Seagate Exos 7E8 8TB 512e SATA 256MB Cache 3.5-Inch Enterprise Hard Drive (ST8000NM0055)

The Seagate Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD delivers high capacity without sacrificing performance for reliable access to bulk storage of unstructured data. High capacity storage for multi-drive chassis requires predictable and reliable performance. The Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD is built to support enterprise-class near line workloads of up to 550TB per year, which is up to 10x the rated workload of desktop HDDs. Clearly, the Enterprise Capacity 3.5 HDD can help to ensure that you meet your rigorous bulk storage SLAs. Choose from 12Gb/s SAS or SATA 6Gb/s interfaces for easy integration into existing platforms.
256MB Advanced Write Caching feature to utilize enhanced algorithms, resulting in the industry’s highest nearline storage workload performance
Engineered for 24×7 workloads of 550TB per year, 10 times 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
Sector Size 512e
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