If you’ve ever wanted a magnificently large hard disk, then I’m glad to announce that Western Digital is here to help you out. With their new HGST-branded Ultrastar He12 hard disk, it is available in 12TB capacity!
This is where things get interesting. Firstly, it’s using Western Digital’s HelioSeal platform to create this amazingly high capacity HDD storage. Remember – air restricts the read/write head’s sensitivity. That’s why Western Digital’s HelioSeal technology is great – it removes all air and filled it with helium instead. Hence the “He” part in the name, too.
Over the years, Western Digital has shipped over 15 million helium-based high capacity HDDs and they promise to continue to support us customers with outstanding reliability and quality of service. I mean, if their reliability isn’t outstanding, then it would really suck to lose 12TB of data!
The new Enterprise-class Ultrastar He12 HDD comes in an industry-first eight-disk design to deliver 12TB capacity using PMR technology in a standard 3.5-inch form factor and comes in either SATA or SAS interface, both using advanced format. That means you can stuff this in your desktop too!
Here’s a quick rundown of the Ultrastar HE12 HDD’s specs and features:
- HelioSeal: Western Digital’s fourth generation, based on exclusive HelioSeal technology, bringing the highest capacity HDD to market much sooner than competing technologies
- World’s first 8-disk design, 12TB capacity, available with either 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s SATA interface
- Data Security: Instant Secure Erase, sanitize and safely redeploy HDDs using the Instant Secure Erase feature
- SED Features: Help protect end user data with encryption (Self Encrypting Drive)
- Reliability: Amongst the industry’s highest MTBF rating at 2.5M hours
The Ultrastar He12 HDD is currently shipping to distribution and comes with a 5-year limited warranty. For more information on the He12 12TB drive, visit http://www.hgst.com/products/
Again – the Ultrastar He12 is a 3.5-inch hard disk and it comes with SATA interface too. I want one to plug it into my desktop now, actually.
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