The HGST 4U60 Storage Enclosure is a high-density, scalable, and 
cost-eective design, using 60 Ultrastar® 3.5-inch drive modules in 
a 4U enclosure. It oers 2x2x4-lane SAS 12GB/s performance, high 
availability (HA), and hot-swappable components. The design is 
targeted towards data centers that need a dense solution with HA 
capabilities, while maintaining a low power proile.
DATA SHEET
4U60 Storage Enclosure 
Features
  •60 integrated Ultrastar® drive modules 
  — Available with 512e or 4Kn sector size  
(by part number)
  •Host connectivity 2 x SAS QSFP+ receptacles 
per IO Module; optional connectivity cables 
are available
  — QSFP+ to HD mini SAS cables for host
  — QSFP+ to QSFP+ cables for daisy-chaining* 
  •Hot Swappable: two power supplies  
(with integrated fans), drive modules, and IO 
modules 
  •Fully compliant with SAS 3.0 speciication for 
operation up to 12Gbps 
  •Cable management arm simpliies 
maintenance of hot-swappable CRUs
  •SCSI Enclosure Services (SES3)
  •Microsoft Certiied for Windows Server 2012 
& Windows Server 2012 R2
  •5-year limited warranty on Ultrastar HDD 
modules, 3-year limited warranty on all  
other components
4U60 STORAGE ENCLOSURE
4U enclosure
60 Ultrastar drive modules
Available in 3 capacities1: 480TB, 360TB and 240TB
Information & Technical Support
www.hgst.com/4U60
support.hgst.com/4U60
Sales Inquiries
North America: salesna@hgst.com
Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA): salesemea@hgst.com
Partners First Program
channelpartners@hgst.com
www.hgst.com/partners
Speciications
        
Capacity / Physical Size
Capacity1   Up to 480TB                                                                       
 Height 174.8 mm (6.88 in.)  – 4 Rack Units
 Width 424 mm (16.69 in.) 
 Depth 983 mm (38.7 in.) – including cable management
 Weight  480TB  
360TB / 240TB
89.81 kg (198 lbs.) – fully conigured with 60 helium HDDs
93.71 kg ( 207.6 lbs) – fully conigured with 60 air HDDs
Power and Cooling: Operating
Two 1650W PSUs, hot-swap and redundant
200240VAC auto-ranging, 47Hz-63Hz input (high line power only)                                                 
N+1 redundant fans (fans integrated in PSU) 
Environmental  OPERATING NON-OPERATING
   Temperature range 5° to 35°C -30° to 60°C    
   Humidity 8% to 80% (non-condensing) 8% to 80% (non-condensing) 
   Shock 3.5g 6ms Pulse vertical shock 8g 6ms Trapezoidal
 Vibration Random 0.25 Grms, 510Hz 
0.05 g sine wave sweep, 10300Hz
Random 0.6 Grms 10300Hz
 Acoustics <7.5dB LwA @ 23ºC
1 
  One MB is equal to one million bytes, one GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000GB (one trillion bytes) when referring to storage capacity.  
Accessible capacity will vary from the stated capacity due to formatting and partitioning of the hard drives, the operating system and other factors.
* 
Up to 4 storage enclosures supported for daisy-chaining