Leading Storage Providers Optimise Their Platforms By Integrating Best-Of-Breed Constellation ES Hard Drive<\/p>\n
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 February 24, 2010 \u2014 Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) is now shipping its 3.5-inch Constellation\u2122 ES drive, the industry\u2019s first 2TB enterprise-class drives featuring 6Gb SAS, to customers worldwide. Designed specifically for multi-drive nearline storage environments, the Constellation ES drive has been qualified by leading enterprise OEMs and system builders who demand storage solutions of the highest capacities with increased power efficiency, enterprise-class reliability, and data security that their customers demand. The Constellation ES drive leverages Seagate\u2019s 30 years of leadership in meeting large enterprise customer needs in product development, qualification, and support.<\/p>\n
The fourth-generation, 3.5-inch Seagate\u00ae Constellation\u2122 ES drive family for 7200-RPM enterprise environments enables cost-effective, highly efficient storage with capacities of 500GB, 1TB and 2TB. Supporting up to 76TB per square foot, it offers best-in-class reliability, leading 6Gb\/s SAS or SATA 3Gb\/s performance, PowerChoice\u2122 optimized power and cooling technology, and a government-grade security option \u2013 all backed by Seagate.<\/p>\n
\u201cNearline is the fastest growing segment in enterprise storage and Seagate is committed to meeting the market demands of its OEM and system integrator partners in this space,\u201d said Carla Kennedy, vice president, Seagate Enterprise Product Line Management. \u201cSeagate\u2019s leadership in technology development, volume manufacturing and supply chain execution has resulted in an exemplary next-generation nearline solution. The Constellation\u2122 ES drive tackles the concerns of shrinking IT budgets, floor space constraints and energy consumption, efficiently and cost-effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seagate partners comment on Constellation ES:<\/p>\n
\u201cOur customers face challenges requiring the cost-effective use of space while maintaining performance and reliability,\u201d said Howard Shoobe, senior manager, Storage Product Management, Dell. \u201cThis new nearline drive provides twice the capacity of previous drives with the performance and the robust design of SAS while maintaining best value in terms of dollar-per-gigabyte.\u201d www.dell.com<\/p>\n
\u201cGreenBytes has developed next generation storage solutions that offer energy efficiency, high-performance, ease-of-use and scalability, all in a cost-effective package that addresses the sustainable needs of today\u2019s IT,\u201d said Bob Petrocelli, chief executive officer. \u201cSeagate\u2019s Constellation\u2122 hard drives are integral to the reliability of our world-class GB-X Series of inline deduplication storage appliances.\u201d www.getgreenbytes.com<\/p>\n
\u201cRorke Data\u2019s HD video and 3D film post production customers need both the increased capacity and the 6Gb\/s SAS performance of the Constellation\u2122 ES drives to meet their growing needs, especially in the world of 3D. Our Galaxy\u00ae Aurora RAID systems take full advantage of the high-capacity Constellation\u2122 ES drive by packing 72TB in under 9 inches of rack space while delivering sustained transfer rates of 3300MB\/s,\u201d said Joe Rorke, vice president of marketing, Rorke Data. www.rorke.com<\/p>\n
For more information about the Constellation family of drives, in addition to Seagate\u2019s other enterprise storage solutions, visit www.seagate.com\/www\/en-us\/.<\/p>\n
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Copyright 2010 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Printed in USA. Seagate, Seagate Technology and the Wave logo are registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and\/or other countries. Constellation and PowerChoice are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC or one of its affiliated companies in the United States and\/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes. Your computer\u2019s operating system may use a different standard of measurement and report a lower capacity. In addition, some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions, and thus will not be available for data storage. Seagate reserves the right to change, without notice, product offerings or specifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leading Storage Providers Optimise Their Platforms By Integrating Best-Of-Breed Constellation ES Hard Drive SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. \u2014 February 24, 2010 \u2014 Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) is now shipping its 3.5-inch Constellation\u2122 ES drive, the industry\u2019s first 2TB enterprise-class drives featuring 6Gb SAS, to customers worldwide. Designed specifically for multi-drive nearline storage environments, the Constellation ES drive has<\/p>\n