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 2.5-inch (SFF) & 3.5-inch (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. Performance & Reliability for Multiple Application Environments. 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.