Lenovo 00YK042 8TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb/s 512e 3.5-inch Hard Drive (7XB7A00053)

The Lenovo 00YK042 is a high-capacity enterprise-class nearline hard drive engineered for Lenovo ThinkSystem and System x servers. Offering 8TB of storage capacity, a 7,200 RPM spindle speed, and a SATA 6Gb/s interface, this drive delivers an excellent balance of capacity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness for data-intensive business environments. It is designed for continuous operation and optimized for storage expansion, backup, archiving, cloud infrastructure, and virtualization workloads.

Key Features:

• Lenovo Part Number: 00YK042
• Feature Code: 7XB7A00053
• 8TB storage capacity
• 7,200 RPM spindle speed
• SATA III 6Gb/s interface
• 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF)
• 512e (512-byte emulation) sector format
• Enterprise nearline HDD design
• Hot-swap compatible in supported Lenovo ThinkSystem servers
• Optimized for RAID environments and multi-drive storage arrays
• Designed for 24x7 business operation
• Reliable bulk storage for backup, archival, and data retention applications
• Suitable for virtualization, cloud storage, file servers, and surveillance environments