isikhiye se-server
Isikhiye se-diski yombhalo yeser veri yinkqubo ebalulekileyo kumfundiselo wokusebenza kwezinhlangano, esenzelwe ngokuhlelwa imitheshwana yeser veri. Le ndawo zokusebenza ngokuhleliwe ngezindlela zokuthula okuningi, izindawo zokusebenza ezinhle futhi nezindlela zokulungisa idatha ngokukhulu. Izikhiye zeser veri zisebenza ngokuphelele kizindatayeleni nezinhlangano, zinikeza ukusebenza okuphumelelayo ngesikhathi sokuqondisa izicelo eziningi ngokushintjana. Zifaka phakathi izilimi zokulungisa amaphoyinti we- error correction, izisistema zokulungisa ukuvibra nezindlela zokuthuthukiswa kwefirmware ukuthi idatha ibe yekhono. Le diski kungenzeka ukuba namanani aphakathi amakhulu, izivivinyo zokugcina isipindamandla (spindle speeds) zingu-7200 RPM noma phezulu, futhi akxoksiwe amaprotokholi olunye lwezinhlangano. Zenziwe ukuthola imitheshwana ephuzwayo futhi inemathimekhi we MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) eningi kunezidiski zomsebenzisi. Izi diski futhi zenziwe ngezindlela zokuphatha amandla ukuthi kwenzeke ukusebenzela kahle kizindatayeleni. Ukuhlanganiswa kwazo kudinga ukuthula nomaqondo amakhubalo angcono angathola ukulingana nokushisa okuphumelelayo komsebenzi oyingqungquthelwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, le diski kungenzeka ukuba nenhlosofana ezinhle njengezindlela zokuguqula ngokushesha (hot-swapping), ukulayishwa kwezicombo (native command queuing), futhi nezindlela zokubuyekeza ifirmware kuzinhlangano.