IBM 74Y6496 300GB 2.5″ 15K RPM SAS HDD Hard Disk Drives

IBM 74Y6496 Product Overview

The IBM 74Y6496 is an enterprise-class, Small Form Factor (SFF) internal hard disk drive engineered for high-performance computing, critical data centers, and heavy-transaction processing environments (such as OLTP and database management). It delivers ultra-low latency and maximum mechanical speed by utilizing a 15,000 RPM spindle speed combined with a high-bandwidth Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface.

This specific FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) is primarily optimized and designated for IBM Power Systems (pSeries/System p) including P6 and P7 server architectures, as well as specific IBM storage enclosures.

Technical Specifications

Performance & Data Transfer

• Interface Transfer Rate: 6.0 Gbps (Gigabits per second)

• Rotational Latency: Average 2.0 ms

• Seek Time: Ultra-fast enterprise-grade seek times (typically sub-3.0 ms average read)

• Application Profile: Mission-critical enterprise servers, high-density storage arrays, dynamic web hosting, cloud computing nodes, and enterprise ERP backends.

System Compatibility

This drive is engineered with specific firmware traits for reliable handshake and thermal monitoring under IBM’s Power platform. It comes integrated with the appropriate SFF hot-swap tray/caddy for:

• IBM Power Systems (pSeries): Power6 and Power7 models (e.g., specific form-factor variations of IBM 8202, 8205, 8231 systems).

• IBM AIX / Linux on Power / IBM i: Fully supported across traditional IBM UNIX and enterprise operating system environments.