Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD 8TB 3.5IN 7200RPM 6GB/S SATA 512E

Capacity-Optimized Enterprise Hard Drive for Bulk-Data Applications

• 8TB, 3.5-inch enterprise drive with industry-leading 6-disk technology,¹ resulting in 33% more storage in the same storage slot

• Advanced Write Caching feature to utilize enhanced algorithms, resulting in the industry's highest nearline storage workload performance efficiencies-100% performance improvement in random writes over last-generation drive

• Widely accepted, proven ninth-generation conventional perpendicular recording technology for reliable access to unstructured data in bulk storage applications

• 12Gb/s SAS and SATA 6Gb/s interfaces in industry-standard advanced formats for easy integration into replicated and RAID multi-drive storage servers and systems

• State-of-the-art cache, on-the-fly error-correction algorithms, super parity and end-to-end SAS-based data integrity for accurate data storage

• Industry-leading rotational vibration tolerance design helps ensure consistent performance in dense multi-drive systems

• 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 Secure™ Self-Encrypting Drive featuring Instant Secure Erase for cost-saving drive retirement and secure data-at-rest protection2

• Seagate SeaTools™ diagnostic software to provide drive self-tests ensuring unnecessary downtime and maximizing TCO

Best-Fit Applications

• Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers with replicated storage

• Massive scale-out data centers and big data analytics

• High-capacity density RAID storage

• Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays (SAN, NAS, DAS)

• Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph

• Enterprise backup and restore-D2D, virtual tape

• Centralized surveillance