10K RPM Server Hard Drives

Key takeaways

  • 2,843 listings match this collection right now.
  • A new server built today for this same latency-sensitive role would likely use SSDs instead; 10K drives remain the right choice mainly to keep a spinning-disk array's members matched.
  • The SCSI and Fibre Channel 10K drives in this collection use entirely different connectors from SAS, so they do not share bays with a SAS backplane at all.
  • Capacity in this class tops out well below current nearline drives, since the smaller, faster-spinning platters that give 10K its low latency cannot pack in as much data per disk.

10K RPM drives are the performance tier below 15K, most of them 2.5-inch SAS in 300GB to 2.4TB capacities. The collection also carries the SCSI and Fibre Channel 10K drives that older arrays still need.

2,843 listings in this collection, filtered from Server Hard Drives. The part number and manufacturer are stated on every listing, and the condition wherever the catalogue records one. For quantity, request a volume quote.

How to choose server hard drives

Match the interface and link rate the controller or backplane presents, the bay width (2.5-inch or 3.5-inch), and the rotational class already in the array: 10K and 15K drives for latency-sensitive duty, 7200 RPM nearline drives for capacity. Replacing an array member also means matching capacity and sector format, or the controller can reject the drive.

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