HP 6 Gb/sec SAS Enterprise & Midline hard drives deliver high performance solutions for hosting high transaction based applications. Available in HP hot plug carriers or non-hot plug. The HP SAS Enterprise & Midline hard drives come in both 2.5in (SFF) & 3.5in (LFF) industry standard form factors & are available in a variety of capacity points to meet a wide range of requirements. The SAS interface was designed & engineered for high availability, enterprise-class data storage where performance, reliability & data integrity are crucial. High reliability for Mission Critical applications. High availability for Business Critical applications. Robust SAS interface (dual port, full duplex). Ideal for transaction processing, database applications, analytics, high performance computing & business applications. New universal hot plug carriers exclusively for HP Pro Liant Gen 8 servers. Maintaining existing universal hot plug carriers to support HP Pro Liant G7 & earlier servers & server storage.