Top
Author
Updated
25 Feb 2025Form Number
LP1059PDF size
36 pages, 280 KBSubscribed to LP1059.
Thank you for your feedback.
Download PDF
* Only available in selected markets
Abstract
Lenovo offers a broad range of hard disk drives (HDD) ranging from entry level to industry leading capacity points. Lenovo HDDs are optimized to deliver maximum performance on Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and all HDDs undergo stringent compatibility and reliability testing to ensure best performance in 24x7 operational environments. Lenovo HDDs are available in two different interfaces – SAS and SATA, and in a variety of capacity points.
Change History
Changes in the February 25, 2025 update:
- Added the following drives:
- ThinkSystem SR630 V4 2.5" 1.2TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD, 4XB7B01770
- ThinkSystem SR630 V4 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7B01771
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 2TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01233
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01235
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01237
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01239
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01241
Overview
Lenovo offers a broad range of hard disk drives (HDD) ranging from entry-level drives to industry leading capacity and high-RPM offerings. Lenovo HDDs are optimized to deliver maximum performance on Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and all HDDs undergo stringent compatibility and reliability testing to ensure best performance in 24x7 operational environments.
Lenovo HDDs are available with a variety of features:
- 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch form factors
- Hot-swap, simple-swap or non-hot-swap trays
- 12 Gbps or 6 Gbps interface speeds
- SAS, NL SAS or NL SATA protocols
- 15K, 10K or 7200 RPM rotational speeds
- Self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
Lenovo HDDs provide outstanding performance, high capacity and reliability.
- Outstanding performance for all mission critical applications
Enterprise HDDs with enhanced sequential and random read/write performance, designed for critical business applications
- Offering highest capacity HDDs from industry leaders
Lenovo offers a wide range of HDDs from storage industry leaders to ensure the best technology and highest capacity points are available to our customers
- Excellent reliability and performance in 24x7 operational environments
Lenovo uses comprehensive validation and quality control measures to ensure best reliability and performance for all application workloads under 24x7 operation
- Protect data with Self-Encrypting drives
Lenovo offers Self-encrypting drives (SED drives) to protect customer data against loss or theft as well as secure drive retirement, disposal, or repurposing. The tables in the Ordering information section indicate which drives offer SED encryption support.
- Helium-filled drive assemblies for drives 12TB and larger
Helium provides a more stable environment and less turbulence and resistance to the flying heads. This enables a larger number of platters which results in larger storage capacity. The use of Helium also results in lower power consumption compared to air-filled drives.
Workload limit: All Enterprise 7200 RPM NL SAS and NL SATA drives have a workload limit of 550TB/year. 10K and 15K SAS drives do not have a workload limit.
Ordering information
The following tables list the drive options for internal storage of the server.
2.5-inch hot-swap drives:
3.5-inch hot-swap drives:
Simple-swap drives:
M.2 drive support: The use of M.2 drives requires an additional adapter as described in the M.2 drives subsection.
SED support: The tables include a column to indicate which drives support SED encryption. The encryption functionality can be disabled if needed. Note: Not all SED-enabled drives have "SED" in the description.
Server support - 2.5-inch Hot Swap drives
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
2.5-inch VLH drive offerings
The drives in the following table are available from Lenovo under the Vendor Logo Hardware (VLH) program.
Server support - 3.5-inch Hot Swap drives
The 3.5-inch drives are grouped into two groups:
3.5-inch 12Gb SAS HDDs
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
3.5-inch 6Gb SATA HDDs
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
Server support - Simple Swap drives
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
- Support for client drives has special conditions of use. See Special Notice for Client drives for details
- Support for client drives has special conditions of use. See Special Notice for Client drives for details
- Support for client drives has special conditions of use. See Special Notice for Client drives for details
Special notice for Client drives
Some servers support both Client HDDs and Enterprise Class HDDs. Client HDDs are designed for 8x5 operating environment whereas Enterprise Class HDDs are designed for 24x7 operating environment. Selecting the correct drive class will enable the critical areas of quality, functionality, performance, and reliability to be optimized for the target implementation.
When using Client Hard Disk Drives, you agree to the following terms of service:
-
Update the firmware once you receive the server according to the "Lenovo Client HDD Upgrade for Windows and Linux" document in the download page:
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/products/servers/thinksystem/st50/7y48/downloads/driver-list/component?name=Storage - The use of the Lenovo Online SAS/SATA Hard Disk Drive Update Program is not supported.
