Specification Sheet

Capacity-Optimized Enterprise Hard Drive for Bulk-Data Applications
• Highest-capacitylargeformfactorenterprisedrive—50%morecapacityover
lastgenerationwithupto6TB—fordemandingdatagrowth
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• Fastesthigh-capacityHDDwithbest-in-classrandomandsequentialread/write
performance
• Eighth-generationdrivetechnologyforreliableaccesstobulkstorageof
unstructureddata
• Both12Gb/sSASandSATA6Gb/sinterfacesforeasyintegrationintoreplicated
andRAIDstoragesystems
• Enhancederrorcorrection,superparityandend-to-endSAS-baseddata
integrityforaccuratedatastorage
• Industry-leadingrotationalvibrationtoleranceensuresconsistentperformance.
• Improvedpowerandcoolingefciencieswithlowpowerconsumptionand
on-demandPowerChoice
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technologybasedonT10/T13powermanagement
standards
• Engineeredfor24×7workloadsof550TB/yr—10×thatofdesktopdrives
• Robustperformancewithdualprocessors,ramploadtechnology,top-cover-
attachedmotorandhumiditysensorforoptimumperformanceinallchassis
• SeagatePowerBalancemodelsavailableforthoserequiringalowerpower
consumptionwithbalancedperformance
• Self-EncryptingDrive(AES-256)withFIPS140-2validationandSeagateInstant
SecureErasecutsITdriveretirementcostswhilesecurelyprotectingdataat
rest.
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Best-Fit Applications
• Hyperscaleapplications
• High-capacityRAIDstorage
• Mainstreamenterpriseexternalstoragearrays(SAN,NAS,DAS)
• Clouddatacenters—replicatedbulkdatastorage
• Enterprisebackupandrestore—D2D,virtualtape
• Centralizedsurveillance
1SeagaterecommendsvalidatingyourcongurationwithyourHBA/RAIDcontrollermanufacturertoensurefullcapacitycapabilities.
2Self-EncryptingDrives(SED)andFIPS140-2Validateddrivesarenotavailableinallmodelsorcountries.MayrequireTCG-
complianthostorcontrollersupport.
3FIPS140-2inreview.SeeFIPS140-2Level2Certicateathttp://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2011.
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Data Sheet
Enterprise
Capacity 3.5 HDD