Dell 4TB SATA 7.2K 3.5″ Hot-Plug Hard Drive (CUS Kit)

The Dell 4TB SATA drive is a 3.5-inch large form factor hot-plug hard drive for South African organisations expanding storage capacity in Dell PowerEdge rack and tower servers. It provides cost-effective high-capacity bulk storage in server RAID arrays where SSD capacity cost is prohibitive.

Dell 4TB SATA Server Drive — 7.2K Hot-Plug 3.5″ LFF

The 7200RPM spin speed and SATA 6Gbps interface provide the standard throughput for bulk capacity server storage. At 4TB per drive, multiple drives in a RAID 5 or RAID 6 array provide substantial usable capacity for backup repositories, file servers and archive storage. Hot-plug capability allows a failed drive to be removed and replaced while the server continues operating. The 512n sector format provides broad compatibility with older and current server RAID controllers. The CUS Kit designation means the drive is customer-installable without a Dell service technician visit. Find details at the Dell website.

Bulk Server Storage for South African IT Infrastructure

South African IT departments running Dell PowerEdge servers for file sharing, backup, archive and secondary storage workloads will find the Dell 4TB SATA drive a cost-effective capacity expansion option. For performance-sensitive workloads such as databases and virtual machine datastores, NVMe or SAS SSDs are preferred. For high-capacity, sequential-access workloads such as backup targets and archive storage, 7.2K SATA drives provide the best cost-per-terabyte. Browse server storage in the Components section at Briggi Tech.

SATA vs SAS for Server Hard Drives

SATA server drives are less expensive per terabyte than SAS drives at the same capacity. SAS drives provide a dual-port interface for redundant connectivity to the server backplane and higher sustained reliability specifications. For workloads where cost per terabyte is the primary concern — such as backup and archive — SATA is appropriate. For mission-critical workloads requiring maximum reliability and redundant connectivity, SAS is preferred over SATA.