Seagate® Constellation® ES fifth-generation drives lead the industry with a range of high capacity enterprise drive options. These drives feature enterprise-class reliability with the power and performance efficiencies that make them ideal for capacity-optimized, 24x7 multi-drive server and storage environments.
Key Features and Benefits
Reduces design and support costs by building on the Seagate best-in-class enterprise storage foundation
Features a range of high capacities—from 500GB to 2TB—in a 3.5-inch enterprise-class hard disk drive
Offers a traditional 3.5-inch form factor with enhanced rotational vibration tolerance and high data integrity for enterprise-class reliability in a cost-effective drive
Delivers proven reliability, with an MTBF* of 1.2 million hours and enhanced end-to-end data integrity with Protection Information feature
Lets you choose a 6Gb/s Enterprise SATA or 6Gb/s SAS interface easing integration and delivering up to 2x the throughput of 3Gb/s nearline hard drives
Reduces energy and cooling costs, with the lowest power consumption of any nearline 3.5-inch drive
Includes Seagate PowerChoice™ technology for even greater on-demand power savings during slow or idle periods
TCG-compliant, Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) security option eliminates the need to overwrite or physically destroy drives, enables safe return of drives for warranty or expired lease purposes and allows organizations to securely repurpose or sell hard disk drives**
Meets regulatory data security compliance requirements and is FIPS 140-2 Validated™ to protect Sensitive but Unclassified and Protected class data
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