- Maximum of 2 Client HDDs per server is supported
- Mixing Client HDDs with other drives is not supported.
- Only supported connected to the server's onboard 6Gbps SATA controller. RAID adapters and HBAs are not supported.
- Operational availability: 8 hours/day, 5 days/week.
- Workload rate limit: < 55 TB/year*
Choosing the right drive type depends on the usage pattern. Improper use of Client HDDs (such as the workload rate exceeding 55 TB/year) will lead to significant risk and increase the drives failure rate.
* The specifications for the product assumes the I/O workload does not exceed the average annualized workload rate limit of 55 TB/year. Workloads exceeding the annualized rate may degrade and impact reliability as experienced by the particular application. The average annualized workload rate limit is in units of TB per calendar year.
Trademarks
Lenovo and the Lenovo logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both. A current list of Lenovo trademarks is available on the Web at https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/legal/copytrade/.
The following terms are trademarks of Lenovo in the United States, other countries, or both:
Lenovo®
ThinkSystem®
The following terms are trademarks of other companies:
AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Intel® is a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries.
Linux® is the trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
Windows® is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
Configure and Buy
Please select a locale
Full Change History
Changes in the November 26, 2024 update:
- Added the following drives:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD v2, 4XB7A97045
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 2TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01234
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01236
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01238
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01240
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01242
- ThinkSystem ST50 V3 3.5" 2TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A97044
- ThinkSystem ST50 V3 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7B01927
Changes in the October 31, 2024 update:
- Added new section Ordering information that lists the part numbers and feature codes for each drive, plus indicates which drives support SED encryption.
Changes in the August 27, 2024 update:
- Added the following 3.5-inch SAS drives
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A93788
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A93786
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 20TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A93784
- Added the following 3.5-inch SATA drives
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A93787
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A93785
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 20TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A93783
Changes in the May 14, 2024 update:
- Added the following drives
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 24TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A93007
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 24TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A93008
Changes in the August 8, 2023 update:
- Added the following drive
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A88064
Changes in the July 25, 2023 update:
- Added a note that all drives 22TB or larger are SED drives (self-encrypting drives) - Overview section
Changes in the May 23, 2023 update:
- Added the following 3.5-inch HDDs:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 22TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A83766
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 22TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A83765
Changes in the August 23, 2022 update:
- Added the following 2.4TB 10K SAS HDDs:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A83970
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD FIPS v2, 4XB7A84038
Changes in the May 24, 2022 update:
- Added 20TB 3.5-inch drives:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 20TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A80353
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 20TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A80354
- Added new 10TB 3.5-inch drives for the SR655:
- ThinkSystem SR655 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A82680
- ThinkSystem SR655 3.5" 10TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A82681
Changes in the March 1, 2022 update:
- Added drives for the new ST50 V2 server - Simple Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem ST50 V2 3.5" 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb NHS 512n HDD, 4XB7A77445
- ThinkSystem ST50 V2 3.5" 2TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb NHS 512n HDD, 4XB7A77446
- ThinkSystem ST50 V2 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb NHS 512n HDD, 4XB7A77447
- ThinkSystem ST50 V2 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb NHS 512e HDD, 4XB7A77448
- ThinkSystem ST50 V2 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb NHS 512e HDD, 4XB7A77449
- ThinkSystem ST50 V2 3.5" 1TB Client 7.2K SATA 6Gb NHS 512e HDD, 4XB7A77450
- ThinkSystem ST50 V2 3.5" 2TB Client 7.2K SATA 6Gb NHS 512e HDD, 4XB7A77451
Changes in the January 7, 2022 update:
- New option part numbers for simple-swap drives for the ST50 server - Simple Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem ST50 3.5" 1TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512n HDD v2, 4XB7A80527
- ThinkSystem ST50 3.5" 2TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512n HDD v2, 4XB7A80526
- ThinkSystem ST50 3.5" 4TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512n HDD v2, 4XB7A80533
- ThinkSystem ST50 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A80532
- ThinkSystem ST50 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512e HDD v2, 4XB7A80531
Changes in the November 23, 2021 update:
- New 3.5-inch drives for the SR655 - 3.5-inch Hot Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem SR655 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A80284
- ThinkSystem SR655 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A80285
Changes in the August 24, 2021 update:
- New 1.2TB 10K SAS drive in 3.5" form factor, supported in SR650 - 3.5-inch Hot Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 1.2TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD, 4XB7A77004
Changes in the June 1, 2021 update:
- New 1TB and 2TB Client SATA drives for ST50 - Simple Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem ST50 3.5" 1TB Client 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A76721
- ThinkSystem ST50 3.5" 2TB Client 7.2K SATA 6Gb Non-Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A76722
- New 18TB drives for SR655 - 3.5-inch Hot Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem SR655 3.5" 18TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A76340
- ThinkSystem SR655 3.5" 18TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A76341
Changes in the April 6, 2021 update:
- New 12TB Simple Swap drive - Simple Swap drives section
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Simple Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A08584
Changes in the February 12, 2021 update:
- The server support tables are now automatically updated (change history may not be updated).
