPSC Code
UNSPSC Code	43201803