Western Digital Ships Fourth-Generation Helium Hard Drive Platform with Ultrastar He12 12TB Advanced Storage Hard Drives
April 26 2017 - 7:57AM
Business Wire
Enterprise-Class HDDs Using HelioSeal®
Technology Deliver Breakthrough Performance and Capacity for
Intense Data and Extreme Demands for Enterprise, Cloud and
Hyperscale Workloads
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that it has
begun shipping its fourth-generation helium-based hard drive with
its 12TB HGST-branded Ultrastar® He12 hard drive. The Ultrastar
He12 12TB hard drive is the next generation of the company’s
award-winning high capacity enterprise-class drive with HelioSeal
technology, providing customers with a data storage solution
addressing the expansive information management needs and demanding
performance requirements of today’s enterprise, cloud and
hyperscale workloads.
“We have again raised the bar in enterprise storage with the
industry’s most advanced and cost-effective highest capacity helium
HDD storage solutions,” said Mark Grace, senior vice president of
devices at Western Digital. “The Ultrastar He12 hard drive advances
Western Digital’s portfolio leveraging the HelioSeal platform to
deliver industry-leading high capacity HDD storage with exceptional
power efficiency. Western Digital has shipped over 15M helium-based
high capacity drives to date and continues to support our customers
with outstanding reliability and Quality of Service (QoS). Our
industry-leading data center portfolio enables customers across the
spectrum to meet their evolving and dynamic data center
demand.”
Ultrastar He12 Helium HDD
Known for high quality, the enterprise-class Ultrastar He12 HDD
features 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 Ultrastar He12
HDD 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 Ultrastar He12 HDD design adds an eighth disk, two more than
the highest capacity air-based enterprise drive, which enabled the
capacity increase to 12TB, 50 percent more than the highest
air-based enterprise drive. 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 Ultrastar He12
HDD is perfect for any application that requires massive amounts of
cost-effective storage.
Features and Specifications:
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
Availability
The Ultrastar He12 HDD is currently shipping to distribution and
comes with a 5-year limited warranty. For more information on the
He12 12TB drive, visit:
http://www.hgst.com/products/hard-drives/ultrastar-he12.
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.
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 He12 Helium HDD 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 our most recently filed periodic report 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.
© 2017 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, HelioSeal and Ultrastar are registered
trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its
affiliates in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other marks are
the property of their respective owners. property of their
respective owners. As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB)
= one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on
operating environment. Product specifications subject to change
without notice. Not all products are available in all regions of
the world.
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