Datasheet

Data Sheet
Ultrastar
®
He
6
3.5-Inch Helium Platform
Enterprise Hard Disk Drives
Key Advantages/Highlights
• World’s first helium-filled hard drive
• Industry-first 6TB capacity
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in a standard
3.5-inch form factor
• HelioSeal™ process and 7Stac™ design are
keys to hermetically sealed drive with higher
capacity
• TCOptimized™ design delivers on key
elements of data center TCO: capacity,
power, cooling and storage density
• SAS & SATA 6Gb/s models for configuration
flexibility
• Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) options for
HDD-level data security
Applications/Environments
• High-density data centers
• Massive scale-out data centers
• Containerized data centers
• Nearline storage applications
• Bulk storage
• Enterprise and data center applications
where density and capacity are paramount
Innovation for Next-generation, High-density Data Centers
HGSTdeliverstheworld’srsthermeticallysealed,heliumharddrive,theUltrastar®He
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formassivescale-outenvironments.Whydoesheliummakeadierence?Helium
hasonlyone-sevenththedensityofair.Replacingairwithheliuminsideahard
drivedramaticallyreducestheturbulencecausedbythespinningdisks,cutspower
consumptionandresultsinalowertemperaturewithinthediskdrive.
ThereductioninturbulenceforthespinningdiskallowsHGSTtodeliveraseven-disk
designinatraditional3.5-inchformfactor.Inadditiontobeingtheworld’srsthelium-
lledharddrive,HGSTUltrastarHe
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isalsotherstharddriveintheindustrytooera
6-terabytecapacity.Thisdesignprovidesa50%capacitygainandstillreducestheenergy
neededtorunthedrivebyupto23%.
TCOptimized™ – Driving Down Data Center TCO with Helium
Theamountofdatathatcompaniesneedtostoreisgrowingexponentially,butIT
budgetsremainat.With6TB,alow5.3idlewatts,areducedweightof640g,and
runningat4-5°Ccooler,thenewUltrastarHe
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lowersdatacentertotalcostofownership
(TCO)onvirtuallyeverylevel.KeyTCObenetswhencomparedtoatypical3.5-inch,ve-
platter,air-lled4TBdrive*include:
50%
more
capacity
23%
lower
idle power
49%
better
Watts/TB
30%
quieter
operation
4ºC
cooler
operation
50g
lighter
weight
Technology Innovations Make it Happen
ThroughHGST’sinnovativeandpatentedHelioSealprocess,theUltrastarHe
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driveis
theindustry’srsthermeticallysealedhelium-lledHDDthatcanbecost-eectively
manufacturedinhighvolume.Thisuniquesealed-driveplatformprovidesapathforhigher
capacitystoragefordecadestocomewhilesignicantlyloweringcustomertotalcostof
ownership(TCO).TheinherentbenetsofheliumenableHGST’snew7Stacdiskdesignwith
6TB,makingittheworld’shighestcapacityHDDwiththebestTCOforcloudstorage,massive
scale-outenvironments,disk-to-diskbackup,andreplicatedorRAIDenvironments.
6TB | 7200 RPM
SATA 6Gb/s and SAS 6Gb/s
Features and Benefits
Feature / Function Benefits
Capacity 6TB Highest enterprise capacity hard drive available in an industry-standard 3.5-inch form factor
TCO HelioSeal Platform Delivers 50% higher capacity with 23% lower power, 30% quieter, 4ºC cooler and 50g lighter weight
Performance 7200 RPM High performance for business critical applications
Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) Maintains drive performance in high rotational vibration environments and multi-drive systems
Reliability 2.0M hours MTBF
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Industry’s highest reliability rating for Capacity Enterprise hard drives
Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC)
with internal thermal sensor
Better soft error rate for improved reliability and performance
Head load/unload Protects disk during non-operation
SMART command transport Adaptive error correction
Power Improved Watts per gigabyte (W/GB) 49% lower W/GB than 4TB air-filled drives
Acoustics 2.0 Bels (Idle) 30% quieter operation than 5-platter, 4TB 3.5-inch air-filled drives
Security Optional Bulk Data Encryption (SATA)
and TCG Enterprise_A (SAS)
Encrypt private data, providing security and easy redeployment
HelioSeal
™
* Measurements shown reflect improvements when comparing SATA models of a 4TB Ultrastar 7K4000 and 6TB Ultrastar He6