New Enterprise-Class HDDs and SSDs Deliver
Breakthrough Performance and Capacity
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today further expanded its
data center SSD and HDD portfolio with the introduction of
next-generation storage solutions designed to help IT managers
address the intensive data and extreme performance demands of
today’s enterprise, cloud and hyperscale workloads.
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The new solutions include the blazingly fast HGST-branded
Ultrastar® SN200 NVMe-compatible PCIe solid-state drive (SSD)
series, which offers class-leading random read performance of up to
1.2 million IOPS in key workloads1, and the company’s fastest and
highest capacity SAS SSD to date, the HGST-branded Ultrastar SS200
Series SSD. The company also introduced its fourth-generation
helium-based HelioSeal™ enterprise-class hard disk drive (HDD), the
12TB2 HGST-branded Ultrastar He12 drive. Additionally, the company
announced it will extend the He12 platform to 14TB, leveraging
Shingled Magnetic Recording (SMR).
“We have raised the bar in enterprise storage with our most
advanced and highest capacity enterprise-class SAS SSD, NVMe SSD,
and HDD solutions to date,” said Mark Grace, senior vice president
of devices at Western Digital. “The unparalleled performance of the
new Ultrastar SN200 Series NVMe PCIe solution brings outstanding
responsiveness and throughput to even the most demanding data
center applications, while our new Ultrastar SS200 Series SSD
delivers the ideal balance of speed and capacity to the high volume
workloads and critical applications that are best addressed by the
capabilities of SAS SSDs. Additionally, the He12 HDD is a great
addition to our enterprise hard drive family, leveraging the
HelioSeal platform to deliver the highest capacity with exceptional
power efficiency. With their outstanding reliability and Quality of
Service (QoS), these new additions to our industry-leading data
center portfolio enable customers across the spectrum to meet their
evolving and dynamic data center demand.”
Ultrastar SN200 SSD Delivers Next-Generation NVMe PCIe
Storage Capacity, Speed
The Ultrastar SN200 NVMe SSD series is the highest capacity NVMe
PCIe SSD available today in 2.5-inch and Half-Height, Half-Length
(HH-HL) form factors. Leveraging Western Digital’s advanced memory
technology, it is the company’s fastest NVMe PCIe SSD to date,
offering up to 100 percent more sequential read, and up to 61
percent more random read performance than the company’s
previous-generation NVMe-compliant SSD3, the HGST-branded Ultrastar
SN150 SSD. Available in capacities ranging from 800GB to 7.68TB,
the extreme performance and superior capacity of the new NVMe PCIe
SSD, in combination with its outstanding QoS, make it ideal for
workload-intensive cloud and hyperscale environments that demand
instant response times, such as ecommerce, search and social
networks, as well as environments processing massive volumes of
data in real-time, including intensive analytics.
Ultrastar SS200 SAS Enterprise-Class SSD Transforms
Data Centers
The Ultrastar SS200 SSD is the highest capacity and highest
performing SAS SSD from the company to date. It is built to
efficiently deliver superior capacity, low-latency performance and
the outstanding endurance needed to help data center managers
address the rapidly growing volume and velocity of data from
today’s critical applications, while at the same time balancing
their total cost of ownership (TCO). Offered in capacities up to
7.68TB, it brings new capabilities and possibilities to storage
arrays, hyperconverged and software-defined architectures that
require dual-port design with a SAS interface.
The enterprise class Ultrastar SS200 SSD is available in two
endurance classes to meet customers’ needs, including 1 and 3
random drive writes per day (DWPD)4. Leveraging advanced NAND
management technology, the SSD offers tremendous read performance
(up to 1,800MB/s sequential/up to 250,0000 4KiB IOPS random)
without compromising on write performance (up to 1,000 MB/s
sequential/up to 86,000 4KiB IOPS random)5. This makes it ideal for
a wide variety of data-intensive, critical enterprise and
cloud-based applications.
In addition, the Ultrastar SS200, leverages the company’s latest
generation Guardian Technology™ platform, a proprietary and
comprehensive set of features and technologies that significantly
improve endurance and reliability, helps safeguard against data
loss, and further ensures outstanding QoS.
Ultrastar He12 Helium HDD
The He12 is Western Digital’s fourth-generation helium HDD,
featuring an industry-first eight-disk design, to deliver 12TB
capacity using PMR technology in a standard 3.5-inch form factor.
