Constellation ES drives offer the world’s highest capacity at 2TB while providing enterprise robustness for Tier 2/nearline environments. They are differentiated from 3.5-inch desktop drives by offering enterprise-class reliability and superior data integrity with a UER of 1E10-15. Enterprise-class rotational vibration tolerance provides robust protection from chassis and fan vibrations (RV 12.5 rad/sec 20 to 1500Hz). The drives are offered with either a 3-Gb/s SATA interface or a 6-Gb/s SAS 2.0 interface for superior data protection at industry-leading speeds, along with optional power saving modes with Power Choice.
Features and Benefits
- SED Encryption Support to Protect Data and Ease Disposal Costs
- Fourth-generation, enterprise, nearline drive designed for 24×7 operation
- Up to 2TB capacity for data-hungry enterprise business applications
- Best-in-class enhanced rotational vibration tolerance ensures unrivalled performance in high-density applications for continuous data access
- Enhanced efficiencies with Power Choice host-selectable power options for unprecedented savings (up to 35 percent) during slow or idle periods
- Proven reliability with multi-drive firmware maximized for enterprise system availability
- Robust performance with dual processor technology and ramp load technology
- Provides business sustainability with Seagate Unified Storage architecture
- 6Gb/s SAS performance with error detection and correction (IOEDC/IOECC) capabilities for the ultimate in data integrity
Best Fit Applications
- High-capacity data center storage
- Storage area networks (SAN), network attached storage (NAS) and direct attached storage (DAS)
- Enterprise backup and restore–D2D, virtual tape
- Centralized surveillance
- Cloud storage
Alternate Part Numbers: 9ST248-043
Compatibility:
This drive is compatible with any of our SAS drive trays and any of our SAS controllers.
