Datasheet

Data Sheet
Ultrastar
®
He
8
3.5-Inch Helium Platform
Enterprise Hard Disk Drives
Highlights
• Industry’s leading 8TB capacity
1
in a standard
3.5-inch form factor
• Industry’s best Idle and Active power
efficiency (Watts/TB)
• Reliable, field-proven, 2nd generation
HelioSeal™ process and 7Stac™ design
• Compared to 6TB air drives
» 33% more capacity
» 23% lower idle power
» 44% more power efficient (Watts/TB)
• SATA 6Gb/s and SAS 12Gb/s
» 12Gb/s SAS provides compatibility with
next gen data centers
• 2M hours MTBF
2
rating & 5-year limited warranty
• Secure erase & Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) options
• Advanced format 4Kn and 512e models
Applications/Environments
• Enterprise and data center applications
where capacity density and power efficiency
are paramount
• Cloud & Hyperscale storage
• Massive scale-out High-density data centers (MSO)
• Distributed Files Systems like Ceph
™
and
Hadoop
®
to support Big Data Analytics
• RAID arrays
• Video surveillance & content distribution
• Ideal for all mainstream enterprise capacity
applications
HelioSeal
™
Delivers Twice the Capacity Using One-Quarter Less Power
One-thirdmorecapacityand23%lowerenergyconsumption.Available
today.That’sthepowerofhelium.Deliveringtheindustry’sleading
capacityat8TB,UltrastarHe
8
isbasedonthewidelyacceptedand
provenHelioSeal™platform.HelioSealtechnologyreplacesairwith
heliuminsidethedrive,reducingairturbulenceandenabling7Stac™,a
seven-diskdesigninatraditional3.5-inchformfactor.UltrastarHe
8
goes
beyondwhatanyair-basedHDDcandoandseamlesslyintegratesinto
virtuallyanymainstreamenterpriseenvironment.Coolerandquieter
withindustry-leadingpowereciency(Watts/TB)andno-compromise
performance,theUltrastarHe
8
laysthefoundationforfuturegrowthin
massivescale-outenvironments.
TCOptimized
™
– Increasing Storage Efficiency to Drive Down Data Center TCO
Werecognizethegrowingpressuresthatdatacentersface.Volumeisexpanding,operating
costsarerisingwhilebudgetsremainat.Loweringthetotalcostofownership(TCO)
hasbecomethefocusofdatacenterarchitects.UltrastarHe
8
providesthebestTCOvalue
propositionanddeliversgreaterstorageeciencywithbreakthroughsincapacity,power
eciencyandbest-in-classperformance.ThislatestHelioSealharddriveachievesupto3X
higherrandomwriteperformancethanthepriorgeneration,UltrastarHe
6
,thankstoHGST
mediacachearchitecture,adisk-basedcachingtechnology.He
8
oersa12Gb/sSAS(6Gb/s
SATA)interfaceforeasyintegrationintohighperformance
datacenters.NewfeatureslikeRebuildAssistdramatically
reduceRAIDrebuildtimesandmaintainsystemperformance
duringtherebuildprocess.LearnmoreinourRebuildAssist
technicalbrief.
Data Security with Industry-Leading Quality and Reliability
Complianceandprivacyrequirementsdrivetheneedforincreaseddatasecurity.UltrastarHe
8

oerssecurityandencryptionoptionstoprotectdatafromunauthorizeduse.InstantSecureErase
(ISE)modelsexpeditedriveredeploymentandretirement.Encryptionmodelsprotectdatawith
hardware-basedencryption,includingaTrustedComputingGroup
(TCG)optionwithFIPS140-2certication,Level2.TheUltrastarHe
8

extendsHGST’slong-standingtraditionofreliabilityleadership
witha2M-hourMTBFratinganda5-yearlimitedwarranty.HGSTs
drivereliabilityandsecurityoptionsalsohelplowerdatacenterTCO.
Features and Benefits
Feature / Function Benefits
Capacity 8TB and 6TB 8TB provides 33% more capacity than 6TB drives
Power
Efficiency
Industry’s lowest Watts per
terabyte (W/TB)
44% lower idle W/TB than 6TB air drives
Performance Media cache architecture Delivers up to 3X better random write performance compared to He
6
Rebuild Assist mode Dramatically improves RAID recovery time and maintains system performance during recovery
SATA 6Gb/s & SAS 12Gb/s Provides compatibility with high-performance data centers
128MB cache buffer Improves response time and data management
Rotational Vibration Safeguard (RVS) Maintains drive performance in high rotational vibration environments and multi-drive systems
Reliability 2.0M hours MTBF
2
Industry’s highest reliability rating for Capacity Enterprise HDD
5-year limited warranty Better Industry’s best for enterprise-class hard drives soft error rate for improved reliability and performance
Data Security Instant Secure Erase Enables swift and efficient drive redeployment and retirement
Optional Bulk Data Encryption (SATA)
and TCG Enterprise_A (SAS)
Hardware-based encryption protects data from unauthorized use
8TB and 6TB | 7200 RPM
SATA 6Gb/s and SAS 12Gb/s
Rebuild Assist
Faster RAID recovery
while maintaining system
performance
Instant Secure
Erase
Swift and secure drive
redeployment
* vs. 6TB air drives
33%
more
capacity*
23%
lower
idle power*
44%
better
Watts/TB*