Editing Hard disk drive (section)

===Enterprise and business segment===
; Server and workstation HDDs
: [[File:IBM TotalStorage Exp400.jpg|thumb|[[hot-swapping|Hot-swappable]] HDD enclosure]]
: Typically used with multiple-user computers running [[enterprise software]]. Examples are: transaction processing databases, internet infrastructure (email, webserver, e-commerce), scientific computing software, and nearline storage management software. Enterprise drives commonly operate continuously ("24/7") in demanding environments while delivering the highest possible performance without sacrificing reliability. Maximum capacity is not the primary goal, and as a result the drives are often offered in capacities that are relatively low in relation to their cost.<ref name="AutoMK-99" />
: The fastest enterprise HDDs spin at 10,000 or 15,000&nbsp;rpm, and can achieve sequential media transfer speeds above {{nowrap|1.6 Gbit/s}}<ref name="erwpnw" /> and a sustained transfer rate up to {{nowrap|1 Gbit/s}}.<ref name="erwpnw" /> Drives running at 10,000 or 15,000&nbsp;rpm use smaller platters to mitigate increased power requirements (as they have less [[air drag]]) and therefore generally have lower capacity than the highest capacity desktop drives. Enterprise HDDs are commonly connected through [[Serial Attached SCSI]] (SAS) or [[Fibre Channel]] (FC). Some support multiple ports, so they can be connected to a redundant [[host bus adapter]].
: Enterprise HDDs can have sector sizes larger than 512 bytes (often 520, 524, 528 or 536 bytes). The additional per-sector space can be used by hardware RAID controllers or applications for storing [[Data Integrity Field]] (DIF) or Data Integrity Extensions (DIX) data, resulting in higher reliability and prevention of [[silent data corruption]].<ref>{{cite web
 | url = https://oss.oracle.com/~mkp/docs/lpc08-data-integrity.pdf
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150109235547/https://oss.oracle.com/~mkp/docs/lpc08-data-integrity.pdf
 | title = Linux Data Integrity
 | date = August 30, 2008 | access-date = January 23, 2015 | archive-date = January 9, 2015
 | first = Martin K. | last = Petersen | publisher = [[Oracle Corporation]]
 | quote = Most disk drives use 512-byte sectors. [...] Enterprise drives (Parallel SCSI/SAS/FC) support 520/528 byte 'fat' sectors.
}}</ref>

;[[#VideoHDD|Surveillance hard drives]]; 
: Video recording HDDs used in network video recorders.<ref name="VHD"/>