Constellation ES Hard Drive

 
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Maximum capacity. Minimum effort.

Seagate® Constellation® ES hard drives can reduce data storage costs by combining high capacity and power efficiency with industry-leading reliability.

  • Capacity — Maximize your data center footprint by storing up to 114TB per square foot
  • Efficiency — Save on power and cooling costs with PowerChoice™ technology
  • Enterprise-class reliability — Ensures consistent, scalable and reliable data access 24x7
  • Highest data integrity — Enterprise-class 6Gb/s SAS ensures data is stored reliably
  • Protect your data with SED and/or FIPS 140-2 compliant options1
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3.5 Constellation ES overview 1

Trims per gigabyte storage costs.

Maximize your data center footprint with Constellation ES.2 drives. These capacity-optimized 2 and 3 TB enterprise hard drives support up to 114 TB of storage per square foot, and they offer industry-leading low power consumption.

Additionally, each Constellation ES generation includes Seagate PowerChoice™ technology for even greater savings. This innovative technology empowers IT organizations to manage storage solutions for optimal power consumption.

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SED optimizes security and ROI.

Constellation ES hard drives feature Self-Encrypting Drive models that improve data-at-rest security and enhance return on investment.

SED models with Seagate Instant Secure Erase technology cut IT drive retirement costs while securely protecting data where it lives - on the drive.1

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Reliable data access 24x7.

Each generation of Constellation ES drives features industry-leading innovations that deliver consistent, scalable and reliable data access along with robust nearline performance for multi-drive enterprise solutions.

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High-Capacity Storage Readiness

Enabling key elements for hard drive capacities over 2.1TB

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Why Nearline SAS Drives Are Entering the Capacity-Optimized Drive Market

Capacity-optimized hard drives are in demand

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Perfect when you need to:
  • Maximize capacity for bulk-data center solutions
  • Build mainstream enterprise external storage arrays (SAN, NAS, DAS)
  • Create high-capacity cloud storage
  • Store data within centralized surveillance systems
  • Simplify drive life extension and retirement strategies
  • Backup and restore — D2D, virtual tape
What do you get?
  • Highest capacities and best power efficiencies available in a 3.5-inch enterprise-class nearline drive
  • Unparalleled energy efficiency
  • Self-Encrypting Drive and FIPS 140-2 SED options1
  • SAS-based, end-to-end data integrity and enhanced error correction for accurate data storage

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: The FIPS logo is a certification mark of NIST, which does not imply product endorsement by NIST, the U.S., or Canadian governments.

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