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Exos PROTECT EP2U12

The Seagate® Exos® PROTECT  EP2U12 is a cost-effective, petabyte-scale, rack-mounted block storage system that includes self-healing technology, advanced data protection and a full software stack.

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Exos PROTECT EP2U12

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High capacity. Small footprint.

Save space with up to 12 SSD or hard drives and dual controllers — all in a 2U rack mount enclosure. Connect up to nine expansion enclosures for a total of 120 drives.

The ideal data storage solution for emerging customers who need advanced data storage, flexibility and the highest capacity drives with the least power consumption.

Enterprise-grade platform

The standard for storage administrators seeking petabyte capability, frictionless integration, advanced features and data protection options along with management simplicity.

Essential software features include auto-tiering, Snapshots, asynchronous replication and virtual pools. Seagate’s 7th generation controller architecture yields long-term storage reliability, and the best value for performance and cost.

Ultimate availability

Self-healing technology, redundant hot-swappable controllers, drives, fans and power supplies with automatic failover and dual-path support.

The finest solution for storage administrators to nearly eliminate downtime and maximize availability. Seagate redundancy and self-healing technology delivers on continuity and recovery objectives.

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Features

Exos EP2U12

Exos EP2U24

Exos EP5U84

Form factor

Form factor
2U

Form factor
5U

Max drives

Max drives
12

Max drives
24

Max drives
84

Drive interface

Drive interface
SAS

Host external ports

Host external ports
Four per controller, eight per system SFP+ / SFP28 or mini-SAS HD

Host interface

Host interface
12Gb SAS

32/16 Gb FC

25/10 GbE iSCSI

10GBASE-T Auto to 1Gb

Included software features

Included software features
Virtual or linear pools

Thin provisioning

SSD read cache

Encryption

Auto-tiering

Snapshots

Asynchronous replication

Data protection options

Data protection options
Improved ADAPT

NRAID

RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10

Expansion

Expansion
Up to 144 drives

Expansion
Up to 336 drives

Power supply

Power supply
580W (80 PLUS Platinum)

Power supply
2200W (80 PLUS Platinum)

Dimensions H x W x D

Dimensions H x W x D
88.9mm x 483mm x 630mm

Dimensions H x W x D
220mm x 483mm x 933mm

Weight with drives

Weight with drives
30kg

Weight with drives
135kg

Hot swappable

Hot swappable
Drives, PCMs, I/O modules

Hot swappable
Drives, PSUs, cooling modules, I/O modules

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Exos PROTECT EP2U12

"Seagate has been an essential partner in our overall global storage deployments. Having the ability of scalability and performance is a must in our day-to-day operations."
Good features
We chose this device because ADAPT will help us in dealing with unexpected disasters.

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Exos PROTECT EP2U12

High capacity. Small footprint.

Save space with up to 12 SSD or hard drives and dual controllers — all in a 2U rack mount enclosure. Connect up to nine expansion enclosures for a total of 120 drives.

Enterprise-grade platform

The standard for storage administrators seeking petabyte capability, frictionless integration, advanced features and data protection options along with management simplicity.

Ultimate availability

Self-healing technology, redundant hot-swappable controllers, drives, fans and power supplies with automatic failover and dual-path support.

Which PROTECT system is right for you?

Related use cases

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