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Some enterprise servers end up handling non-essential functions and/or storage. This might include old, less valuable archives, records or the disposable results of day-to-day processing or manufacturing telemetry. The hardware designed to store this kind of business fall-out is known as midline (or by the acronym MDL) servers or hard drives. They should have decent performance specs, particularly as MDL servers can be or become very high-volume. The HP 628059-b21 3.1TB SATA HDD is a great example of a hard drive for MDL servers. It has appreciable mid-range specs, but comes at a great price. HP 628059-b21 SATA hard drives are designed to be compatible with typical midline server types such as the HP Proliant lines. The HP 628059-b21 isn’t an SSD or SAS drive and doesn’t need to be. They allow the user to also choose the hard-wearing memory controllers, power supplies and server types to compliment this MDL data-storing solution. When putting MDL servers together, it can be tempting to settle for the bottom of the line in specs and cost ratios. However, this may come back around if they can’t handle very high volumes, infrequent requests or low-level data-dumps. However, HP 628059-b21 hard drives are 7200rpm HDDs with an LFF form factor. They have 3TB of SATA-300 storage, thus ensuring that they could meet low- to medium-end SAS performance with a high midline-optimized capacity. HP 628059-b21 hard drives come in a tray that fits into HP Proliant DL160, Proliant DL180, Proliant DL320, Proliant DL370, Proliant DL380, Proliant DL385, Proliant ML150, Proliant ML350 or Proliant ML370 servers. Therefore, it is also easy to find memory controllers and power supplies that will fit around these hard drives. HP 628059-b21 SATA hard drives can transfer data at up to 300Mb/s, which, while perhaps not as fast as SAS drives, is a good midline speed. They have a single connection port and hot-plug features that make them easy to install or replace. HP 628059-b21 SATA hard drives were designed to have the best memory-to-cost ratio when they were released. With their 3TB SATA capacity, this still holds very true. A small number of HP 628059-b21 SATA hard drives should be sufficient to satisfy many MDL server requirements. Unlike many cheaper SATA HDDs, an HP 628059-b21 has a spinning speed of 7200RPM, which makes it relatively easy to read and write non-essential data, even over extended periods. This specification makes extra expenses for SAS memory unnecessary. HP 628059-b21 SATA hard drives can transfer data at up to 6GB per second. They can be hot-plugged into Proliant servers, thus reducing uncertainty over choices of power supplies, memory controllers and system controllers. HP 628059-b21 SATA hard drives are midline LFF HDDs designed to fit in perfectly with MDL servers such as the HP Proliant DL160, Proliant DL380, or Proliant ML350. They can form excellent non-SAS servers of about 10TB in capacity that can fulfill background, collateral functional, and storage tasks. HP 628059-b21 SATA hard drives are ideal choices when you need reliable, enduring performance, yet don’t need to splurge on expensive SAS drives. Offering over 3TB of extra memory and operating at a maximum of 7,200 RPM, this drive is an ideal alternative to the SAS drive.