IBM Lenovo 1.2TB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5″ G3HS Enterprise Hard Drive

Overview

The IBM Lenovo 00WG701 is an enterprise-class, high-performance 1.2 Terabyte (TB) internal hard disk drive designed for mission-critical, high-density server configurations. Utilizing a 10,000 RPM spindle speed and a high-bandwidth 12 Gbps Serial Attached SCSI (SAS-3) dual-port interface, this drive balances capacity, low rotational latency, and high structural throughput.

This product comes pre-assembled with Lenovo’s Generation 3 Hot-Swap (G3HS) carrier tray (caddy), engineered for toolless hot-plug servicing within IBM System x and Lenovo server architectures.

Technical Specifications

Performance Metrics & Reliability

• Sustained Transfer Rate: Up to 215 MB/s sequential data delivery.

• Sector Architecture: Native 512-byte sectors (512n block formatting) ensuring maximum software compatibility with legacy operating systems without alignment penalties.

• Recording Technology: Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR).

• Dual-Port Infrastructure: Features concurrent dual-path failover mapping to support uninterrupted server connectivity in high-availability enterprise RAID arrays or Storage Area Network (SAN) targets.

• Workload Rating: Rated for robust 24/7 continuous enterprise data center execution.

Hot-Swap Caddy & Physical Properties

Carrier Assembly Context:

The drive comes mounted to the Lenovo Generation 3 Hot-Swap (G3HS) tray. This caddy includes an integrated pull-lever handle and status LED indicator transparent light pipes to report drive activity, power, and fault codes from the server’s backplane controller.

• Carrier Type: G3HS (Generation 3 Hot-Swap SFF Drive Tray).

• Drive Dimensions: 70 mm (W) × 15 mm (H) × 120 mm (D) (approximate drive dimensions inside assembly).

• Operating Voltage: Standard +5 V and +12 V rails supplied through the unified SAS backplane port connector.

Server Platform Compatibility

This drive assembly is explicitly tailored for late-generation IBM System x and early Lenovo-branded corporate enterprise scale-out platforms.

Target Compatible Server Infrastructure

• IBM / Lenovo System x Rack Servers: x3550 M5 (Machine Types 5463, 8869), x3650 M5 (Machine Types 5462, 8871)

• IBM / Lenovo Enterprise High-Density Compute: x3850 X6 / x3950 X6 (Machine Types 3837, 6241)

• Lenovo Flex System Compute Nodes: x240 M5, x280 X6, x880 X6

• Lenovo Tower Infrastructure: x3500 M5 (Machine Type 5464)

• Lenovo Entry Servers: x3250 M6 (Machine Types 3633, 3943)