💎 HGST 300GB 15K Fibre Channel Enterprise Hard DriveModel: HUS153030VLF400 | HGST PN: 0B22171 | 15,000 RPM | 4Gb/s FC | 16MB Cache

The HGST HUS153030VLF400 is a high-performance, mission-critical drive designed for high-end Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Networks (SAN). As part of the Ultrastar 15K300 family, it combines a lightning-fast 15,000 RPM spindle speed with a 4Gb/s FC interface, delivering the ultra-low latency and high IOPS required for Tier-1 enterprise applications. This drive is a mainstay for legacy high-availability storage arrays that demand 24/7/365 reliability.

📊 Technical Specifications

• Capacity: 💾 300 GB

• Interface: ⚡ Fibre Channel (FC) 4Gb/s (40-Pin SCA)

• Spindle Speed: 🏎️ 15,000 RPM

• Cache: 🧠 16 MB

• Form Factor: 📏 3.5-inch LFF

• Average Seek Time: ⏳ 3.4 ms

• Sector Format: 💾 512n/520bps (Format dependent)

• MTBF: 🛡️ 1.6 Million Hours

✅ Why This Drive Rocks

• Condition: ✨ Refurbished - Excellent. Professionally audited and verified for 100% health. These units undergo specialized FC loop testing to ensure the interface and high-speed motor meet original enterprise performance specifications.

• 15K RPM Performance: Provides the rapid data seek times and high throughput necessary for demanding database operations, transactional processing, and high-speed virtualization.

• HGST Ultrastar Reliability: Built with professional-grade components including Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) technology, ensuring the drive maintains peak performance even in high-density storage shelves.

• Dual-Port High Availability: The Fibre Channel interface supports native dual-porting, allowing for redundant data paths to ensure system uptime in the event of a cable or controller failure.

• Legacy SAN Support: Perfect for maintaining aging EMC, HP, IBM, or Sun storage arrays that utilize 40-pin FC backplanes.

📦 Compatibility & Use Case

• Target Systems: Optimized for legacy Enterprise Storage Arrays (SANs) and Disk Array Enclosures (DAE).

• Ideal Workloads: Tier-1 storage, mission-critical databases (SQL/Oracle), transactional logs, and high-performance server boot volumes.

• System Requirements: Requires a Fibre Channel backplane and controller. Note: This is a specialized FC drive and is not compatible with standard SATA or SAS backplanes.