Seagate Ships World’s Fastest 6TB Drive for Scale-Out, Cloud-Based Data Centers
April 07 2014 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 Delivers
Industry-leading Performance, Ultra-High Capacity and
Eighth-Generation Enterprise Reliability
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ:STX), a world leader in storage
solutions, today announced it is now shipping the world’s fastest
6TB hard disk drive (HDD) — the Seagate® Enterprise Capacity 3.5
HDD v4. Boasting industry-leading performance, the Enterprise
Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 is an important step forward in scale-out data
infrastructures delivering supersize storage and enterprise
reliability to meet the explosive growth of corporate and
cloud-based data centers.
Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 (Photo:
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“Unstructured data growth is doubling exponentially and will
propel the digital universe to reach 16 Zettabytes of data by as
early as 20171. This will cause cloud service providers to look for
innovative ways to store more within an existing footprint while
lowering operational costs,” said Scott Horn, Seagate vice
president of marketing. “Seagate is poised to address this
challenge by offering the fastest 6TB enterprise capacity HDD based
on our proven, reliable platform meeting this never-ending demand
in both private and public cloud data centers.”
Featuring the fastest performance available for a nearline HDD,
the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 enables faster data transfers by
building on an eighth-generation platform that enables the drive to
deliver up to a 25 percent increase in performance over competing
6TB drives — making it ideal for 24 X 7 bulk data storage.
Utilizing the latest generation of 12Gb/s SAS, the drive provides
customers with the scalability for future-proofing their systems.
It is also available in an enterprise-ready SATA 6Gb/s interface
for easy system integration.
“Supermicro’s new TwinPro and wide range of SuperServer,
SuperStorage solutions all feature integrated 12Gb/s SAS 3.0
support enabling full and immediate access to the maximum
performance and capacity offered by Seagate’s new 6TB 12Gb/s
Enterprise-class HDDs,” said Wally Liaw, vice president of sales,
international at Supermicro. “In addition to the increased I/O
bandwidth, our SAS3 optimized platforms are cost competitive with
current SAS2 6Gb/s enabled systems offering customers not only
performance but also accelerated ROI advantages. With Seagate’s new
6TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4, Supermicro now offers the most
cost effective scale-out storage solutions maximized for
performance, density and energy efficiency in enterprise, data
center, cloud and HPC applications.”
A family of drives with up to 6TB of capacity, the Enterprise
Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 provides customers with the highest capacity
density needed to address an ever increasing amount of unstructured
data in an industry-standard 3.5-inch HDD. Supporting the highest
density storage per square foot in the industry, it features a 50
percent increase in capacity over the last generation (4TB)
nearline drive. Ideal for both replicated and RAID environments,
the drive delivers a lower TCO for enterprise storage by providing
the highest capacity available without sacrificing performance.
The drive employs multi-drive rotational vibration tolerance for
consistent enterprise-class performance and accurate data storage
in high density environments. With its robust 7200-RPM performance,
ramp load technology, and a humidity sensor, it delivers optimum
performance even in the harshest environments. Purpose-built for
enterprise environments, the drive utilizes the T10 and
T13-compliant power management standards enabling organizations to
tailor systems for optimal energy usage resulting in up to 90
percent more power savings.
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 Key Features:
- Industry-Leading Performance— 25
percent faster than competitive 6TB drives.
- Highest Capacity Available—Up to
6TB per drive for maximum density server and storage
solutions.
- Enterprise-Class Reliability—
Industry-leading rotational vibration tolerance for consistent
performance and enhanced error correction for accurate data
storage.
- Best-in-Class Security—
Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) with Instant Secure Erase for easy
drive disposal or repurposing and FIPS SED security options.
The drive is shipping now to select Cloud partners and resellers
globally. It will also be integrated into Seagate business and
branded storage products starting this spring. To learn more about
the Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 please visit
http://seagate.com/www/6TB_Drive.
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“Cloud service providers across the globe are amassing terabytes
of digital content each month and we expect this number to continue
its aggressive growth in the coming year,” noted Dave Reinsel,
IDC’s group vice president for storage and semiconductors. “With
this immense appetite in mind and looking at cloud architecture’s
boundless demand for solid-performing and reliable drives —
reaching higher capacities, like Seagate did with its new,
traditional 6TB drive, should be well received by IT managers
looking to meet their data center’s soaring need for storage with
the performance.”
“QNAP is excited to offer support for Seagate’s new 6TB
Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 to our users. With 50 percent
greater storage density and optimized performance for nearline
workloads, it is ideal for meeting the needs of our cloud data
center customers who demand optimized hardware for their unique
workloads as well as our high capacity SAS-enabled Turbo NAS users
who demand high capacity and high reliability data storage,” said
Meiji Chang, general manager of QNAP.
“Synology is very pleased to be working with Seagate on
enhancing its device offerings. The integration of Seagate’s new
6TB Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v4 into our upcoming product lines
will help us provide our customers with faster access to their
content while offering a new set of increased capacities,” said
Alex Wang, CEO of Synology, Inc.
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other countries. When referring to drive capacity, one terabyte, or
TB, equals one thousand billion bytes. Your computer’s operating
system may use a different standard of measurement and report a
lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used
for formatting and other functions and will not be available for
data storage.
1 Source: IDC, “Where in the World Is Storage: A Look at Byte
Density Across the Globe”IDC Doc# 243338, October 2013.
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