Ultrastar He8
Overview
Count on the drives trusted by world's major cloud service providers and massive 24/7/365 online transaction processing (OLTP) environments. With industry-leading capacity, reliability and warranty, the Ultrastar® He8 is designed to handle workloads up to 550TB per year and lays the foundation for a worry-free data center. Innovative HelioSeal® technology allows HGST to put more platters in the same size enclosure; increasing storage capacity. The Ultrastar He8 also requires less power to operate and cool than air-filled drives. For quality, reliability at a low TCO, trust HGST to deliver more value to your data center.
Highlights
Spacious 8TB capacity in a standard 3.5-inch form factor
Industry’s best Idle and Active power efficiency (Watts/TB)
Reliable, field-proven, 2nd generation HelioSeal® process and 7Stac™ design
Rebuild Assist mode shrinks RAID recovery time and nearly eliminates system performance degradation during rebuild
Compared to 4TB Ultrastar 7K4000
- Double the capacity
- 60% more power efficient (Watts/TB)
- 1.5X to 3X faster random write performance thanks to media cache architecture
- 19% faster sequential read/write performance
SATA 6Gb/s and SAS 12Gb/s
Advanced format 4Kn and 512e models
12Gb/s SAS provides compatibility with next generation data centers
Secure erase and self-encrypting drive (SED) options supports data security and lower TCO
2.5M hours MTBF rating and 5-year limited warranty
Applications/Environments
Enterprise and data center applications where capacity density and power efficiency are paramount
Cloud and hyperscale storage
Massive scale-out (MSO), high-density data centers
Distributed file systems like Ceph™ and Hadoop® to support Big Data Analytics
RAID arrays
Video surveillance and content distribution
General Specifications | HUH728080AL4200 |
Interface | SAS 12Gb/s |
Capacity (TB) | 8 |
Sector Size | 4kn: 4096, 4112, 4160, 4224 |
Max Areal Density | 664 (8TB) |
Form Factor | 3.5" HDD |
Performance | |
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HGST He8 TB Data Sheet | 1 | 500kb | ![]() |
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Brochure | 1 | 1.1MB | ![]() |
HDD - HGST Ultrastar He8 8TB 7200RPM
High Capacity – 8TB for cloud and hyperscale storage systems
Power Efficiency – 23% lower operating power than 6TB air drives
TCOptimized™ Design – Delivers highest capacity, lower power, cooler and quieter operation test
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$AUD $871.95
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