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 both 1TB capacities and enterprise reliability at the industry’s lowest power consumption for storage-hungry nearline applications. Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated™ SED security options available to help you protect your data.1

  • Maximizes data center footprint with up to 76TB per square foot
  • Energy efficient storage at under 3.9 watts (idle)
  • 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 organizations 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 center.

With its 15mm z-height, the 1TB model is the first 2.5-inch hard drive capacity-optimized for dense, space-constrained data centers. 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 Sensitive but Unclassified and Protected class data.1

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Perfect when you need to:
  • Maximize capacity in servers and blade servers
  • Build high-density direct attached storage (DAS); storage area networks (SAN); and network attached storage (NAS)
  • Store rich media content and centralized surveillance data
  • Serve cloud-computing storage requirements
  • Secure sensitive data at rest
  • Simplify your drive life extension and drive retirement strategies
What do you get?
  • The highest capacities and best reliability available in an SFF, 7200-RPM enterprise-class nearline drive.
  • Best-in-class rotational vibration tolerance ensures unrivaled performance in high spindle-density applications, and multi-drive firmware maximizes 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 7200-RPM performance
  • 2.5-inch 1TB capacity-optimized drive for dense, space-constrained data centers 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, the U.S., or Canadian governments.

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