HPE SATA drives are designed for the reliability & mass storage demanded by today's entry server & external storage environments. The SATA portfolio is categorized into two categories: Entry (ETY) & Midline (MDL) drives. HPE SATA Entry drives are the lowest unit-cost solution for entry-level servers. HPE SATA Midline drives are designed with economical reliability & performance for external storage, backups & archival applications. These high capacity drives provide the lowest $/GB to our customers. Both Entry & Midline SATA drives provide the best price advantage for non-mission critical applications with low workloads of 40% or less. HPE SATA drives are available small form factor (2.5-inch) & large form factor (3.5-inch) & ship with a standard one year warranty. • Reliability for non-mission critical entry server environments, appropriate for <40% workload • Entry SATA drives offer customers the lowest acquisition cost, features include the following: • Increased reliability of Approx. two times Entry drive reliability based on <40% workload • Midline SATA offers customers the lowest $/GB drives & increased features over Entry SATA • With the attractive low acquisition cost & high capacity points of SATA drives it is important to understand the appropriate applications where SATA drives should be used. Proper usage (IE <40% workload) of these drives will lessen the probability of drive failure. • SATA Applications