Balanced capacity and performance for mobile computing
The Travelstar™ 5K250 is Hitachi’s highest capacity, 5400 RPM hard drive for notebook PCs.
With more than a 56% capacity improvement and 8% better application performance than
its predecessor, this drive is the work horse of the mobile product line. The 5K250 offers a
maximum capacity of 250 GB with best-of-breed performance in PCMark testing. Travelstar
5K250, with outstanding power management, delivers the lowest 5400 RPM power consumption,
providing longer battery life for notebook users. Hitachi has improved the shock performance
of the 5K250 by almost 23% to an industry-leading 400G, enhancing its ability to withstand
rough handling. The acoustics have also been improved over the previous generation product,
allowing users to enjoy high quality audio on their laptops. In addition, Hitachi offers optional
Bulk Data Encryption, on specific part numbers, for users looking for increased data security.
Travelstar 5K250 is designed to address the balanced requirements of notebook PC and
mobile computing users – high capacity, ruggedness, power-efficiency and speed.
Bulk Data Encryption
Travelstar 5K250 is Hitachi’s first 5400 RPM product with optional hard drive-level Bulk Data
Encryption to help guard against data loss and piracy. This new technology, where data is
scrambled using a key as it is written to the disk then descrambled with the key as it’s re-
trieved, gives users a higher level of data protection than traditional password-based security
available today. An additional benefit of Bulk Data Encryption is speeding and simplifying the
drive re-deployment process. By deleting the encryption key, the data on the drive is rendered
unreadable, thereby eliminating the need for time-consuming data-erasure.
250, 200, 160, 120 and 80 GB | 5400 RPM
SATA 3 Gb/s and 1.5 Gb/s
Highlights
Capacity range up to 250 GB
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Highest 5400 RPM application performance
in PCMark testing
Industry-leading operating shock of 400G
Best-of-breed low power consumption
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s & 1.5 Gb/s
New security option: Bulk Data Encryption
Applications
Notebook PCs
External storage
Gaming consoles
Portable video players
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Feature / Function
Benefits
Capacity
Up to 250 GB of storage
* Capacity equivalence of 250 hours of video,
89 movies, 62,500 4-min songs or 125 games
Performance
Up to 665 Mb/s media
10-25% faster application performance than
transfer rate
competitive 5400 RPM in PCMark testing
Power
1.8W read/write power
Longer battery life for more “unplugged”
0.55W low power idle
notebook time
Reliability
400G operating shock
Best protection against bumps and rough handling
1000G non-operating shock
Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC)
Better soft error rate for improved reliability
and performance
TrueTrack Technology™
Tracking accuracy in high shock or vibration
environments
Acoustics
Quiet acoustics
Richer audio-listening experience for music, movies
and games
Interface
SATA 3 Gb/s & 1.5 Gb/s
High data throughput
Security
Bulk Data Encryption option
Helps guard against data loss & piracy
(Available with 1.5 Gb/s SATA
on specific part numbers)
Features and Benefits
Travelstar
™
5K250
High-capacity notebook PC storage with new data encryption technology
2.5-INCH HARD DISK DRIVES
www.hitachiGST.com
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Actual storage may vary depending on the compression rate applied.
