HGST Ultrastar He6 Enterprise Hard Drive
High capacity hard drive that deliver fast and reliable enterprise-class storage, ideal for data centers, cloud storage, and more. The world's first hermetically sealed, helium-filled hard drive, the Ultrastar He6 contains up to seven disks in the same 3.5" form factor, offering up to 6TB capacity in a single drive. Specs-wise, the Ultrastar He6 operates over SATA 6Gbps host interface, features 7200RPM spinning speed, and has 64MB buffer memory. It also has lower idle power, cooler & quieter operation and lighter weight when compared with a typical HGST's air-filled drive, delivering lower TCO especially in the massive deployment of a data center.
Key Advantages/Highlights
- World’s first helium-filled hard drive
- Industry-first 6TB capacity1 in a standard 3.5-inch form factor
- HelioSeal process and 7Stac design are keys to hermetically sealed drive with higher capacity
- TCOptimized design delivers on key elements of data center TCO: capacity, power, cooling and storage density
- SAS & SATA 6Gb/s models for configuration flexibility
- Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) options for HDD-level data security
Applications/Environments
- High-density data centers
- Massive scale-out data centers
- Containerized data centers
- Nearline storage applications
- Bulk storage
- Enterprise and data center applications where density and capacity are paramount
Innovation for Next-generation, High-density Data Centers
HGST delivers the world’s first hermetically sealed, helium hard drive, the Ultrastar He6 for massive scale-out environments. Why does helium make a difference? Helium has only one-seventh the density of air. Replacing air with helium inside a hard drive dramatically reduces the turbulence caused by the spinning disks, cuts power consumption and results in a lower temperature within the disk drive.
The reduction in turbulence for the spinning disk allows HGST to deliver a seven-disk design in a traditional 3.5-inch form factor. In addition to being the world’s first helium-filled hard drive, HGST Ultrastar He6 is also the first hard drive in the industry to offer a 6-terabyte capacity. This design provides a 50% capacity gain and still reduces the energy needed to run the drive by up to 23%.
Technology Innovations Make it Happen
Through HGST’s innovative and patented HelioSeal process, the Ultrastar He6 drive is the industry’s first hermetically sealed helium-filled HDD that can be cost-effectively manufactured in high volume. This unique sealed-drive platform provides a path for higher capacity storage for decades to come while significantly lowering customer total cost of ownership (TCO). The inherent benefits of helium enable HGST’s new 7Stac disk design with 6TB, making it the world’s highest capacity HDD with the best TCO for cloud storage, massive scale-out environments, disk-to-disk backup, and replicated or RAID environments.
TCOptimized—Driving Down
Data Center TCO with Helium The amount of data that companies need to store is growing exponentially, but IT budgets remain flat. With 6TB, a low 5.3 idle watts, a reduced weight of 640g, and running at 4-5°C cooler, the new Ultrastar He6 lowers data center total cost of ownership (TCO) on virtually every level. Key TCO benefits when compared to a typical 3.5-inch, five-platter, air-filled 4TB drive* include:
- 50% More Capacity
- 23% Lower Idle Power
- 49% Better Watts/TB
- 30% Quieter Operation
- 4° Cooler Operation
- 50g Lighter Weight.
*MEASUREMENTS SHOWN REFLECT IMPROVEMENTS WHEN COMPARING SATA MODELS OF A 4TB ULTRASTAR 7K4000 AND 6TB ULTRASTAR HE6