Over 40 years ago, Fujitsu was manufacturing 
14-inch hard disk drives for mainframes. Today 
we’re shipping some of the fastest enterprise
3.5-inch hard disk drives in the industry. 
Leveraging our technology expertise and 
heritage, we deliver reliable, high-capacity 
HDDs for your customer’s most demanding 
storage applications.
Fujitsu 3.5-inch 15K RPM enterprise hard 
disk drives feature a host of innovations. The 
300GB, 4-platter configuration provides low 
power consumption, high reliability, and faster 
internal data rates. Interface options include 
3Gb/sec SAS, 68/80-pin U320 SCSI and 
4Gb/sec Fibre Channel.
These qualities make Fujitsu hard disk 
drives ideal for today’s most demanding 
storage environments. A variety of product 
offerings with industry leading performance 
provide systems engineers with greater 
flexibility when designing rack and tower 
servers, storage arrays, RAID systems and 
digital video systems. 
About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. is a 
subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider 
of customer-focused IT and communications 
solutions for the global marketplace. FCPA 
provides innovative solutions for the U.S. 
marketplace. Current product and service 
offerings include high-performance hard disk 
drives, scanners and scanner maintenance, 
palm vein recognition technology, 10Gb 
Ethernet switches and degaussers.
3.5-Inch,15K RPM
Enterprise Hard Disk Drives
MBA3073 • MBA3147 • MBA3300 
Printed in the U.S.A. Qty. 1M DSMBA3300NCNPFD0507
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Description MBA3073RC/NC/NP/FD MBA3147RC/NC/NP/FD MBA3300RC/NC/NP/FD 
Functional Specifications
Storage capacity (formatted)
1
73.5 GB 147.0 GB 300.0 GB 
Disks 1 2 4 
Heads (read/write) 2 4 8 
Bytes/sector 512 
Seek time Track to track Read: 0.2 ms (typ.) / Write: 0.4 ms (typ.)
Average  Read: 3.4 ms (typ) / Write: 3.9 ms (typ)
Full track Read: 8.0 ms (typ) / Write: 9.0 ms (typ) 
Average latency time 2.00 ms 
Rotational speed (RPM) 15,000 
Areal density 112.8 Gbits/sq. in. 
Data transfer To/from media 179MB/sec 
rate To/from host SAS: 3Gb/sec, SCSI: 320MB/sec, FCAL: 4Gb/sec 
Recording code 60/62 MEEPRML 
Interface
Dual Port SAS (RC Series), SCA-2 80Pin (NC Series), 68Pin Wide (NP Series), Dual Port FCAL (FC series) 
Head positioning method Rotary VCM 
Start time 30 s (typ) 
Stop time 30 s (typ) 
Buffer size SCSI 8 MB
SAS, FC 16 MB
Physical Specifications
Power Voltage 5 V ± 5%, 12 V ± 5% 
requirements Spin-up 12 V ± 5% @ 2.5 A (peak)
3.0 A (peak < 100 us) 
5 V ± 5% @ 0.8 A
Idle (typ.) SAS 12.8 W
SCSI 12.4 W
FC 13.4 W 
Dimensions (HxWxD) 25.4 mm x 101.6 mm x 146.0 mm 
Weight 800 g 
Ambient Operating 5°C to 55°C (HDD surface 60°C max) 
temperature Non-operating -40°C to 70°C
Gradient 20°C/Hour (max) 
Relative  Operating 5% to 95% (non-condensing) 
humidity Non-operating 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Max. wet bulb 29°C (operating) 
Vibration Operating 0.6 mm (5 to 20 Hz) / 1.0 G (20 to 300 Hz)
Non-operating 3.1 mm (5 to 20 Hz) / 5.0 G (20 to 300 Hz) 
Shock Operating 65 G max. (2 ms)
Non-operating 250 G max. (2 ms) 
Altitude Operating 3,048 m (max.) 
(operation) Non-operating 12,192 m (max.) 
Acoustic Noise (idle sound power) (typ.) </= 3.6 bels (idle)
Reliability Specifications
Mean time between failures (MTBF) 1,400,000 hours 
Error rates Unrecoverable errors 1 per 10
15
bits read
Seek errors 10 per 10
8
seeks
Limited Warranty 5 years (from date of purchase)
3.5-Inch, 15K RPM Enterprise Hard Disk Drive Specifications