Dell 8TB 3.5-inch 7.2K SATA 6Gbps Hard Drive — J7W80

This is an 8TB 3.5-inch SATA hard drive spinning at 7.2K rpm over a 6Gbps SATA link, supplied under Dell part number J7W80 with a Western Digital mechanism inside, maker model ST8000NM023B.

Dell-labelled drives are intended for PowerEdge servers and PowerVault arrays with 3.5-inch SATA bays. Where parts look alike, the Dell part number settles which revision you have. As a Dell-labelled drive it carries Dell firmware, matching what PowerEdge servers and PowerVault arrays are set up to use. Parity RAID levels set aside space for redundancy, so size arrays on usable capacity rather than the sum of the drives. It uses 512e sectors (4K physical, 512-byte emulated), which current RAID controllers and operating systems handle natively. Capacity-class disks like this are the usual building block for backup repositories, video archives and large file shares. In an existing array, keep new disks at the same capacity, speed and interface as their neighbours. SATA drives run from SATA ports and from most server RAID controllers and host bus adapters. The part number J7W80 is the reliable reference when checking this drive against your system.

Condition is certified refurbished, and each drive is inspected, bench-tested and wiped in Johannesburg.