Western Digital’s World’s First 14TB Enterprise Hard Disk Drives Provide Cloud and Hyperscale Data Centers Big Data Capac...
October 03 2017 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
Second Generation SMR Technology Coupled
with HelioSeal® Technology Deliver Breakthrough Capacity for
Sequential Write Workloads
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), a global data storage
technology and solutions leader, today announced that it is
providing cloud and hyperscale data centers the capacity required
by big data applications with the world’s first 14TB
enterprise-class hard drive featuring host-managed shingled
magnetic recording (SMR) technology. Western Digital’s HGST-branded
Ultrastar® Hs14 delivers 40 percent more capacity and more than
twice the sequential write performance of its SMR predecessor,
enabling more economical and efficient capture of the growing
volume and variety of data.
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The future is built on the insights and predictive power of big
data. As data grows exponentially, storing it all in an affordable
and accessible manner is an ongoing challenge for enterprise and
cloud service data center operators. With a focus on total cost of
ownership (TCO), the factors of capacity per rack, power
consumption, cooling, maintenance, and acquisition cost are all
paramount. To combat the big data challenge, Ultrastar Hs14 drives
deliver unprecedented capacity leadership and online watt/TB power
efficiency for extremely low TCO by harnessing two core
complementary technologies – fourth generation HelioSeal®
technology, and second generation host-managed SMR – along with
enterprise-class reliability. These mature, field-proven
technologies provide the foundation for delivering efficient,
quality and reliable performance required by cloud and hyperscale
environments, perfect for ultra-dense scale-out storage systems
running sequential write workloads. By utilizing SMR technology,
Ultrastar Hs14 HDDs offer a 16 percent increase in capacity1 while
keeping highly predictable, highly reliable performance.
“Over 70 percent of the exabytes Western Digital ships into the
capacity enterprise segment are on helium-based high-capacity
drives and continue to support customers with outstanding
reliability, performance and value Quality of Service (QoS),” said
Mark Grace, senior vice president of devices at Western Digital.
“The TCO and reliability benefits of our HelioSeal platform are the
foundation of our leadership in high-capacity enterprise
storage.”
Ultrastar Hs14 14TB Enterprise Drive Features and
Specifications:
HelioSeal Technology: Western
Digital’s fourth-generation helium filled drive technology brings
the highest capacity hard drive to market much sooner than
competing offerings.
Host-managed SMR Technology:
Second-generation enterprise storage deployment of host-managed SMR
delivers 14TB with no compromise of performance predictability and
consistency. Host-managed SMR hard drives are designed specifically
for sequential write environments, and will not work as drop-in
replacements for traditional capacity enterprise drives.
Reliability: Amongst the industry’s
highest MTBF rating at 2.5M hours.
Availability
The Ultrastar Hs14 enterprise hard drive is currently sampling
to select OEMs and comes with a 5-year limited warranty. For more
information on the Ultrastar Hs14 14TB enterprise drive, visit:
http://www.hgst.com/products/hard-drives/ultrastar-hs14.
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Forward-looking Statement
This news release includes forward-looking statements, including
the expected availability and performance of the Ultrastar Hs14 and
its features and benefits to customers. There are a number of risks
and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements
to be inaccurate including, among others: the Hs14 may not be
available when we expect; 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 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. We do not intent to update the
information contained in this release.
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.
© 2017 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, SanDisk, HelioSeal and Ultrastar are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation
or its affiliates in the US 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.
1 Compared to 12TB drives using Perpendicular Magnetic Recording
(PMR) technology
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