Seagate intros new hard drives

New Delhi: Seagate introduced its Constellation family of new
enterprise storage solutions for tier-2 nearline storage applications. The two
new models, the 2.5-inch Constellation and the 3.5-inch Constellation ES hard
drives, include a combination of features that enable greater capacities,
increased power efficiency, enterprise-class reliability, and data security.
Both drives also include PowerChoice from Seagate, which decreases power
consumption by up to 54 percent.

"The need for greater storage capacity will continue to expand in multiple
directions and dimensions, but there will be an increasing scrutiny of all
storage system purchases, with an eye to decreasing power consumption,
footprint, and cost per GB in unprecedented ways," said John Monroe,
VP-Research, Gartner. "Performance will not be ignored, but a flexible balance
of capacity, cost per GB, power and speed will become more crucial in fulfilling
end-user storage demands at varied price points."

The Constellation 2.5-inch hard drive is offered in capacities of 160GB and
500GB with both 3Gbps SATA and new SAS 2.0 interface running at 6Gb/s speeds.
The 3.5-inch Constellation ES hard drive will be available in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB
capacities, and with an enterprise-class SAS interface as well as a SATA
version. The record-setting capacity of Constellation ES hard drives are ideal
for 3.5-inch based external storage architectures.

"Xyratex continues to work closely with Seagate to advance storage system
innovation to meet both the performance and capacity-based market requirements,"
said Todd Gresham, EVP and GM-Networked Storage Solutions Division, Xyratex.

With PowerChoice technology, both Constellation hard drive models deliver
power-reduction savings and provide flexible, user-manageable options to deliver
them

The drives come with optional self-encrypting drive (SED) technology and
provide data security through the its life cycle. SED technology eases disposal
of drives by eliminating the need for the numerous manual processes involved
which are often incomplete, complex, expensive, or prone to error.