Western Digital Ships More Than 10 Million Helium-Filled HDDs
October 13 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Need for Data Abundance
Drives Unprecedented Adoption of HelioSeal Platform
Helping the world harness the power of data, Western Digital
Corporation (“Western Digital”) (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that
it has shipped more than 10 million helium-filled hard disk drives
(HDDs) since the company first introduced the HelioSeal platform
four years ago. First shipped in 2013, Western Digital’s HelioSeal
platform has consistently pushed the envelope in terms of capacity
and total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits, becoming the highest
density HDDs, best suited for massive scale-out workloads.
“Extreme capacity hard drives are increasingly a key value
enabler for enterprise applications and Western Digital continues
to be a technology and time-to-market leader in terms of delivering
capacity-optimized enterprise HDDs,” said John Chen, vice
president, TRENDFOCUS. “As cloud and traditional enterprise
customers continue to develop applications that make use of all of
their accessible data, high density drives will be a crucial
component that enable cost-effective storage of that data at scale.
Western Digital’s HelioSeal platform has proven to be a key
differentiator that addresses high capacity needs.”
With roots tracing back to the first hard drive manufactured 60
years ago, Western Digital continues to lead the industry by
delivering innovative and reliable storage solutions that help
solve challenges faced by customers in the datacenter. The
HelioSeal technology complements future magnetic recording
technologies, and will enable even higher density HDDs expressly
designed for enterprise applications and hyperscale workloads that
require capacity to capture vast amounts of operational and
historical data. Helium-based drives are also well suited for
applications such as the Internet of Things (IoT), search and
social media. Spanning three generations, the HelioSeal platform
enables the highest density HDDs available today and delivers the
highest HDD reliability ratings to reinforce its capabilities for
use in cloud and enterprise workloads where availability and
reliability are paramount concerns.
Underscoring the overall TCO benefits is the power efficiency of
the HelioSeal platform. The 10 million helium hard drives, or
approximately 76 exabytes (EB) of storage capacity, are a
testament to energy efficiency at scale. As architects continue to
design for hyperscale cloud applications, 76EB of data stored on
10TB helium-filled drives would save over 1 million kilowatt hours
(KWh) of operating power1 each day, about half the power
required for 8TB air-filled drives. The energy saved in one day of
operation from these drives would be enough to power about 35,000
U.S. homes for the same day, illustrating how the efficiency
of the HelioSeal line can help data center architects meet
eco-environmental goals and requirements.
“Western Digital is firmly committed to enabling an era where
data is abundant and immediately accessible,” said Brendan Collins,
vice president of product marketing, Western Digital. “The velocity
at which Western Digital achieved this milestone underscores the
avid need for data ubiquity across cloud and on-premise. Architects
who design for hyperscale environments are sparking rapid
innovation because they understand how data fluency across an
organization informs smarter decisions. This is key to unlocking
the power of data.”
Western Digital offers the HelioSeal platform on its
enterprise-class products (under its HGST product brand as
Ultrastar® He10 and Ultrastar He8, and under its WD product brand
as WD Gold), and its NAS and surveillance offerings (WD Red, WD Red
Pro and WD Purple) in volume today. For more information on the
HelioSeal platform, please visit:
https://www.hgst.com/sites/default/files/resources/HGST-Helium-Technology-BR03.pdf
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including expectations of future delivery of capacity-optimized
enterprise HDDs, the ability of HelioSeal technology to complement
future magnetic recording technologies and enable higher density
HDDs, and continued growth and adoption of high capacity drives,
that are based on current expectations and involve numerous risks
and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements
to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking
statements to be inaccurate include among others: our product
offerings may not be available when we expect or be able to
complement future technologies to enable higher density HDDs, the
actual need for higher capacity drives may not grow as expected or
gain customer acceptance in the timeline we expect, and the other
risks detailed from time-to-time in Western Digital’s Securities
and Exchange Commission filings and reports. This news release
contains information from third parties, which reflect their
projections as of the date of issuance. All statements made in this
news release are made only as of the date of this release. Western
Digital undertakes no obligations to update the information in this
release in the event facts or circumstances change after the date
of this release.
About Western Digital Corporation
Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) is an industry-leading
provider of storage technologies and solutions that enable people
to create, leverage, experience and preserve data. The company
addresses ever-changing market needs by providing a full portfolio
of compelling, high-quality storage solutions with customer-focused
innovation, high efficiency, flexibility and speed. Our products
are marketed under the HGST, SanDisk and WD brands to OEMs,
distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure providers and
consumers.
One GB is equal to one billion bytes and one TB equals 1,000 GB
(one trillion bytes). One PB is equal to 1,000 TB (one quadrillion
bytes). Actual capacity will vary depending on operating
environment and formatting. Usable capacity will vary from the raw
capacity due to object storage methodologies and other factors.
Product specifications subject to change without notice. Not all
products are available in all regions of the world. Pictures shown
may vary from actual products.
© 2016 Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Western Digital, the Western Digital logo, Ultrastar,
HelioSeal, WD Gold, WD Red, and WD Purple are registered trademarks
or trademarks of Western Digital Corporation or its affiliates in
the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks, registered
trademarks, and/or service marks, indicated or otherwise, are the
property of their respective owners.
1 Power calculations based on operating assumption of 60% idle
and 40% r/w power requirements for the drives only.
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