Features

• Market-leading 18 TB HDD offering the highest capacity available for more petabytes per rack
• Highly reliable performance with enhanced caching, making it the logical choice for cloud data centre and massive scale-out data centre applications
• Hyperscale SATA model tuned for large data transfers and low latency
• PowerBalance™ feature optimises Watts/TB
• Maximise total cost of ownership savings through lower power and weight with helium sealed-drive design
• Proven helium side-sealing weld technology for added handling robustness and leak protection
• Digital environmental sensors to monitor internal drive conditions for optimal operation and performance
• Data protection and security — Seagate Secure™ features for safe, affordable, fast and easy drive retirement
• Proven enterprise-class reliability backed by 5-year limited warranty and 2.5M-hr MTBF rating

Best-Fit Applications

• Scalable hyperscale applications/cloud data centres
• Massive scale-out data centres
• Big data applications
• High-capacity density RAID storage
• Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays
• Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph
• Enterprise backup and restore —D2D, virtual tape
• Centralised surveillance