Changes in the December 8, 2020 update:
- Additional server support for these SAS drives - Tables 4 & 5:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 7XB7A00067
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13911
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 18TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A38266
- Additional server support for these SATA drives - Tables 6 & 7:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 7XB7A00068
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13914
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 18TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A38130
Changes in the September 8, 2020 update:
- New 18TB drive options - 3.5-inch Hot Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 18TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A38130
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 18TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A38266
Changes in the May 19, 2020 update:
- The SR655 now supported the following HDDs - 3.5-inch Hot Swap drives section:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13911
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13914
Changes in the May 5, 2020 update:
- Added SR665 and SR645 to the tables
- Rearranged the server groupings and divided the servers into two tables
Changes in the April 28, 2020 update:
- New 12Gb SAS HDDs for the SR635 server - Table 4:
- ThinkSystem SR635 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A17222
- ThinkSystem SR635 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A17223
- ThinkSystem SR635 3.5" 14TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e, 4XB7A17224
- New 6Gb SATA HDDs for the SR635 server - Table 5:
- ThinkSystem SR635 3.5" 8TB 7.2K SATA 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A17225
- ThinkSystem SR635 3.5" 12TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A17226
- ThinkSystem SR635 3.5" 14TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A38184
Changes in the March 10, 2020 update:
- The following 2.5-inch HDDs are now supported on the SR655 and SR635 - Table 1:
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 900GB 15K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 7XB7A00023
- ThinkSystem 2.5" 2.4TB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 7XB7A00069 (SR655 only)
- The following 3.5-inch HDDs are now supported on the SR655 and SR635 - Table 4:
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 6TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD FIPS, 7XB7A00048
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 300GB 10K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512n HDD, 7XB7A00063
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13911 (SR635 only)
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13914 (SR635 only)
- Added two SED HDDs available under the Vendor Logo Hardware (VLH) program - Table 3:
- 300G 15K SED SAS HDD, 4HD7A64418
- 600G 15K SED SAS HDD, 4HD7A64111
Changes in the January 7, 2020 update:
- Added the ThinkSystem SR850P server to the tables
Changes in the December 10, 2019 update:
- New 16TB drive options - 3.5-inch Hot Swap drives section
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SAS 12Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13911
- ThinkSystem 3.5" 16TB 7.2K SATA 6Gb Hot Swap 512e HDD, 4XB7A13914
First published December 11, 2018
Course Detail
Employees Only Content
The content in this document with a is only visible to employees who are logged in. Logon using your Lenovo ITcode and password via Lenovo single-signon (SSO).
The author of the document has determined that this content is classified as Lenovo Internal and should not be normally be made available to people who are not employees or contractors. This includes partners, customers, and competitors. The reasons may vary and you should reach out to the authors of the document for clarification, if needed. Be cautious about sharing this content with others as it may contain sensitive information.
Any visitor to the Lenovo Press web site who is not logged on will not be able to see this employee-only content. This content is excluded from search engine indexes and will not appear in any search results.
For all users, including logged-in employees, this employee-only content does not appear in the PDF version of this document.
This functionality is cookie based. The web site will normally remember your login state between browser sessions, however, if you clear cookies at the end of a session or work in an Incognito/Private browser window, then you will need to log in each time.
If you have any questions about this feature of the Lenovo Press web, please email David Watts at dwatts@lenovo.com.
