The 8TB Exos 7E10 7200 rpm SAS-3 3.5" Internal HDD from Seagate is a high performance, large capacity drive designed for demanding bulk data applications. It's suitable for hyperscale applications/cloud data centers, massive scale-out data centers, OLTP and HPC applications, high-capacity density RAID storage, and other tasks that require 24/7 operation. This 7200 rpm drive utilizes the SAS-3 12 Gb/s interface for data transfer rates of up to 255 MB/s. Moreover, as a professional-grade drive, it has a MTBF rating of 2.0 million hours, an endurance rating of 550TB, a 0.44% annualized failure rate, and operates for up to 8760 hours per year.
Best-Fit Applications
- Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers
- Massive scale-out data centers
- OLTP and HPC applications
- High-capacity density RAID storage
- Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays
- Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph
- Enterprise backup and restore - D2D, virtual tape
- Centralized surveillance
Enterprise Drive for Bulk Data Applications
This Exos 7E10 hard drive supports up to 8TB, offering bulk data storage for data center infrastructures requiring a highly reliable enterprise hard drive. Exos 7E10 provides cost effective, reliable access to unstructured data. The Exos 7E10 drive helps to catalyze the datasphere, enabling data center architects and IT professionals to deliver trusted performance, rock-solid reliability, ironclad security, and low TCO for demanding 24/7 operations.
Robust Bulk Data Storage for a 24/7 World
This Exos 7E10 drive is backed by a 2 million hour MTBF rating and supports workloads of 550TB per year, which is 10× that of desktop hard drives. With a 256MB cache, on-the-fly error correction algorithms, and rotational vibration design, the Exos 7E10 helps ensure consistent performance in replicated and RAID multi-drive systems.
High Performance for Mainstream Data Center Applications
Meet your storage workload requirements with a very efficient and cost-effective data center footprint. The Exos 7E10 delivers easy integration into bulk storage systems with its 12 Gb/s SAS interface option. With user-definable innovative technology advancements like PowerChoice and Seagate RAID Rebuild, you can tailor your nearline storage requirements for even greater improvements in lowering your TCO.
Enhanced Reliability, Data Protection, and Security
Advanced security features help protect data where it lives - on the drive. Exos 7E10 prevents unauthorized drive access and safeguards stored data with security features that include Secure Downloads & Diagnostics, TCG-compliant Self-Encrypting Drive, and government-grade FIPS/Common Criteria tamper-resistant hard drive. Seagate Secure drives simplify drive repurposing and disposal, help protect data-at-rest, and comply with corporate and federal data security mandates.