Seagate to Demonstrate Advanced Technology at OCP Summit 2018 to Support Accelerated Hyperscale Demand and Data Growth
March 20 2018 - 8:01AM
Business Wire
New Helium-Based, Enterprise-Ready 14TB Exos™
X14 Hard Drive Will Help Data Centers Cost-Effectively Manage
Growth
Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in data
storage solutions, today unveiled its 14TB helium-based Exos™ X14
enterprise drive at the OCP U.S. Summit 2018 in San Jose, Calif.
The Seagate® Exos X14 delivers high performance and greater
capacity for hyperscale data centers looking to efficiently and
cost-effectively manage increasing amounts of data.
Enterprises across the globe face the daunting challenge of
managing a massive increase in data volume as the world is expected
to create 163 zettabytes of data in 2025, according to a study by
analyst firm IDC and sponsored by Seagate. As the need for
hyperscale and cloud storage rises to unprecedented levels,
Seagate’s Exos X14 hard drive is a direct response to customer
demand for increased enterprise storage capacity and
efficiency.
By offering greater storage density in the same 3.5-inch
footprint, Seagate’s Exos X14 drive is ideal for hyperscale
environments. Enhanced areal density means Seagate can deliver
higher capacity storage in a smaller package—a milestone for
meeting the demand of increasing data center needs. The Exos X14
offers the industry’s lowest power consumption, smallest footprint,
and best performance in its class, making the hard drive an
affordable solution for data centers looking to maximize their
storage capabilities while reducing complexity and operational
costs.
“Our hyperscale customers want the best value in terms of total
cost of ownership and that is mainly driven by capacity, power
efficiency, enhanced caching, and predictable I/O,” said Sai
Varanasi, vice president, product line marketing, storage devices
at Seagate. “Exos X14 shines on all four fronts by delivering 14TB
with leading sustained transfer rates and random I/O responsiveness
optimized for hyperscale applications.”
To further meet the needs of global data centers, Exos X14 comes
with built-in security, Seagate Secure™, to encrypt all data
without performance degradation. The new drive also features the
United States government’s Federal Information Processing Standard
(FIPS) 140-2, Level 2 certification and the Common Criteria for
Information Technology Security Evaluation (CC) - an international
computer security certification standard (ISO/EIC 15408). Other key
features include 40 percent more petabytes per rack versus Exos
10TB drives, a 10 percent weight reduction versus air nearline
drives, and a flexible design that delivers wider integration
options and support for a greater number of workloads.
Baidu, the world’s largest Chinese search engine and leading AI
tech company, evaluated Seagate’s new hard drive comprehensively.
“Baidu attaches great importance to technological innovation and is
committed to providing a better experience and service to our users
and customers through technical innovation. Our data needs continue
to expand as our customers become increasingly reliant on
data-heavy applications, we need to work with industry partners to
build sustainable storage solutions,” said Chao Liu, senior
director, system department at Baidu. “Seagate’s Exos X14 has given
us a cost-effective way to easily accommodate our growing storage
needs.”
The drive is currently sampling to select customers and will be
followed by production availability this summer.
The Exos X14 hard drive will be on display in Seagate’s booth
#A14 at the OCP U.S. Summit 2018 alongside several other Seagate
products that meet Open Compute Project specifications. Additional
product demonstrations will showcase the Seagate Guardian Series
portfolio, Nytro Q-Boost, HAMR-based drives as well as the Nytro®
5000 NVMe SSD. Furthermore, Seagate and American Megatrends Inc.
(AMI) will demonstrate how the new AMI MegaRAC® Baseboard
Management Controller (BMC) Firmware enhance manageability of
Seagate’s enterprise Nytro 5910 NVMe SSDs. Seagate will also
exhibit MACH.2™ Multi Actuator and HAMR technology with
demonstrations conducted by Seagate and Seagate technology
partners.
For more information on the new Seagate Exos X14 HDD and other
Seagate products for enterprise data centers, visit
www.seagate.com.
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of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other
countries. Exos, Seagate Secure, Nytro and MACH.2 are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or
one of its affiliated companies in the United States and/or other
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property of their respective owners. When referring to drive
capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one
terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion 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 thus will not be
available for data storage.
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