HGST Travelstar Z7K500 - 2.5 Portable Hard Drive, 7mm The Travelstar Z7K500 is HGST second-generation 7mm, 7200 RPM 2.5 -inch hard drive, with capacities ranging from 500GB using the advanced format, which increases the physical sector size from 512 bytes to 4, 096 (4K) bytes to improve the drive capacity and error correction capabilities. The Travelstar Z7K500 is the first 2.5 -inch HDD with a SATA 6Gb/s interface and 32MB cache, and delivers peak performance at 7, 200 RPM in PCMark Vantage tests. The Z7K500 carries the EcoTrac classification thanks to its low power consumption and environmentally friendly, halogen-free manufacturing.
The Travelstar Z7K500 balances speed, energy efficiency and design flexibility to meet the demands of mobile applications. Data Security Options The Travelstar Z7K500 is HGSTs sixth generation Bulk Data Encryption (BDE) SED drive. The SED encrypts data in real time using secure keys, providing users with the highest level of data protection available. It also speeds up and simplifies drive reuse.