Constellation ES.2 Are Seagate's Highest-Capacity Enterprise HDDs

It would appear that Seagate was really serious about its efforts on the enterprise market when it issued its newest press release, as even the Constellation ES.2 series has made its debut.

When releasing a new product for the consumer market, companies often dedicate a whole press release just for that.

On the enterprise market, however, customers are drawn more towards the so-called 'complete' solutions, meaning that it takes a whole portfolio of products to make sure the needs of everyone are covered.

On that note, Seagate made an announcement, not long ago, through which it introduced the new Pulsar SSDs and the Savvio hard drives.

Apparently, the same press release detailed the Constellation ES.2 line of 3.5-inch storage devices, said to be the most capacious of their kind.

Apparently, they have capacities of 3 TB, meaning that servers/bulk storage installation can pack up to 114 TB per square foot.

The third generation SAS interface is complemented by data security features and Rotational Vibration Feed Forward (RVFF) technology, which sustains performance even in closely-packed multi-drive environments.

“Capacity-optimized drives are in high demand with our customer base and this category is among the strongest growth and revenue areas for our business,” said Steve Ichinaga, senior vice president and general manager of Systems Integration Division at SYNNEX.

“Seagate’s 3TB Constellation ES will expand our customers’ ability to deliver greater value storage for a number of expanded opportunities, including systems built for growing nearline storage and cloud environments.”

Basically, the Constellation ES.2 is a collection go 6 Gbps SATA/SAS-powered units set to start shipping before the end of March, 2011.

“Seagate’s Constellation ES family of HDDs provides this critical combination of storage benefits to maximize our customers’ productivity and helps SGI maintain its leadership in delivering world-class systems,” stated Jose Reinoso, vice president of Storage Engineering at SGI.