Hitachi CINEMASTAR Z7K500 DATASHEET

CinemaStar™ Z7K500

2.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVES FOR VIDEO APPLICATIONS

High-performance, low-profile digital video and surveillance storage for ultra-compact designs and 24x7 CE operation

Highlights

> First 7200 RPM, 500GB

2.5-inch design

> Advanced Format with 512 byte emulation

> Video hard drive with 24x7 availability

> Low power utilization to help reduce

energy costs

> SmoothStream™ technology

> Silent-seek acoustics for quiet operation

> SMART Command Transport (SCT) for

streaming optimization

in a 7mm,

Applications / Environments

> Digital Video Recorders (DVR)

> Set-top Boxes

> DVR-enabled Televisions

> High-end Audio Systems

> Video Surveillance Systems

Features and Benets

Feature / Function Benets

Capacity Up to 500GB of storage Up to 185 hours of high-definition video, 500 hours

standard video, 178 movies or 125,000 4-min songs*

Reliability Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) Improved reliability

Media Maintenance Extends recording life and capabilities

Performance First 7200 RPM, 32MB cache model Compact, high-performance video storage

SMART Command Transport (SCT) Smoother streaming and improved error

ERP Control recovery timing for optimum A/V performance

Interface SATA 6Gb/s Higher data throughput

Eco-friendly 1.7W operating power Reduces energy cost in A/V applications

Halogen-free design Smaller carbon footprint

Acoustics Silent seek Ultra-quiet operation for improved sound quality

*Actual storage may vary depending on the compression rate applied. Capacities may not be combined.

Expanding the CinemaStar family

CinemaStar™ Z7K500 is the industry’s first one-disk, 7mm, 7200 RPM, 2.5-inch drive

designed for high-performance A/V streaming with capacities from 250GB to 500GB. These

500GB per platter models use Advanced Format and have been customized to support digital

video and surveillance applications. Advanced Format increases physical sector size from

512 bytes to 4096 (4K) bytes, thereby increasing capacities and error correction capabilities.

Consult the HGST Advanced Format Technology Brief for more information on these drives.

The slimmer CinemaStar Z7K500 is designed as a direct replacement for standard 9.5mm HDD

and is well suited for TV integration and multi-tuner digital video recorders and set top boxes.

500, 320 and 250GB

7200 RPM | SATA 6Gb/s

Designed for digital video solutions

An exceptional blend of audio/visual (AV) features fine tunes the CinemaStar Z7K500 for video

storage applications. HGST SmoothStream technology supports the ATA-7 streaming command

set, and SCT provides time-limited error recovery and thermal monitoring capabilities.

CinemaStar Z7K500 is offered with silent-seek acoustics for excellent sound quality. HGST

continues to provide near silent operation to make the Z7K500 an ideal choice for home DVR

applications and surveillance systems. The CinemaStar Z7K500 carries the HGST EcoTrac

classification due to its low power consumption and eco-friendly, halogen-free production. This

sixth generation 2.5-inch CinemaStar drive, with its superior performance, balanced capacity and

power-management delivers greater design flexibility for next-generation video systems.

Reliability leadership

CinemaStar Z7K500 elevates hard drive reliability to new levels with an improved protection

scheme for power fluctuation and enhanced TFC for improved error rates. HGST offers customers

system design and integration services including, but not limited to hard drive selection,

optimization, software compatibility assessment, performance profiling, problem analysis and

reliability consultation. Team HGST is ready to help you deliver a successful video device. The

HGST CinemaStar product line is optimized for video applications on any size system.

www.HGST.com

CinemaStar™ Z7K500

Specications

Model(s)

Conguration

Interface

Capacity (GB)

Sector size (Bytes/sector)

Recording zones

Areal density (Gbits/sq. in., max)

Performance

Data buffer (MB)

Rotational speed (RPM)

Latency average (ms)

Media transfer rate (Mbits/sec, max)

Interface transfer rate (MB/sec,)

Seek time, read (ms, typical)

Reliability

Load/unload cycles

Power on Hours (POH) per month

Availability5 (hrs/day x days/wk)

Power

Requirement

Startup (W, peak, max)

Operating6 (W, IDEMA 3-stream)

Low power idle7 (W, average)

Physical size

z-height (mm, max)

Dimensions (width x depth, mm, max)

Weight (g, max)

Environmental (operating)

Shock (half-sine wave)

Operating temperature (top cover)

Environmental (non-operating)

Shock (half-sine wave)

Ambient temperature

Acoustics (A-weighted sound power)

Idle (Bels, typical)

Operating (Bels, typical, IDEMA 3-stream)

1 One GB is equal to one billion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. Accessible capacity will vary according to operating environment and formatting. 2 Advanced Format drive: 4K physical sectors with 512 byte emulation

3 Portion of buffer used for rmware

4 Excludes command overhead 5 Designed for low duty cycle, non mission-critical digital video and surveillance applications. Note that customer environments vary application to application. 6 Assumes CE operational conditions 7 10 minutes from last command

HCC725050A7E630

HCC725032A7E630

HCC725025A7E630

SATA 6Gb/s

500 / 320 / 250

512e

630

7200

4.2

1369

600

600,000

732

24x7

+5 VDC (+/-5%)

4.5

1.7

0.8

70 x 100

325G/2ms

0o to 70o C

350/2ms

-40o to 65o C

2.3

2.4

HGST quality and service

HGST mobile hard drives are designed to the

highest quality standards and contain eld-

proven components. HGST provides worldwide technical support and integration services to enable global customers to bring their products to market quickly.

How to read the CinemaStar model number

HCC6725050A7E630 = 500GB, SATA 6Gb/s H = HGST C = CinemaStar C = Compact 72 = 7200 RPM 50 = Full capacity—500GB 50 = Capacity this model, 50 = 500GB (32 = 320GB, 25 = 250GB) A = Generation code 7 = 7mm z-height E6 = SATA 6Gb/s with 512 emulation 3 = 32MB cache 0 = Reserved

Information and Technical Support

www.hgst.com (Main Web site) www.hgst.com/partners (Partner Web site)

North America

support_usa@hgst.com Toll free: 1 888 426-5214, Direct: 1 408 717-8087

Asia Pacic

support_ap@hgst.com / 65 6840 9595

EMEA and UK

support_uk@hgst.com / 44 20 7133 0032

Germany

support_uk@hgst.com / 49 6929 993601

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