Fujitsu Launches Endurance Drives

May 20, 2008: Fujitsu has announced the release of its latest line of 2.5" hard drives, offering capacities up to 250GB and support for 24-hour non-stop operation.

The company says the new 7200 RPM MHZ2-BK and 5400 RPM MHZ2-BS SATA drives are aimed at situations when extended or continuous operation is critical, and for business and industrial applications that require higher storage capacity.

"While it's self-evident that all HDDs get 'rested' when not being used (and are built to a 'good enough' duty cycle), it is equally true that there are many business-critical applications that do not offer any 'rest'time ... and cannot afford any downtime," said Mark Peters, an analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group.

Peters adds that such heavy operating demands require highest-duty-cycle disks designed specifically to support 'always on' environments.

"Fujitsu's newly enhanced, extended duty hard disk drives are custom designed to address this market need for continuous operation, where a regular 'good enough' approach is simply not good enough," said Peters.

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