Enterprise class, nearline storage

The demand for capacity is growing exponentially in enterprise storage systems at small-to-medium sized businesses. In the face of unpredictable storage growth needs and limited lead time for development, OEMs and channel customers are looking for reliable, high capacity storage with the ability to quickly and securely access data by plugging into today’s storage infrastructure.

Tuesday, 17th January 2017 Posted 8 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Seagate Technology plc (STX), a world leader in storage solutions, is pleased to announce the availability of its Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD v5.1 to address this challenge, offering the most cost-effective capacity-optimised drive based on a known and trusted ninth-generation nearline conventional magnetic recording (CMR) platform. This Enterprise-class HDD, available in capacities of 1TB or 2TB, is built specifically to address the entry-level bulk data needs of system architects, sales engineers and owners of small-to-medium businesses.

? The v5.1 features a SATA 6Gb/s interface with industry-standard format (512n) for easy integration into highly valued, scaleable storage systems

? Supports 10X the workloads of desktop drives by supporting maximum Enterprise nearline unstructured data workloads of 550TB/Year, and includes cost-saving features like PowerChoice and RAID Rebuild

? Provides the most cost-effective 1TB and 2TB HDDs for Enterprise-class nearline bulk data storage while providing 24/7 reliability, supporting server and storage systems in the field at the lowest possible cost structure for up to 5 years - even in the harshest environments