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HP 3TB (MB3000GBKAC): Recording Status

We have not found a manufacturer document stating the recording technology for this exact part number. We know what the drive is - a HP 3TB SATA-6G hard drive (3.5") that we track - but a recording technology printed without a source is a guess, and for RAID, NAS or ZFS use that guess is the one that matters. That is a statement about what we have found, not about what HP has published.

What the part number decodes to

We hold no vendor document that defines the segments of MB3000GBKAC, so we do not decode it.

Live rankings this model belongs to: every 3TB hard drive · 3TB SATA drives. Product pages for this part number: HP MB3000GBKAC 3TB SATA 6G (no current offer).

We hold no sourced HP model to compare against. Nearest sourced model from another maker: ST3000VX009 (Seagate SkyHawk 3TB, CMR). Listed for comparison only - two part numbers can use different recording methods, so its answer is not MB3000GBKAC's.

MakerHP
Capacity3TB
InterfaceSATA-6G
Recording technologyNo maker source found

No seller we track has MB3000GBKAC in stock right now. That describes today's listings only - it says nothing about whether the model is discontinued.

How to settle it for this drive

Read the model number on the drive's own label, then find HP's data sheet or product manual for that family. A document that prints MB3000GBKAC in its own row of a recording-technology table settles the question. A family page that names no part numbers does not: we have found maker pages that list neither a part number nor a recording method, and we no longer count them as sources. A retailer listing is not a source either - it is a seller's description, and sellers repeat what other listings say.

Documented HP drives at 3TB

We hold no maker document for any HP drive at 3TB yet, so there is no documented sibling to compare against.

When a source turns up

When we find a maker document that names MB3000GBKAC, this page will state the answer with that document linked and the date we read it, the same way our documented pages do. Until then, the honest answer is that we do not know.

In-stock drives with sourced CMR, 3TB and up