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Key Features and Benefits

  • Purpose-built for enterprise-class nearline applications
  • Lowest operating power for enterprise-class drives
  • Additional on-demand power savings for idle periods with PowerChoice™
  • 2X the throughput of other nearline hard drives with 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0
  • Highest RV tolerance for best-in-class nearline performance
  • Choose from SATA or SAS interfaces and 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch form factors
  • Secure your data with government-grade Self-Encrypting Drive option†
 † Self-Encrypting models require TCG compliant host or controller support.

2.5 Enterprise Drives

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Constellation™ Product Releases

  • Constellation™ Hard Drives

    Drive

    The Constellation drive offers the lowest power consumption of any enterprise drive on the market. Providing the maximum capacity in a compact 2.5-inch hard drive, it enables OEMs and system designers to provide an eco-friendly nearline server and storage solution for those space-constrained IT environments.

    Good For:

    2.5-inch servers or storage chassis where power savings is a concern, including network routers, video surveillance, kiosks, ATMs, video lottery terminals, video servers, government/military and workstations.

  • Constellation™ ES Hard Drives

    Drive

    The Constellation ES drive extends the industry's leading enterprise-based 3.5-inch with its field-proven reliability into a high-capacity (up to 2 TB) nearline drive. Based on Seagate's superior enterprise experience, this drive is designed and built for the data center with an MTBF of 1.2 million hours for enterprise-grade reliability.

    Good For:

    3.5-inch servers or storage chassis where maximum capacity is required, including maximum-capacity servers, rich media content storage, reference and compliance data storage, video surveillance and internet data centers.

  • Constellation™ Hard Drives with Secure Encryption

    Drive

    The Constellation drive offers the lowest power consumption of any enterprise drive on the market. Providing the maximum capacity in a compact 2.5–inch hard drive, it enables OEMs and system designers to provide an eco–friendly nearline server and storage solution for those space–constrained IT environments. Self–encrypting drive (SED)† capabilities provide government–grade, data–at–rest security when drives leave your control supporting drive life extension strategies.
    † Self-Encrypting models require TCG compliant host or controller support.

    Good For:

    2.5-inch servers or storage chassis where power savings is a concern, including network routers, video surveillance, kiosks, ATMs, video lottery terminals, video servers, government/military and workstations.

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