EMC 900GB 10K RPM SAS 6Gb/s Enterprise Hard DriveModel: HUC109090CSS600 | EMC PN: 118033233 | HGST PN: 0B26078 | 10,000 RPM | 6Gb/s SAS

The EMC 118033233 (manufactured by HGST as the Ultrastar C10K900) is a specialized enterprise drive optimized for high-performance storage arrays. Featuring a 10,000 RPM spindle speed and a 6Gb/s SAS interface, this drive is engineered for the rigors of 24/7 data center environments. Carrying genuine EMC-certified firmware, it is a vital replacement part for maintaining the integrity and performance of VNX, VNXe, and Data Domain storage systems.

📊 Technical Specifications

• Capacity: 💾 900 GB

• Interface: ⚡ SAS 6Gb/s (Dual Port)

• Spindle Speed: 🏎️ 10,000 RPM

• Cache: 🧠 64 MB

• Form Factor: 📏 2.5-inch SFF

• MTBF: 🛡️ 2.0 Million Hours

• Sector Format: 💾 520-byte (Standard for EMC; can be reformatted to 512n)

• Recording Technology: 🖋️ CMR (Conventional Magnetic Recording)

✅ Why This Drive Rocks

• Condition: ✨ Refurbished - Excellent. Professionally audited and health-verified. Every unit is subjected to rigorous diagnostic testing and surface scanning to ensure it meets the strict uptime requirements of enterprise SAN/NAS environments.

• EMC Certified Firmware: Pre-loaded with official EMC firmware (118033233), ensuring the drive is recognized instantly by the storage processor. This prevents "unsupported drive" faults and ensures proper health telemetry within Unisphere or EMC Storage Manager.

• HGST Reliability: Built on the legendary HGST Ultrastar platform, known for superior mechanical engineering and the industry's lowest annualized failure rates (AFR).

• Enterprise Stability: Features advanced rotational vibration sensors and head-positioning technology to maintain high performance in dense, multi-drive storage shelves.

• Dual-Port Redundancy: Provides two independent data paths to ensure continuous availability in high-availability (HA) cluster configurations.

📦 Compatibility & Use Case

• Target Systems: Specifically for EMC VNX series (VNX5100, VNX5300, etc.), VNXe series, and Data Domain arrays using 2.5" Small Form Factor (SFF) drive enclosures.

• Ideal Workloads: Mission-critical primary storage, database acceleration, virtualized server environments, and enterprise-grade backup targets.

• Note on Formatting: ⚠️ Important: EMC drives are typically pre-formatted to 520-byte sectors. If using this in a standard server (like Dell or HP), it may require reformatting to 512-byte sectors using specialized utilities.