These high-performance 7,200, 10,000, and 15,000 rpm 6 Gbps NL SATA and SAS HDD options are positioned at the top of the IBM SATA and SAS HDD line. The SATA are available in a hot-swap or simple-swap version and the SAS is available in hot-swap version.

These HDDs support entry-level server and workstation applications, such as:

- Transaction processing
- Data mining
- Data warehousing
- Professional video and graphics