IBM 73GB 15K RPM Hot-Swap SAS Hard Drive (26K5698) is an enterprise server hard drive designed for compatible IBM System x and eServer systems. It provides approximately 73.4GB of storage capacity and uses a 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface with a 15,000 RPM spindle speed. The drive uses a 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) design and supports hot-swap operation. IBM documentation identifies 26K5698 as the 73GB 15,000 RPM 3.5-inch SAS hot-swap drive, replaced by marketing part number 40K1043 and FRU 39R7348.
- Part Number: 26K5698
- Manufacturer: IBM
- Product Type: Enterprise Server Hard Drive
- Storage Capacity: 73GB / approximately 73.4GB
- Drive Type: SAS Hard Disk Drive
- Form Factor: 3.5-inch LFF
- Interface: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
- Interface Speed: 3Gb/s
- Spindle Speed: 15,000 RPM
- Cache / Buffer: 8MB
- Hot-Swap: Yes
- Hot-Plug: Yes
- Workload: MidLine (MDL)
- Application: Enterprise Server Storage
- Drive Class: 15K RPM Enterprise SAS
- Compatible Systems: IBM System x and eServer systems supporting 3.5-inch hot-swap SAS drives, including xSeries 260, xSeries 306m, x3250, x3650 and other supported configurations.
- Replacement Marketing Part Number: 40K1043
- Replacement FRU: 39R7348
- Related FRU: 26K5701
