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Hard Drive Matrix

Sonnet Certified Hard Drive Matrix

Sonnet Technologies has qualified and specifies the hard drives listed here for use in Fusion storage systems. These drives were chosen for their superior performance, error handling, and reliability characteristics, especially when used in RAID groups. Sonnet recommends the use of these Enterprise/RAID edition hard drives and select, Sonnet certified desktop hard drives in your Fusion storage system to ensure system reliability and performance. STANDARD DRIVES MAY NOT BE SUPPORTED AND MAY DEGRADE SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE.

Capacity	Product Name	Fusion D400Q R400Q⁽⁴⁾	Fusion D500P D800P R400P	Fusion D400QR5 R400QR5	Fusion D800RAID R800RAID	Fusion DX800RAID	Fusion RX1600RAID RX1600Fibre RX1600 Expansion
500GB	Hitachi Deskstar E7K500, #HDS725050KLA360	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√
500GB	Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000, #HDE721050SLA330	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√
500GB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000, #HUA721050KLA330	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√
500GB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000, #HUA722050CLA330	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√
500GB	Maxtor MaxLine Pro 500, #7H500F0	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
500GB	Samsung Spinpoint F RAID, #HE502IJ	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
500GB	Seagate Barracuda ES, #ST3500630NS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√
500GB	Seagate Barracuda ES.2, #ST3500320NS⁽¹⁾	√⁽³⁾	√⁽³⁾	√⁽⁵⁾	√⁽³⁾	√
500GB	Seagate Constellation ES, #ST3500514NS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√
500GB	Western Digital RE3 Enterprise, #WD5002ABYS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
750GB	Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000, #HDE721075SLA300	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√
750GB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000, #HUA721075KLA330	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√
750GB	Samsung Spinpoint F RAID, #HE753LJ	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
750GB	Seagate Barracuda ES, #ST3750640NS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√
750GB	Seagate Barracuda ES.2, #ST3750330NS⁽¹⁾	√⁽³⁾	√⁽³⁾	√⁽⁵⁾	√⁽³⁾	√
750GB	Western Digital, RE3 Enterprise, #WD7502ABYS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
1TB	Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000C HD5721010CCA332			√⁽⁵⁾
1TB	Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000, #HDE721010SLA330	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
1TB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000, #HUA721010KLA330	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
1TB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000, #HUA722010CLA330			√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
1TB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000, #HUA722010CLA330		√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
1TB	Samsung Spinpoint F RAID, #HE103UJ	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
1TB	Seagate Barracuda ES.2, #ST31000340NS⁽¹⁾	√⁽³⁾	√⁽³⁾	√⁽⁵⁾	√⁽³⁾	√	√
1TB	Seagate Barracuda, #ST1000DM003			√⁽⁵⁾
1TB	Seagate Barracuda, #ST31000524AS			√⁽⁶⁾
1TB	Seagate Constellation ES, #ST1000NM0011		√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
1TB	Seagate Constellation ES, #ST31000524NS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
1TB	Western Digital RE3 Enterprise, #WD1002FBYS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
1.5TB	Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, #ST31500341AS⁽²⁾	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√
2TB	Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000, #HD5722020ACA330			√⁽⁵⁾
2TB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000, #HUA722020ALA330			√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
2TB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000, #HUA723020ALA640		√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
2TB	Seagate Barracuda, #ST32000524AS			√⁽⁵⁾
2TB	Seagate Barracuda, #ST2000DL003	√	√	√⁽⁶⁾	√	√	√
2TB	Seagate Barracuda, #ST2000DM001			√⁽⁵⁾
2TB	Seagate Constellation ES, #ST2000NM0011		√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
2TB	Seagate Constellation ES, #ST32000644NS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
2TB	Seagate Constellation ES, #ST32000645NS				√	√	√
2TB	Western Digital RE4-GP, #WD2002FYPS	√	√	√⁽⁵⁾
3TB	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000, #HDS723030ALA640			√⁽⁵⁾
3TB	Hitachi Ultrastar A7K3000, #HUA723030ALA640		√	√⁽⁵⁾	√	√	√
3TB	Seagate Barracuda XT, #ST33000651AS			√⁽⁶⁾
3TB	Seagate Barracuda XT, #SST3000DM003			√⁽⁵⁾
4TB	Hitachi 5K4000, #HDS5C4040ALE630			√⁽⁵⁾

Technical Notes

Seagate Barracuda ES.2 drives must have firmware version SN06 or newer. Seagate ES.2 drives with versions SN03, SN04, or SN05 are NOT compatible. Click here to view location of firmware number on hard drive.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB drives must have firmware version SD1B or CC1H or newer.
System activity lights in some older Fusion storage systems bays may always be on with Seagate ES.2 drives installed. Sonnet has fixed this issue as follows:
• APRIL, 2008: in Fusion D400Q and Fusion D500P systems with serial numbers beginning with J.
• MAY 20, 2008: In Fusion D800RAID with serial numbers beginning with G.
• All versions of Fusion D800P2, R400P, R400Q, and R800RAID are compatible with Seagate ES.2 Drives.
Fusion D400Q and R400Q do not support drives larger than 2TB when connected via FireWire or USB.
Not recommended for video editing.
Approved for video editing.