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From Western Digital, HGST Ultrastar 12Gb SAS SS300 2.5-Inch SSD Up to 7.68TB

Up to 400,000 IO/s and up to 200,000 IO/s random RW, up to 2,050MB/s sequential RW

Western Digital Corp. announced the HGST-branded Ultrastar SS300, the company’s highest-performing SAS SSD to date.

It is the latest addition to the company’s family of Ultrastar 12Gb SAS SSDs, which are used to meet the rigorous data demands of many largest companies.

Developed in partnership with Intel Corp., the Ultrastar SS300 delivers random performance, offering speeds of up to 400,000 IO/s random read and up to 200,000 IO/s random write (1).

Today, we raise the bar with our newest 12Gb SAS SSD, the Ultrastar SS300,” said Ulrich Hansen, VP, marketing, SSD product, Western Digital. “Built with high-endurance 3D NAND flash memory, the Ultrastar SS300 offers best-in-class speed, outstanding capacity and intelligent power options that enable customers to tailor storage systems and server solutions that are just right for their demanding needs. These benefits are delivered with the same tremendous reliability that has helped to make Ultrastar 12Gb SAS SSDs popular around the globe.

The Ultrastar SS300 is for the intensive data demands of virtualized storage systems, databases and private and hybrid cloud environments.

It offers capacities up to 7.68TB, giving data center architects the potential to reduce the number of drives, consolidate servers and open up valuable rack space.

The Ultrastar SS300 is offered in a variety of endurance classes and comes with a range of features and power settings. This includes a 14-watt power envelope that can unlock additional performance capabilities and an low power setting for more efficient energy consumption.

With this variety of options and capacity, OEMs have a flexibility to create next-generation data center storage systems that address a variety of workloads and TCO requirements.

The use of Intel technology in the Ultrastar SS300 12Gb SAS SSD complements Western Digital’s commitment to offering exceptional solutions to meet their customers’ needs,” said Bill Leszinske, VP, strategic planning, marketing and business development, Intel. “Our long-standing relationship with Western Digital to develop SAS SSDs has been very productive, providing leadership solutions for the storage community worldwide.

Additional features and specifications include:

  • Sequential read and write speeds of up to 2,050MB/s (2)

  • Four endurance choices, from 0.5 to ten drive writes per day

  • Offers a choice of security options, including Instant Secure Erase (ISE), Self-Encrypting Drive (SED)-compliant with TCG Enterprise and SED-compliant with TCG Enterprise with FIPS 140-2 certification

  • The Ultrastar SS300 SSD is currently shipping to OEM partners. It joins the company’s range of HGST-brand and SanDisk-brand enterprise grade storage solutions, which includes helium enterprise HDD drives as well as SAS, NVMe and SATA SSD solutions.

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With the increasing volume and velocity of data being generated every day, we felt it was crucial to partner with a trusted leader in the SAS SSD market. This is why Oracle chose the HGST-brand Ultrastar SS300 SAS SSD to deliver next-generation hybrid and all-flash solutions for the data center. Not only has the Ultrastar SS300 improved performance consistency and QoS , but the capacity increase also enabled a reduction in TCO,” said Ofer Michael, SVP, storage, Oracle International Corporation.

SAS SSD adoption continues to see strong growth across a variety of critical enterprise applications. Western Digital’s newest 12Gb SAS SSD, the Ultrastar SS300, offers the optimum balance of performance, capacity and cost for the most demanding workloads.” said Greg Wong, founder and principal analyst, Forward Insights

(1) Based on internal testing results for 100% 4KiB random reads or writes. Performance may vary by capacity point, or with changes in useable capacity.
(2) Based on internal testing results for 100% 128KB sequential reads or writes. Performance may vary by capacity point, or with changes in useable capacity.

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