Capacity-Optimized Enterprise Hard Drive for Bulk-Data Applications ? 8TB, 3.5-inch enterprise drive with industry-leading 6-disk technology,¹ resulting in 33% more storage in the same storage slot ? Advanced Write Caching feature to utilize enhanced algorithms, resulting in the industry's highest nearline storage workload performance efficiencies-100% performance improvement in random writes over last-generation drive ? Widely accepted, proven ninth-generation conventional perpendicular recording technology for reliable access to unstructured data in bulk storage applications ? 12Gb/s SAS and SATA 6Gb/s interfaces in industry-standard advanced formats for easy integration into replicated and RAID multi-drive storage servers and systems ? State-of-the-art cache, on-the-fly error-correction algorithms, super parity and end-to-end SAS-based data integrity for accurate data storage ? Industry-leading rotational vibration tolerance design helps ensure consistent performance in dense multi-drive systems ? Engineered for 24×7 workloads of 550TB/yr-10× that of desktop drives ? Robust performance with dual processors, ramp load technology, top-cover-attached motor and humidity sensor for optimum performance in all chassis ? Seagate Secure™ Self-Encrypting Drive featuring Instant Secure Erase for cost-saving drive retirement and secure data-at-rest protection2 ? Seagate SeaTools™ diagnostic software to provide drive self-tests ensuring unnecessary downtime and maximizing TCOBest-Fit Applications ? Hyperscale applications/cloud data centers with replicated storage ? Massive scale-out data centers and big data analytics ? High-capacity density RAID storage ? Mainstream enterprise external storage arrays (SAN, NAS, DAS) ? Distributed file systems, including Hadoop and Ceph ? Enterprise backup and restore-D2D, virtual tape ? Centralized surveillance