Capacity-Optimized Enterprise Hard Drive for Bulk-Data Applications
? 8TB, 3.5-inch enterprise drive with industry-leading 6-disk technology,¹ resulting in 33% more storage in the same storage slot
? Advanced Write Caching feature to utilize enhanced algorithms, resulting in the industry's highest nearline storage workload performance efficiencies-100% performance improvement in random writes over last-generation drive
? Widely accepted, proven ninth-generation conventional perpendicular recording technology for reliable access to unstructured data in bulk storage applications
? 12Gb/s SAS and SATA 6Gb/s interfaces in industry-standard advanced formats for easy integration into replicated and RAID multi-drive storage servers and systems
? State-of-the-art cache, on-the-fly error-correction algorithms, super parity and end-to-end SAS-based data integrity for accurate data storage
? Industry-leading rotational vibration tolerance design helps ensure consistent performance in dense multi-drive systems
? Engineered for 24×7 workloads of 550TB/yr-10× that of desktop drives
? Robust performance with dual processors, ramp load technology, top-cover-attached motor and humidity sensor for optimum performance in all chassis
? Seagate Secure™ Self-Encrypting Drive featuring Instant Secure Erase for cost-saving drive retirement and secure data-at-rest protection2
? Seagate SeaTools™ diagnostic software to provide drive self-tests ensuring unnecessary downtime and maximizing TCO
Best-Fit Applications
? Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers with replicated storage
? Massive scale-out data centers and big data analytics
? High-capacity density RAID storage
? Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays (SAN, NAS, DAS)
? Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph
? Enterprise backup and restore-D2D, virtual tape
? Centralized surveillance