It is the world’s highest capacity hard disk drive for active
random workloads. Utilizing Western Digital’s unique HelioSeal
process that seals helium in the drive to help provide the highest
capacity HDD and exceptional power efficiency, the He12 comes in a
single 12TB capacity point and offers either a SATA or SAS
interface both using Advanced Format. HelioSeal technology utilizes
helium with 1/7 the density of air, enabling the use of thinner
disks, while maintaining a stable recording interface. The unique
He12 design adds an eighth disk, two more than the highest capacity
air-based drive, which enabled the capacity increase to 12TB, 50
percent more than the highest air-based design. This additional
capacity provides for increased storage density, reducing
associated data center infrastructure required to store a given
amount of data. It also encompasses a low-power design without
compromising performance, which helps reduce overall cost of
ownership. The He12 is perfect for any application that requires
massive amounts of cost-effective storage.
The company will extend the He12 platform further, leveraging
SMR to provide even more capacity from the same essential hardware.
The SMR version of the drive will deliver 14TB and will support, in
particular, many cloud service providers that have implemented SMR
support in their software architectures to more cost effectively
store ever increasing data associated with the services they
provide.
Features and Specifications:
Ultrastar SN200 NVMe PCIe SSD Series
- PCIe Gen 3 and NVMe 1.2 compatible
- Offering best-in-class 70/30 mixed
read/write random performance of up to 560,000 4KiB IOPS6
- Storage capacity up to 7.68TB in both
2.5-inch SFF and HH-HL AIC form factors; the highest capacity NVMe
PCIe SSD available in these form factors
- Superior Enterprise-grade reliability:
Flash-aware RAID, end-to-end data-path protection, advanced ECC,
secure erase, PowerSafe™ power-loss protection
Ultrastar SS200 SAS SSD
- Enterprise-grade 12Gb/s SAS SSD;
backward compatible with 6Gb/s SAS
- Available in capacities from 400GB to
7.68TB in 2.5-inch drive form factor
- Read Performance: Up to 1,800MB/s
sequential read and up to 250,000 4KiB IOPS in random reads
- Write Performance: Up to 1,000MB/s
sequential writes; endurance of 3 or 1 random drive writes per day
for 5 years
- Data Security: Instant Secure Erase
(ISE) and Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) options including TCG
Enterprise
Ultrastar He12 Helium HDD
- HelioSeal: Western Digital’s fourth
generation, based on exclusive HelioSeal technology, bringing the
highest capacity HDD to market much sooner than competing
technologies
- World’s first 8-disk design, 12TB
capacity, available with either 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA
interface
- Data Security: Instant Secure Erase,
sanitize and safely redeploy HDDs using the Instant Secure Erase
feature
- SED Features: Help protect end user
data with encryption (Self Encrypting Drive)
- Reliability: Amongst the industry’s
highest MTBF rating at 2.5M hours with a 5-year limited
warranty
Availability
The Ultrastar SN200 NVMe SSD Series and the Ultrastar SS200 SAS
SSD are currently sampling to select customers, and will be
generally available in the first quarter of the 2017 calendar year.
The company is also currently sampling to select OEMs the Ultrastar
He12, which will be generally available the first half of the 2017
calendar year, and the 14TB SMR HDD, which will be generally
available in the middle of 2017 calendar year.
About Western Digital
Western Digital is an industry-leading provider of storage
technologies and solutions that enable people to create, leverage,
experience and preserve data. The company addresses ever-changing
market needs by providing a full portfolio of compelling,
high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused innovation,
high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products are marketed
under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs, distributors,
resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and consumers. Financial
and investor information is available on the company's Investor
Relations website at investor.wdc.com.
© 2016 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, HGST, WD, SanDisk, Ultrastar, HelioSeal,
and Guardian Technology are registered trademarks or trademarks of
Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and/or
other countries.
1 – Denotes demonstrated speed in HH-HL version only.
2 – TB = 1 terabyte (TB) = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user
capacity less.
3 – Denotes speed increase to HH-HL version only.
4 – DW/D endurance specification using 4KiB random write
workload for 5 years.
5 – Based on endurance class of 3 drive writes per day for 5
years.
6 – Best-in-class claim based on 6.4TB HH-HL version only.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including statements concerning the development, performance and
capacity, capabilities, applications, and availability of the
Ultrastar SN200 NVMe PCIe SSD series, the Ultrastar SS200 SAS SSD,
and the Ultrastar He12 Helium HDD products, and the HelioSeal
platform. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that may
cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate including,
among others: volatility in global economic conditions; business
conditions and growth in the storage ecosystem; impact of
competitive products and pricing; market acceptance and cost of
commodity materials and specialized product components; actions by
competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; our
development and introduction of products based on new technologies
and expansion into new data storage markets; risks associated with
acquisitions, mergers and joint ventures; difficulties or delays in
manufacturing; and other risks and uncertainties listed in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including the company’s Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on
Nov. 8, 2016, to which your attention is directed. The company
undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release
in the event facts or circumstances change after the date of this
release.
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