Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage
solutions, today unveiled two new enterprise-class hard disk drives
(HDD) optimized for emerging cloud infrastructures and large scale data
centers— the Seagate® Terascale™ HDD and the
Seagate® Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7. Ideal for system
builders, the Terascale HDD and Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7
provide high-capacity storage in low-power configurations making them
perfect for efficiently and affordably storing the ever-growing amount
of unstructured data typically stored in the cloud.
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“Over the next eight years, the capacity shipped into the cloud will
double and by 2020 personal and enterprise clouds will account for
greater than 60 percent of the total storage capacity shipped. With this
huge shift of capacity to the cloud, storage providers will need to
deploy more storage quickly all while increasing capacity and lowering
energy costs,” said Scott Horn, Seagate vice president of marketing.
“Engineered with this mind, these new drives deliver on all fronts
providing high capacity-to-power ratios and ensuring consistent
performance at an affordable cost— making them an ideal solution for the
cloud.”
Seagate Terascale HDD— High-Capacity Meets Big Power Savings
Delivering the highest capacity HDD (4TB) available in a 3.5-inch
enterprise-class SATA HDD, the Terascale HDD provides data centers with
the maximum storage scalability they need to meet demands in low
workload, 24x7 replicated environments. An affordable enterprise
platform for storing exabytes of unstructured data in the cloud, the
drive is Seagate’s lowest $/GB enterprise HDD for use in scalable
multi-drive systems.
The Terascale HDD lowers costs by operating at one of the lowest
enterprise HDD power consumption available— as low as 4.8Watts— reducing
ongoing energy and cooling costs for multi-drive large scale operations.
As a result, the drive lowers total cost of ownership while providing
unparalleled enterprise-class reliability.
Equipped with Seagate’s own Instant Secure Erase (ISE) technology, the
Terascale HDD saves money and time by reducing drive erasure times from
hours to milliseconds providing quick, safe and easy drive disposal or
repurposing. It also features a low-cost 6Gb/s SATA interface for easy
integration with lower cost SATA infrastructures.
“As a trusted Seagate Cloud Builder Alliance partner, we have worked
closely with the company to consistently develop innovative enterprise
storage solutions with high value— and this new Terascale HDD continues
in this tradition,” said Wally Liaw, vice president of sales,
international, Supermicro. “With this new drive, we are able to deploy
innovative, cost-effective storage that scales and has low-power,
reducing our total cost of ownership. In fact, our SSG-6047R-E1R72L
supports up to 72 of these Seagate Terascale drives delivering
unprecedented drive density and capacity.”
Key features of the Seagate Terascale HDD include:
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High-Capacity— highest capacity HDD (4TB) available in a
3.5-inch enterprise-class SATA HDD enabling scalable, high-capacity
storage in 24×7 environments.
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Ultra-low Power Consumption— among the lowest operating power
in the industry for 3.5-inch enterprise HDD, delivering reduced energy
and cooling costs.
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Value— Lowest $/GB for affordable storage for 24×7 multi-drive
replicated environments.
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High Vibration Tolerance— improves drive performance for
consistent, best-in-class enterprise system reliability.
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Interface Optimization— 6Gb/s SATA interface for easy system
integration and optimized burst performance.
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Easy Drive Disposal or Repurposing— ISE feature at no
additional cost.
For more information on the Seagate Terascale HDD please visit www.seagate.com/www/terascale.
Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7— High-Capacity Meets
High Performance
Rounding out its enterprise portfolio, Seagate also today announced the
next-gen version of its Enterprise Performance 10K HDD— the Seagate
Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7. A 2.5-inch 10K-RPM enterprise hard
disk drive, the new Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7 delivers
high-capacity in a mission critical drive enabling storage professionals
to build optimum data storage solutions with consistently high
performance and reliability in a low power envelope.
The Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7 is equipped with 1.2TB of data
storage providing data centers with both the performance needed for the
most write-intensive applications and the scalability to meet storage
growth and business objectives. Ideal for mission critical server and
storage solutions, the drive is engineered for high performance
computing and high random and sequential workloads including database
transaction processing and high workload servers that process mission
critical data in power and space constrained data centers.
Extremely energy-efficient, the Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7
delivers one of the highest GB/Watt power optimization and cooling costs
in a 2.5-inch enterprise 10K HDD available. The drive also incorporates
Seagate’s PowerChoice™ technology which enables IT organizations to
tailor systems for enhanced power consumption during idle periods. It is
equipped with a 6Gb/s SAS interface for dependable ultra-fast storage.
Key features of the Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7 include:
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High-Capacity— twice the capacity of legacy 3.5-inch, 15K-RPM
hard drives at the same performance (204MB/s SDR) within a lower power
envelope.
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Unified Architecture— reduces complexity and costs by
converging disparate interfaces, form factors and security standards.
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Small Footprint— 2.5-inch form factor enables data centers to
keep pace with data growth and optimize data center real estate.
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RAID Recovery— Seagate RAID Rebuild™ technology
makes RAID recovery faster and safer.
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Instant Secure Erase Technology— makes it safe, fast,
and easy to retire or repurpose drives at no additional cost.
For more information on the Seagate Enterprise Performance 10K HDD v7
please visit www.seagate.com/www/enterprise10k.
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to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one
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