Constellation Hard Drive

 
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Bulk data storage in a small footprint

The Seagate® Constellation.2™ drive is the only 2.5 inch enterprise-class hard drive delivering a 1TB capacity as well as enterprise reliability at the industry’s lowest power consumption for storage-hungry nearline applications. Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS Validated™ SED security options are available to help you protect your data.1

  • Maximises the data centre footprint with up to 76TB per square foot
  • Energy efficient storage at under 3.9 watts (idling)
  • Highest nearline reliability with an MTBF of 1.4M hours
  • 6Gb/s performance in both SAS and SATA interfaces
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Unparalleled power savings

Constellation.2 hard drives reduce per-gigabyte cooling and energy costs by packing high capacities into an SFF, low-power-consumption drive.

Included Seagate® PowerChoice™ technology can further reduce energy costs by empowering IT organisations to tailor systems for optimal performance and power consumption.

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Big storage for small spaces

Constellation.2 hard drives can help you deploy additional enterprise storage without expanding your data centre.

With its 15mm z-height, the 1TB model is the first 2.5 inch hard drive capacity-optimised for dense space-constrained data centres. This model can help you store twice as much data in the same footprint, supporting up to 76TB of storage per square foot.

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Secure self-encryption

Constellation.2 hard drives are available as Self-Encrypting Drive models. SED options can improve data-at-rest security and reduce drive retirement costs.

Meets regulatory data security compliance requirements and is FIPS 140-2 Validated™ to protect data classed as Sensitive but Unclassified and Protected.1

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Perfect when you need to:
  • Maximise capacity in servers and blade servers
  • Build high-density direct attached storage (DAS), storage area networks (SANs) and network attached storage (NAS)
  • Store rich media content and centralised surveillance data
  • Serve cloud-computing storage requirements
  • Secure sensitive data at rest
  • Simplify drive life extension and retirement strategies
What do you get?
  • The highest capacities and best reliability available in an SFF 7,200 RPM enterprise-class nearline drive.
  • Best-in-class rotational vibration tolerance ensures unrivalled performance in high-spindle-density applications, and multi-drive firmware maximises system availability
  • Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models with Seagate Instant Secure Erase technology1
  • The choice of 6Gb/s SAS with improved data integrity, scalability and fastest data access or SATA 6Gb/s for economical 7,200 RPM performance
  • 2.5 inch 1TB capacity-optimised drive for dense, space-constrained data centres allows you to store twice as much data in the same footprint

1Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated drives are not available in all models or countries. May require TCG-compliant host or controller support. TM: A Certification Mark of NIST, which does not imply product endorsement by NIST, nor by the US or Canadian governments.

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